How to Monitor Elastic Cloud Server in Huawei Cloud
Site24x7 monitors Huawei Cloud's Elastic Cloud Server (ECS), providing insights into CPU, disk I/O, and network metrics to help you detect resource bottlenecks early and ensure reliable application performance.
Use cases
Monitor resource health: Detect congestion early by monitoring CPU and disk I/O, enabling faster resolution of performance bottlenecks.
Gain network insights: Identify anomalies by tracking network traffic and packet rates, helping detect saturation or potential security issues.
Setup and configuration
ECS resources are auto-discovered and monitored during the Huawei Cloud integration. To enable monitoring, follow these steps:
- Navigate to Cloud > Huawei > Add Huawei Monitor. Follow the steps to add a Huawei Cloud monitor.
- While adding or editing a Huawei Cloud monitor, select ECS from the Service/Resource Types drop-down menu and click Save.
- Go to Cloud > Huawei. Then, select the created Huawei monitor.
- Click ECS to view the performance metrics.
Supported metrics
CPU and Disk I/O
Metric name |
Description |
Unit |
| CPU Utilization | The percentage of the ECS instance's total CPU capacity currently being consumed by all running processes. | Percentage |
| Disk Read Bytes Rate | The rate at which data is being read from all attached disks. | Bytes/second |
| Disk Write Bytes Rate | The rate at which data is being written to all attached disks. | KB/second |
| Disk Read Requests Rate | The number of read I/O operations issued to disk per second (read IOPS). | Requests/second |
| Disk Write Requests Rate | The number of write I/O operations issued to disk per second (write IOPS). | Requests/second |
Network: Bandwidth
Metric name |
Description |
Unit |
| Network Incoming Bytes Aggregate Rate | The total rate of inbound network data received by the ECS instance across all network interfaces. | Bytes/second |
| Network Outgoing Bytes Aggregate Rate | The total rate of outbound network data transmitted from the ECS instance across all network interfaces. | Bytes/second |
| VM Inbound Bandwidth | The current inbound network bandwidth being consumed by the virtual machine, measured at the hypervisor level. | Bytes/second |
| VM Outbound Bandwidth | The current outbound network bandwidth being consumed by the virtual machine. | Bytes/second |
Network: Packets
Metric name |
Description |
Unit |
| VM Inbound Packets Per Second | The number of network packets being received by the VM per second. | Count |
| VM Outbound Packets Per Second | The number of network packets being transmitted from the VM per second. | Count |
| VM Network Connections | The total number of active TCP/UDP connections currently established on the VM. | Count |
| VM New Network Connections | The rate at which new network connections are being established per second. | Count |
Threshold configuration
You can configure thresholds and alerts for all ECS metrics to detect performance degradation proactively or connection issues.
- Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
- Create or modify your alert profiles.
- Assign the profile to specific ECS monitors to receive alerts on anomalies.
IT Automation
Use Site24x7's IT Automation to resolve common issues with ECS performance automatically:
- Go to Admin > IT Automation Templates > Add Automation Templates.
- Create an automation rule by selecting the automation Type (e.g., Server reboot, clear queue).
- Map the created rules to the ECS, for automatic execution during alerts.
Configuration rules
Use Configuration Rules to simplify bulk setup across ECS instances. Automatically assign Threshold Profiles, Notification Profiles, Tags, and Monitor Groups when new monitors are discovered.