Cloud Resources dashboard for OCI
The Cloud Resources dashboard provides a consolidated view of all monitored Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) resources across your configured OCI environment. You can use the dashboard to check resource health at a glance, search and filter resources, group monitors by monitor type, view resource details, and perform actions on one or more monitors from a single page.
The dashboard provides a centralized operational view of your OCI monitoring environment, helping you identify resources that require attention and quickly access detailed monitoring information.
Benefits of the Cloud Resources dashboard
The Cloud Resources dashboard helps you:
- Get a centralized view of all monitored OCI resources.
- Check the health of monitored resources from a single dashboard.
- Quickly identify resources that are Down, Critical, or in Trouble.
- Find resources by monitor type, compartment, and tenancy.
- Organize resources into groups for easier navigation.
- Search for specific resources without navigating through individual OCI service pages.
- Perform supported actions on multiple monitors simultaneously.
- Move directly from the resource list to detailed monitor information.
Use cases
Quickly identify resources affected by an incident
An application running on OCI starts experiencing issues, and the operations team needs to determine whether the underlying OCI resources are affected. When a large number of resources are monitored, checking individual service dashboards can delay the investigation. To resolve this, the team opens the Cloud Resources dashboard to get an immediate view of the health of monitored OCI resources. The status summary shows the number of resources in each state. The team selects Down, Critical, or Trouble to filter the resource list and focus on affected resources.
Locate a resource in a specific OCI region
An organization operates resources across multiple OCI regions. During an incident, the operations team needs to identify the resources running in a particular region and determine whether they are affected.
In this case, the team uses the Region column along with the available search and grouping options to locate resources in the required region. This provides a faster way to narrow down the monitored resource list when investigating region specific issues.
Investigate issues with a specific OCI service
A team responsible for a particular OCI service, such as Compute Instance, Object Storage, or Load Balancer, needs to identify which monitored resources are experiencing issues.
The team uses the All Monitor Types filter to select the required monitor type. The team can also use Group By > Monitor Type to organize resources by service. This allows the team to focus on the relevant OCI resources and quickly identify monitors that require investigation.
Manage multiple OCI monitors at once
An administrator needs to perform the same operation on multiple OCI monitors. Managing each monitor separately can be repetitive and time consuming. They select the required monitors using the checkboxes in the resource table and use Bulk Action to perform supported operations on multiple monitors simultaneously.
Move from resource health to detailed troubleshooting
The Cloud Resources dashboard helps identify an affected OCI resource, but the operations team needs more detailed information to understand the cause of the issue.
The team clicks the Display Name of the affected resource to open its monitor details page. The team can then review the available health, performance, and monitoring information to continue the investigation.
Understand the distribution of monitored OCI resources
A large OCI environment may contain resources from multiple services and regions. The team may need a quick way to understand how their monitored resources are distributed.
The team uses Group By to organize monitored resources based on the available grouping options. The resource count and status distribution for each group provide a quick overview of the OCI monitoring environment and help identify groups that may require attention.
Prerequisites
To access the Cloud Resources dashboard, you must have:
- An active monitoring subscription.
- At least one OCI monitor configured in the monitoring application.
The required OCI permissions must be configured to allow the monitoring application to access and monitor the OCI resources. For information about setting up OCI monitoring, see the OCI monitoring integration documentation.
Navigate to the Cloud Resources dashboard for OCI
- Log in to the monitoring application.
- Navigate to Cloud > OCI.
- Select Cloud Resources.
The dashboard displays the monitored OCI resources associated with your configured OCI monitoring environment.
Monitor summary panel
The left panel provides a high-level summary of the monitored OCI environment.
Status summary
The donut chart displays the total number of monitored resources and their current status.
The status categories include:
- Up: The resource is operating normally.
- Down: The resource is unavailable or has failed the configured availability checks.
- Critical: The resource has violated a configured critical threshold and requires immediate attention.
- Trouble: The resource has violated a configured trouble threshold or requires attention.
Select a status segment in the donut chart to filter the resource table and view only monitors in that state.
Total Monitors
Total Monitors displays the total number of monitored OCI resources. The panel also provides the count of monitors in different states, including:
- Down
- Critical
- Trouble
- Suspended Monitors
- Maintenance
These counts provide a quick overview of the current state of the monitored OCI environment.
List View and Tree View
Use List View and Tree View to change how monitored OCI resources are displayed.
- List View displays the resources in a tabular format. Use this view to search, sort, filter, and perform actions on monitors.
- Tree View provides a hierarchical view of your OCI resources. You can drill down through the Tenancy > Compartment > Monitor Type hierarchy to locate resources within a specific tenancy, compartment, or monitor type.
This hierarchy provides a convenient way to navigate large OCI environments and understand how monitored resources are organized across tenancies and compartments.
Filter and search resources
Use the controls available on the dashboard to find and focus on specific OCI resources.
Search
Use Search to locate a specific monitored resource. Enter relevant resource information to narrow down the resources displayed in the table.
All Monitor Types
Use the All Monitor Types drop-down menu to filter the resource list by monitor type. For example, you can select a specific OCI resource type to view only the corresponding monitors. Select All Monitor Types to clear the filter and display all monitored resources.
Export
Use Export to export the resource information displayed in the dashboard. The exported information can be used for further analysis, documentation, or record keeping.
Group By
Use the Group By drop-down menu in the left panel to organize monitored OCI resources based on the following grouping options:
- Monitor Type: Groups resources based on the type of OCI resource being monitored.
- Region: Groups resources based on the OCI region in which they are deployed.
- Compartment: Groups resources based on the OCI compartment to which they belong.
- Tenancy: Groups resources based on the OCI tenancy associated with them.
Select a group to filter the resource table and view only the monitors belonging to that group.
These grouping options help you organize and navigate large OCI monitoring environments based on the resource type, geographic location, compartment, or tenancy.
Inventory table
The inventory table provides detailed information about the monitored OCI resources.
The following columns are available:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Status | Displays the current health status of the resource using a color-coded status icon. |
| Display Name | Displays the name of the monitored OCI resource. Click the name to open the corresponding monitor details page. |
| Monitor Type | Displays the OCI resource type being monitored. |
| Region | Displays the OCI region where the resource is deployed. |
| Compartment | Displays the OCI compartment to which the resource belongs. Click the compartment name to open the compartment's monitor page. |
| Tenancy | Displays the OCI tenancy associated with the resource. |
You can sort the resource list by clicking the column headers. Click the action icon at the end of a row to access the supported actions for that individual monitor.
Bulk Action
Use Bulk Action to perform supported operations on multiple OCI monitors simultaneously.
To perform a bulk action:
- Select the required monitors using the checkboxes in the table.
- Click Bulk Action.
- Select the required operation.
- Complete the action as prompted.
Bulk actions help reduce repetitive administrative work when the same operation needs to be performed on multiple monitors.
Pagination
The dashboard displays a specific number of resources on each page. Use the Items per page drop-down menu to control the number of resources displayed on a page. Use the pagination controls to navigate between pages and access additional resources.
The pagination section also displays the total number of resources and the range of resources currently displayed.
View monitor details
Click the Display Name of a resource to open its corresponding monitor details page. The monitor details page provides detailed health, performance, metric, and alert information available for that resource.
Use the Cloud Resources dashboard for a centralized resource view and the individual monitor page for detailed resource level investigation.