Configuring Alerts on Linux Instances

From Operating Linux Instances, navigate into a Linux Instance and access the Alerts tab to view the configured alerts or configure new ones.

Alerts get triggered whenever a configured condition is met. You can create multiple alerts on an instance. Alerts are sent to recipients that you can define and manage.

Subscribers can configure alerts for instances running on the Apiculus. Subscribers can define alerts for Instances and configure the email recipients for these alerts using a straightforward and easy-to-use interface.

Instance Alerts

The Alerts tab lists all the alerts already configured for that particular Linux Instance. In addition, it will show the details, i.e., ID, the name for the alert, Parameter, Trigger When, Value, and Reading Duration.

Adding an Alert

You can create or add alerts simply by clicking on the Add Alert button. The following screen will open up, and you can configure the alert using the on-screen input form.

The various fields of the add alert page are described below:

1. Name - You can define the name for your alert.
2. Parameter - This option will allow you to define what parameter needs to be monitored to trigger the alert email. Apiculus Cloud supports CPU, RAM, Disk, 1-min Load Average, 5- min Load Average, 15- min Load Average parameters.
3. Trigger - This set of options lets you define whether to trigger above or below a custom value.
4. Value - You can define the trigger value/threshold.
5. Reading duration - This option lets you define the breach window, i.e., the duration for which the breach has to be consistent to trigger the alert email.
6. Send alert to - Email IDs can be added here, or also you can add them by using the configure recipients.

Configuring Recipients

This will list and display all the email IDs already configured for the alerts. You can delete the existing ids and add other email ids by following the steps below.

1. Click on the Configure Recipients button.
2. Click on + Add More Recipients.
3. Add the email ids; multiple ids can be added and separated by (Comma).
4. Click on the + icon.
5. Then click on the Update button, and update the recipient's list.

Note: All the recipients configured will receive all the setup alerts. If no email ID is configured or added, then no email will be sent for the already configured alerts.