You can report custom monitoring data to Hybrid Cloud Monitoring. Then, you can view the monitoring charts of specified metrics on the dashboard.
Prerequisites
Hybrid Cloud Monitoring is activated. For more information, see Activate Hybrid Cloud Monitoring.
Background information
You are not charged for activating Hybrid Cloud Monitoring. You are charged based on the amount of resources that you consume. For more information, see Billing of the dashboard feature.
Procedure
Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on the server where the custom monitoring data resides.
For more information, see Windows, Linux, or Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on macOS.
You can run the aliyun version command to check whether Alibaba Cloud CLI is installed. If the command output shows the current version of Alibaba Cloud CLI, Alibaba Cloud CLI is installed.
Configure the AccessKey pair of the Alibaba Cloud account or RAM user on the server where the custom monitoring data resides.
For more information about how to obtain the AccessKey pair of the Alibaba Cloud account or a RAM user, see Obtain an AccessKey pair.
For more information about how to configure an AccessKey pair, see Configure an AccessKey credential.
If the following information is displayed, the AccessKey pair is configured.
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Create a namespace in the CloudMonitor console.
Log on to the CloudMonitor console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
Click Create Namespace.
In the Manage Namespace panel, set the parameters. The following table describes the parameters.
Table 1. Parameters of a namespace
Parameter
Description
Namespace
The name of the namespace.
Data Storage Scheme
The storage scheme of metric data. Valid values:
Log Service: The metric data is stored in the Logstore of a project in Simple Log Service.
Cloud Monitoring Storage: The metric data is stored in the private storage space provided by CloudMonitor and can only be accessed and used in the CloudMonitor console.
NoteFor more information about the storage schemes of metric data, see Storage schemes of metric data in Hybrid Cloud Monitoring.
Region
The region where the metric data is stored.
Retention Period
The storage duration of metric data in CloudMonitor. Valid values:
cms.s1.large (Retention Period 15 Days)
cms.s1.xlarge (Retention Period 32 Days)
cms.s1.2xlarge (Retention Period 63 Days)
cms.s1.3xlarge (Retention Period 93 Days) (default)
cms.s1.6xlarge (Retention Period 185 Days)
cms.s1.12xlarge (Retention Period 367 Days)
cms.s1.36xlarge (Retention Period 1095 Days)
cms.s1.60xlarge (Retention Period 1825 Days)
cms.s1.120xlarge (Retention Period 3650 Days)
For information about the billing for different retention periods, see Pricing.
Namespace Description
The description of the namespace.
Click OK.
Report custom monitoring data to Hybrid Cloud Monitoring.
Report the data of a single metric
aliyun cms PutHybridMonitorMetricData --region cn-hangzhou --MetricList.1.Name CPU_Usage --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Key=IP --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Value=192.168.XX.XX --MetricList.1.Value 90 --Namespace 'default-aliyun'
Report the data of multiple metrics
aliyun cms PutHybridMonitorMetricData --region cn-hangzhou --MetricList.1.Name CPU_Usage --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Key=IP --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Value=192.168.XX.XX --MetricList.1.Labels.2.Key=IP --MetricList.1.Labels.2.Value=192.168.XX.XX --MetricList.1.Value 90 --Namespace 'default-aliyun'
View the custom monitoring data in the CloudMonitor console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
Optional. Find the namespace and click View Data in the Metric Data column.
NoteThis operation is required only if two or more namespaces are displayed on the Namespace tab.
Select a metric and view the monitoring data.