Create an alert

An alert will trigger when all its alarms are activated. You can use the alert to trigger actions. See Manage Action Plans.

Privilege: Access alerts section, Manage alerts

Before you begin:

Retrieve VM built-in metrics, by editing VMs and enabling monitoring (see VM monitoring and metrics) or create custom metrics
Create one or more metric alarms (see Manage cloud alarms and Infrastructure Alarms). You cannot save an alert without an alarm

To create an alert:

Go to Control → Alerts
Click the + add button
Enter the alert details and assign alarms as described below
Click Save

For more details see GUI Create alert General information

Click the + add button to assign alarms to the alert.

You must assign at least one alarm to be able to save the alert. Select an existing alarm, or create a new alarm, and assign it to the alert. Repeat for the required alarms

You can filter the Alarms list by Metric and also if the alarm is Active or not.