Alibaba Cloud CEN

Collect Alibaba Cloud CEN monitoring data

Configuration¶

Install Func¶

It is recommended to activate Guance Integration - Extensions - DataFlux Func (Automata)

For self-deploying Func, refer to Self-deploying Func

Activate Script¶

Note: Please prepare the Alibaba Cloud AK that meets the requirements in advance (for simplicity, you can directly grant the global read-only permission ReadOnlyAccess)

Automata Activation Script¶

1. Log in to the Guance console
2. Click the 【Integration】 menu and select 【Cloud Account Management】
3. Click 【Add Cloud Account】, select 【Alibaba Cloud】, and fill in the required information on the interface. If you have already configured the cloud account information before, ignore this step
4. Click 【Test】, and if the test is successful, click 【Save】. If the test fails, please check if the relevant configuration information is correct and test again
5. Click 【Cloud Account Management】, and you can see the added cloud account in the list. Click the corresponding cloud account to enter the details page
6. Click the 【Integration】 button on the cloud account details page, find Alibaba Cloud CEN under the Not Installed list, and click the 【Install】 button to pop up the installation interface for installation.

Manual Activation Script¶

1. Log in to the Func console, click 【Script Market】, enter the Guance Script Market, and search for: integration_alibabacloud_cen

2. Click 【Install】, then enter the corresponding parameters: Alibaba Cloud AK ID, AK Secret, and account name.

3. Click 【Deploy Startup Script】, the system will automatically create the Startup script set and configure the corresponding startup scripts.

4. After enabling, you can see the corresponding automatic trigger configuration in 「Manage / Automatic Trigger Configuration」. Click 【Execute】 to immediately execute once without waiting for the scheduled time. After a while, you can check the execution task records and corresponding logs.

Verification¶

1. In 「Manage / Automatic Trigger Configuration」, confirm whether the corresponding task has the automatic trigger configuration, and check the corresponding task records and logs for any exceptions
2. In Guance, check if there is asset information in 「Infrastructure / Custom」
3. In Guance, check if there is corresponding monitoring data in 「Metrics」

Metrics¶

CEN metrics are under the aliyun_acs_cen Measurement, below are the metric details

CEN - Transit Router¶

Object¶

The collected Alibaba Cloud CEN object data structure can be seen in 「Infrastructure - Custom」

{
  "measurement": "aliyun_acs_cen",
  "tags": {
    "ResourceGroupId"        : "i-xxxxx",
    "CenId"                  : "xxxxx",
    "CenName"                : "xxxxx",
    "RegionId"               : "cn-hangzhou"
  },
  "fields": {
    "Status"                   : "2022-01-01T00:00Z",
    "CreationTime"             : "2022-01-02T00:00Z",
    "Description"              : "2023-01-01T00:00Z",
    "ProtectionLevel"          : "[ {Associated Disk JSON Data}, ... ]",
    "Tags"                     : "[ {Associated Network Card JSON Data}, ... ]",
    "CenBandwidthPackageIds"   : "[ {Auto-renewal JSON Data}, ...]"
  }
}