Creating a Custom Metric or Event Template

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner, select a region and project.
3. Choose Service List > Cloud Eye.

4. In the navigation pane, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Templates.
5. On the Alarm Templates page, click Create Custom Template.
6. On the Create a Custom Alarm or Event Template page, configure parameters by referring to Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating a template

   Parameter	Description
   Name	Custom template name. The system generates a random name, which you can modify. Example value: alarmTemplate-c6ft
   Description	(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the custom template.
   Alarm Type	Alarm type to which the alarm template applies. The value can be Metric or Event.
   Event Type	Event type when you set Alarm Type to Event. The default value is System Event.
   Method	You can select Use existing template or Configure manually. Use existing template: You can select one or more existing templates. If you select multiple existing templates, the metric information is distinguished by resource type. Configure manually: You can customize alarm policies as required.
   Add Resource Type	Type of the resource the alarm template is created for. Example value: Elastic Cloud Server NOTE: A maximum of 50 resource types can be added for each service.

7. Click Create.