Creating alert configurations
Alert configurations are specific events or metrics that you can monitor. If the alert configurations are triggered, you can define alert actions for them in alert policies. FortiADC comes equipped with a number of default alert configurations; you can further configure these to fit your environment's particular needs.
To create alert configurations:
- Go to System > Alert > Alert and select the Alert Config tab.
- Click Create New.
- Complete the configuration as described in Alert Config.
- Click Save.
| Settings | Guidelines |
|---|---|
| Name | Specify the name of the alert configuration. You will use the name to select the alert configuration in alert policies. |
| Priority |
Set the alert level of the alert configuration:
The alert level is color-coded and denotes the severity of the alert configuration. |
| Rolling Window |
Enable to define a Rolling Window Time and Number of Occurence (see below). The Rolling Window Time sets a period of time in which a number of events must take place before an alert is triggered. The number of events that must take place within this period of time is set in the Number of Occurrences option. Note: the Throttle Alert option may override and suppress alerts defined by the rolling window. |
| Rolling Window Time | Available only when Rolling Window is enabled (see above). Specify the range of time (in seconds) for the rolling window. The valid range is 1–3600. |
| Alert Expiry Time |
Specify the time (in seconds) until the alert is no longer active in the web interface. Once the alert expires and is no longer active, it is still visible, but will be grayed out. The valid range is 3600–7776000. The default value is 86400 |
| Number of Occurrences | Availabe only when Rolling Window is enabled (see above). Specify the number of events that must take place before FortiADC will trigger the alert. The valid range is 1–3600. The default value is 1. |
| Throttle Alert | Specify a range of time (in seconds) in which FortiADC will trigger an alert. Within the range of time, only one alert will trigger after any number of events in the alert configuration occur. The valid range is 1–3600. The default value is 300. |
| Description | Enter a comments or description of the alert configuration as needed. |
| Source Type |
Select either of the options:
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| Event Occurs |
Note: This option is available only when Select the event to be monitored in the alert configuration. Note: A brief description of the selected event appears below the drop-down menu box. |
| Object |
Note: This option is available when Metric is selected in the Source Type field. Select one of the following options:
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| Duration |
Note: This option is available when Metric is selected in the Source Type field. Specify the length of time (in seconds) required for a selected "metric" to exist before an alert is triggered. |
| Instance |
Note: This option is available only when either Virtual Sever or Interface is selected in the Object field.
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To modify default alert configurations:
You cannot edit or delete default alert configurations, but you can clone them and create custom alert configurations.
- Go to System > Alert > Alert and select the Alert Config tab.
- Click the
(clone) icon in the row of the default alert configuration that you want to modify. - Complete the configuration as described in Alert Config.
- Click Save.
To add metrics to alert configurations:
Before you begin, you must create and save an alert configuration in which the Source Type is Metric and the Duration is defined.
- Go to System > Alert > Alert.
- Select the Alert Config tab
- Double-click the alert configuration in the row of the alert configuration that you want to modify.
- Set Rolling Window to Off.
- Set Source Type to Metric.
- Set Object to System. This will open up the Alert Metric Expire Member section all the way below.
- In that section, click Create New.
- Complete the configuration as described in Add metrics to alert configurations.
- Click Save.
- Complete Steps 3 through 5 for as many metrics as you want to monitor in an alert configuration.
| Settings | Guidelines |
|---|---|
| Name | Specify a name for the metric. |
| Metric Occurs |
Select among the following metrics that the event configuration will monitor:
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| Comparator |
The metric is compared to the Value field according to the selected option:
The alert configuration will trigger if the specified value satisfies the selected option. |
| Value |
Specify the metric value that the Comparator uses to determine if the metric triggers an alert. Enter the scalar portion of the value. For example, if you want to specify |
Note: After a metric-object-instance has been specified in an alert, the system will not prohibit you from deleting it in other part of the system configuration. For instance, a port named vlan1 is added in network configuration and then used as a metric-object-instance in an alert. If vlan1 is deleted later on in network configuration, FortiADC will not generate an error message for this action.