Features and benefits of advanced monitoring and alerting for Elasticsearch-Elasticsearch(ES)-阿里云帮助中心

The advanced monitoring and alerting service is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering for Elasticsearch. It provides capabilities to collect, process, monitor, retrieve, and visualize cluster metrics and log data, and send alerts. This service offers an out-of-the-box, one-stop solution for monitoring and alerting. You can use this service to centrally manage Elasticsearch clusters across all regions, view or configure monitoring dashboards, and customize metric and log alerting rules. This helps you monitor your Elasticsearch clusters from multiple dimensions, understand cluster status in real time, and promptly identify and resolve issues.

Features

The following table lists the features of the advanced monitoring and alerting service.

Category		Feature	Description	References
Service		Advanced monitoring and alerting service is enabled by default	Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch automatically enables the advanced monitoring and alerting service and connects all existing and new instances in your account.	None
Monitoring		Metric monitoring	Monitor basic and engine metrics for all clusters on the metric monitoring page. Filter data by instance, index, or node to get precise, real-time information.	View monitoring metrics Basic metrics Engine metrics Log Monitoring Configure a custom monitoring dashboard
		Log Monitoring	View a log overview for all clusters on the Log Monitoring page. Query logs by instance, index, node, or search criteria to quickly find and locate issues.
		Custom monitoring	Configure monitoring dashboards as needed on the custom monitoring page. View your custom monitoring dashboards and log alerting dashboards.
Alerting	Log alerting	Log alert configuration	Access the log alert configuration interface from the Log Monitoring page. Use the provided log alert templates to customize log alerting rules and add alert contacts.	Log alerting
	Log alerting	Log alert management	View all configured log alerting rules, modify configurations, and manage the status of alerting rules on the Grafana alerting page.	Log alerting
	Metric alerting	Metric alert groups and alerting rules	A metric alert group can contain one or more alerting rules, and an alerting rule can belong to multiple groups. Configure multi-dimensional monitoring metrics and tags in your alerting rules to quickly locate Elasticsearch performance issues and improve O&M efficiency.	Manage alert groups Configure alerting rules View alert notification records and events
		Metric alert contacts and contact groups	An alert contact group can contain one or more alert contacts, and a contact can belong to multiple groups. In the metric alerting rule settings, add an alert contact group or a single contact to send notifications to all contacts in the group or to a specific contact.	Manage alert contacts Manage alert contact groups
		Metric alert notifications and events	View notification records and alert events for all metric alert groups on the overview page. You can also view these records and events for a single group on the alert group list page.	Receive alert notifications in a DingTalk group View alert notification records and events View notification records View alert events

Benefits

Comprehensive metric coverage
Based on Alibaba Cloud's extensive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) experience, the service provides comprehensive coverage for cluster metrics and logs, including a full range of proprietary engine metrics.
Centralized management
Data aggregation and centralized operations simplify management, which lets you understand the overall status of your clusters at any time. The service is enabled by default for all your existing and new instances, which saves you time and effort.
Data visualization and custom monitoring
Multiple built-in dashboards clearly display complex information. This helps you quickly understand cluster status and change trends. You can customize monitoring dashboards and alerting rules to meet your business needs.