Integrate NLB with Managed Service for Prometheus

Overview

Managed Service for Prometheus is compatible with the open-source Prometheus ecosystem. It supports monitoring for various components, provides multiple ready-to-use dashboards, and offers a fully managed Prometheus service. For more information, see What is Managed Service for Prometheus?.

You can integrate NLB with Managed Service for Prometheus by using the paid Hybrid Cloud Monitoring feature. For more information, see the following table.

Create a Prometheus instance

1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.

2. In the top navigation bar, select a region, and then click Create Prometheus Instance.

3. On the Create Instance page, configure the following parameters and click Create Now.

   Parameter	Description
   Instance Type	Select general-purpose instance or global aggregation instance. This topic uses general-purpose instance as an example. Note General-purpose instance: a standard Prometheus instance suitable for various scenarios. You can use it for remote write storage with self-managed Prometheus or to collect metrics from containers, cloud services, and hosts. Global aggregation instance: a virtual instance that aggregates data from multiple Managed Service for Prometheus instances. You can use a global aggregation instance for unified metric queries, a unified Grafana data source, and unified alerting across all associated instances.
   Storage duration	Select a storage duration. The supported options are 15 Days, 30 Days, 60 Days, 90 Days, and 180 Days.

Integrate NLB with Managed Service for Prometheus

1. Log on to the ARMS console.

2. In the navigation pane on the left, click Integration Center.

3. On the Integration Center page, click the Middleware tab, and then click Alibaba Cloud NLB.

4. In the Alibaba Cloud NLB panel, select the destination region for your data and click OK. The integration takes about one to two minutes to complete.

• Metrics

  You can view the monitoring metrics for NLB on the Collect Metrics tab.

  NLB metrics supported by Managed Service for Prometheus

  Metric	Description
  AliyunNlb_ActiveConnection	Active connections per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_DropConnection	Dropped connections per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_DropPacketRX	Dropped inbound packets per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_DropPacketTX	Dropped outbound packets per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_DropTrafficRX	Dropped inbound traffic in bits per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_DropTrafficTX	Dropped outbound traffic in bits per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_InactiveConnection	Inactive connections per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceActiveConnection	Active connections per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropConnection	Dropped connections per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropPacketRX	Dropped inbound packets per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropPacketTX	Dropped outbound packets per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropTrafficRX	Dropped inbound traffic in bits per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropTrafficTX	Dropped outbound traffic in bits per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceInactiveConnection	Inactive connections per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceMaxConnection	Maximum concurrent connections per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceNewConnection	New connections per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstancePacketRX	Inbound packets per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstancePacketTX	Outbound packets per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceTrafficRX	Inbound traffic in bits per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceTrafficTX	Outbound traffic in bits per second for the instance.
  AliyunNlb_InstanceUnhealthyServerCount	Number of unhealthy backend ECS instances as determined by health checks on the instance.
  AliyunNlb_ListenerHeathyServerCount	Number of healthy backend ECS instances as determined by health checks on the listener.
  AliyunNlb_ListenerPacketRX	Inbound packets per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_ListenerPacketTX	Outbound packets per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_ListenerUnhealthyServerCount	Number of unhealthy backend ECS instances as determined by health checks on the listener.
  AliyunNlb_MaxConnection	Maximum concurrent connections per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_NewConnection	New connections per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_NlbInstanceHeathyServerCount	Number of healthy backends for the NLB instance.
  AliyunNlb_TrafficRXNew	Inbound traffic in bits per second for the listener.
  AliyunNlb_TrafficTXNew	Outbound traffic in bits per second for the listener.

• Alerts

  On the Alert Rule Templates tab, you can create Prometheus alert rules and view alert information. For more information about how to create alert rules, see Create Prometheus alert rules.

• Dashboards

  On the Start Integration tab, click Integration Management. Then, navigate to Component Management > Dashboards and click NLB to view the performance metrics of your NLB instance.

Use third-party Prometheus libraries

After integrating NLB with Managed Service for Prometheus, you can use the remote write feature to send data to your self-managed Prometheus. For more information, see Create a general-purpose Prometheus instance.

Stop monitoring an NLB instance

1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.

2. On the Instances page, select the target region in the top navigation bar. In the row for the target instance, click Delete in the Actions column.

3. In the dialog box that appears, click OK.