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Alerts

You can set up alerts to send email notifications when application or server events occur.

Runtime Manager includes several standard alert types that trigger notifications for common events such as:

  • An application exceeds a specific number of events processed within a specified period of time.

  • A deployment is complete, either successfully or not.

  • The worker monitoring system notifies CloudHub about a problem with a worker on an application.

  • A server is disconnected or deleted.

Runtime Manager retains thirty days of alert history.

Alerts retrigger when the conditions exceed the specified threshold.

You can also create custom alerts for applications deployed to CloudHub and CloudHub 2.0.

Custom alerts in CloudHub are triggered when your application sends notifications to the Runtime Manager console using Anypoint Connector for CloudHub (CloudHub Connector). See Custom Application Alerts for information.

For applications deployed to CloudHub 2.0, custom alerts indicate whether an app was successfully deployed and whether it is behaving as expected. See Configuring Application Alerts for more information.

For CloudHub 2.0, Alerts apply to applications only, not servers.

Rate Limits on Alerts

Anypoint Platform enforces rate limits that determine how often an alert is triggered and prevent excessive emails from being sent. At present, there is no defined limit to the number of Runtime Manager alerts.

Create an Alert

To create an alert:

  1. In Runtime Manager, click Alerts in the left navigation pane.

    • If no alerts are set up, you see:

      Alerts page with no alerts set up
      Figure 1. The arrow shows the Create your first alert option.
    • If your account already has associated alerts, you see:

      Alerts page with blue plus (+) icon
      Figure 2. The arrow shows the blue plus (+) icon on the Alerts page.
  2. Click the blue plus (+) icon to create an alert.

    Create an Alert page
  3. Complete the required fields:

    • Name

      Unique and meaningful name for the alert

      The Name is limited to 256 characters.

    • Severity level

      Severity of the alert: Critical, Warning, or Info

    • Source

      The source of the alert: applications or servers

      This field appears only if your Anypoint Platform account supports local servers.

    • Application type

      When the source is Applications, applications deployed to either CloudHub or local servers. Runtime Fabric application alerts are supported only using Anypoint Monitoring.

      You can’t create an alert that applies to both applications deployed to CloudHub and local servers. You must create separate alerts for each deployment type.

    • Server type

      When the source is Servers, the type of server: single server, server group, or cluster.

      If your servers aren’t available on your menu, see Servers, Server Groups, and Clusters.

    • Applications or Servers

      The application or server to apply the alert to

    • Condition

      The condition that triggers the alert

      The available options depend on whether your alert is linked to a server, an application running on CloudHub, or an application running locally. Some conditions require additional data. See Alert Conditions.

    • Subject

      The subject of the alert email to send when the alert is triggered

      The subject can include variables. See Alert Variables.

    • Message

      The body text for the email to send when the alert is triggered. The message body can include variables. See Alert Variables.

    • Recipients

      The recipients of the alert email

      You can select up to 20 platform user IDs and enter up to 20 email addresses.

  4. Click Create Alert.

When an event that meets an alert condition occurs, Runtime Manager sends an email similar to the following:

Anypoint Platform Alert Notification email

Alert Conditions

You can select different conditions depending on the alert source. Some conditions are simple success or failure notifications, such as Deployment success. Some more complex conditions require that you define parameters that appear as new fields in the form.

Conditions for Applications Deployed to CloudHub

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For applications deployed to CloudHub, the following alert conditions apply:

CPU usage - Cloudhub

The CPU usage of the CloudHub workers that run the application is above or below the percentage for the specified period of time.

CPU usage - Cloudhub

To enable this condition, specify the percentage and duration that triggers the alert.

Custom application alert

The custom notification contains the specified text.

Custom application alerts

To enable this condition, specify the notification text from the CloudHub Connector in your Mule application. When the text in one of the notifications matches the specified string, an alert is sent. See Custom Application Alerts for more information.

Exceeds event traffic threshold

The number of events of any type exceeds the threshold for the specified period of time.

Exceeds event traffic threshold

To enable this condition, specify the capacity threshold and duration that triggers the alert. This alert condition depends on the events you are tracking in your application. For information, see Business Events.

Memory usage - Cloudhub

Memory usage is a percentage that represents the JVM heap-used/JVM total memory. The alert triggers if the memory usage is above or below the limit for the specified period of time.

Memory usage - Cloudhub

To enable this condition, specify the percentage and duration that triggers the alert.

The following alerts for applications deployed to CloudHub require no additional parameters:

  • Deployment failed

  • Deployment success

  • Secure data gateway connected

  • Secure data gateway disconnected

  • Worker not responding

Conditions for Applications Deployed to Local Servers

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For applications deployed to local servers, the following alert conditions apply:

Number of errors

The number of messaging errors reported by Mule runtime server in one minute reaches the specified limit. The number of errors reported depends on error handling configuration in the app. For information about Mule errors, see Mule Errors.

Number of errors

To enable this condition, specify the number of errors per minute that triggers the alert.

Number of Mule messages

The number of Mule messages since the application started reaches the specified limit.

Number of Mule messages

To enable this condition, specify the number of Mule messages that triggers the alert.

Response time

The response time reaches the specified limit.

Response time

To enable this condition, specify the maximum response time that triggers the alert.

The following alerts for applications deployed to local servers require no additional parameters:

  • Application undeployed

  • Deployment failure

  • Deployment success

Conditions for Local Servers

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The available alert events depend on the server type. The following alerts are available for all target types (servers and nodes in server groups and clusters):

Server CPU usage

The CPU usage of the servers that run the application is above or below the percentage for the specified period of time.

Server CPU usage alert condition

To enable this condition, specify the CPU percentage and duration that triggers the alert.

For CloudHub multiworker applications, the alert considers the CPU threshold of the entire application.
Server Load average

The average processing load of the server is above or below the amount for the specified period of time.

Server load average alert condition

To enable this condition, specify the average load and duration that triggers the alert.

Windows environments don’t provide this information, so this metric isn’t available in Windows environments.
Server Memory usage

The total memory usage (in MB) on the server is above or below the amount for the specified period of time.

Server memory usage alert condition

To enable this condition, specify the memory usage and duration that triggers the alert.

Server Thread count

The thread count on the JVM is above or below the level for the specified period of time.

Server thread count alert condition

To enable this condition, specify the thread count and duration that triggers the alert.

The following alerts vary according to the target type (server, server groups, or clusters) and require no additional parameters:

Servers
  • Agent version changed

  • Runtime version changed

  • Server connected

  • Server deleted

  • Server disconnected

Server Groups
  • Server Group connected

  • Server Group deleted

  • Server Group disconnected

  • Server Group’s node connected

  • Server Group’s node disconnected

  • Server added to Server Group

  • Server removed from Server Group

Clusters
  • Cluster connected

  • Cluster deleted

  • Cluster disconnected

  • Cluster presents visibility issues

  • Cluster’s node connected

  • Cluster’s node disconnected

  • Server added to Cluster

  • Server removed from Cluster

Alert Variables

You can use the following variables in the alert email Subject and Message fields. For the description of each variable, see Variable Definitions.

You can’t use the combination of characters $&.
Table 1. Variables for Alerts
Alert Type Alert Applicable Variables

All Alerts

${resource} ${severity} ${state}

CloudHub App Alerts

CPU usage - CloudHub

${operator} ${value}

Memory usage - CloudHub

Custom application notification

${user} ${priority} ${transactionId} ${message}

Deployment failed

${user} ${message}

Deployment success

${user}

Worker not responding

Exceeds event traffic threshold

${period} ${periodTimeUnit}

Hybrid App Alerts

All Hybrid App Alerts

${name}

Number of Mule messages

${currentValue} ${threshold} ${location}

Number of errors

Response time

Server Alerts

All Server Alerts

${name}

Agent version changed

${oldVersion} ${newVersion}

Runtime version changed

Server CPU usage

${currentValue} ${comparison} ${threshold} ${location}

Server Load average

Server Memory average

Server Thread count

Server Group Alerts

All Server Group Alerts

${name}

Server Group’s node CPU usage

${memberName} ${groupName} ${currentValue} ${comparison} ${threshold} ${location} ${parentResource} ${parentLocation}

Server Group’s node Load average

Server Group’s node Memory usage

Server Group’s node Thread count

Server Group’s node connected

${memberName} ${groupName}

Server Group’s node disconnected

Server added to Server Group

Server removed from Server Group

Cluster Alerts

All Cluster Alerts

${name}

Cluster’s node CPU usage

${memberName} ${clusterName} ${currentValue} ${comparison} ${threshold} ${location} ${parentResource} ${parentLocation}

Cluster’s node Load average

Cluster’s node Memory usage

Cluster’s node Thread count

Cluster’s node disconnected

${resource} ${memberName} ${clusterName}

Cluster’s node connected

${memberName} ${clusterName}

Server added to Cluster

Server removed from Cluster

Table 2. Variable Definitions
Variable Definition

${clusterName}

Name of the cluster

${currentValue}

Current value of metric that triggers the alert

${comparison}

Above or Below

${groupName}

Name of the server group

${location}

Where to find more information about the alert

${memberName}

Name of the node in a server group or cluster

${message}

Message from the notification that trigger the alert

${name}

Name of the item that triggers the alert:

  • Hybrid Apps: Name of the app that triggers the alert

  • Servers: Name of the target (server, server group, or cluster) that triggers the alert

${newVersion}

New version number for the agent or runtime

${oldVersion}

Previous version number for the agent or runtime

${operator}

An operator, such as < > =

${parentLocation}

Where to find more information about the alert on the node’s parent cluster

${parentResource}

Name of the resource, such as server or app, on the node’s parent cluster that triggers the alert

${period}

Period of time over which to measure

${periodTimeUnit}

Period of time unit

${priority}

Priority of the notification that triggers the alert

${resource}

Name of the item that triggers the alert:

  • CloudHub Apps: Name of the app that triggers the alert

  • Hybrid Apps: Name of the resource in the app that triggers the alert

${severity}

Severity of the alert

${state}

State of the resource that triggers the alert, such as Running or Disconnected

${threshold}

Count over the period of time that triggers the alert

${transactionId}

Transaction ID defined in the app or assigned by Mule

${user}

Anypoint Platform organization name

${value}

A value associated with an element

Access Alerts in Runtime Manager

You can access alerts in Runtime Manager in several ways.

To display all the alerts associated with your account, click Alerts in the left navigation pane:

Alerts menu
Figure 3. The arrow shows the Alerts menu.

From this page, you can:

  • Create an alert

  • Search for a string in an alert name

  • Filter the displayed alerts by source, condition, severity, or status

  • Click an alert name to change its settings

  • Select an alert to display its status, settings, and history in the details pane:

    Alert history in the details pane
    Figure 4. The arrow shows the alert history in the details pane.

To display the alerts associated with an application or server:

  1. In the Applications or Servers list, click the Status column for the application or server.

  2. Click the View Associated Alerts link in the details pane:

    View Associated Alerts link in the details pane
    Figure 5. The arrow shows the View Associated Alerts link in the details pane.

To display the alert history for a server, server group, or cluster, or an application deployed to a local server:

  1. In the Applications or Servers list, click the application or server name.

  2. Click Settings in the left navigation pane.

  3. Click the Alerts History tab:

    Alerts History tab on the Settings page
    Figure 6. The arrow shows the Alerts History tab on the Settings page.

Manage Alerts in Runtime Manager

To manage alerts from the Alerts page, select one or more alerts in the list and select an action in the details pane:

Select toggle, alert state switch, Duplicate icon, and Delete icon
Figure 7. The screenshot shows (1) the select toggle, (2) the alert state switch, (3) the Duplicate icon, and (4) the Delete icon.
Switch an alert on or off

All users of Anypoint Platform, even those without permission to create alerts, can control whether email alerts are sent by switching an alert on or off.

When you change the state of an alert, the change is applied for all users who receive email notifications for that alert.

  • To turn alerts off, click the toggle switch:

    Alert switch on
    Figure 8. The arrow shows the alert switch on.

    The value in the Active column changes from Yes to No.

  • To turn alerts on, click the toggle switch:

    Alert switch off
    Figure 9. The arrow shows the alert switch off.

    The value in the Active column changes from No to Yes.

Create a copy of an alert

Select one or more alerts and click the Duplicate icon in the details pane:

Duplicate alert icon
Figure 10. The arrow shows the Duplicate alert icon.

Runtime Manager creates a copy of the alert with -copy appended to the name of the original alert.

Delete an alert

Select one or more alerts and click the Delete (trash can) icon in the details pane:

Delete (trash can) icon
Figure 11. The arrow shows the Delete alert (trash can) icon.

When prompted, click OK to confirm the deletion.