Using the Monitoring Dashboard
The monitoring dashboard allows you to view the operational status and event history of monitored services and resources, as well as the top usage items.
Getting Started with the Monitoring Dashboard
When you navigate to the Cloud Monitoring Console page in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, the monitoring dashboard is displayed. If you are on a different page, you can click Cloud Monitoring Console > Monitoring Dashboard to move to the monitoring dashboard page.
The monitoring dashboard is composed of the following elements.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Data Reference Time | Displays the reference time for the data shown on the dashboard |
| Refresh | Refreshes the dashboard based on the current time |
| Auto Refresh | Enables or disables the auto-refresh feature for the dashboard |
| Period Setting | Sets the data retrieval period or changes the refresh cycle |
| Monitoring Status | Displays the number of monitored targets and their monitoring status for each service |
| Event History | Displays the number of events that occurred in the last 7 days as a graph by risk level |
| Top 5 Performance Usage | Displays the top 5 monitored targets with the highest performance usage as a graph |
| Event Map | Displays the number of events that occurred for each service by risk level |
| Event Status | Displays a list of unprocessed events that have occurred |
- The monitoring dashboard is automatically created when you create an account in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console and cannot be deleted.
- The widgets that make up the monitoring dashboard cannot be changed.
- To create a dashboard with a specific widget, use a custom dashboard. For more information on custom dashboards, see Using Custom Dashboards.
Understanding Common Dashboard Features
This section describes the features that can be used in the dashboard.
Downloading Widget Images
You can download a widget as an image file (*.png) by clicking the download button in the top-right corner of the widget area.
Viewing Detailed Graph Information
When you hover over a graph with your mouse cursor, detailed information appears in a popup.
Monitoring Status
Displays the number of monitored targets and their monitoring status for each service in use.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Service Category | Displays the service category and the number of monitored targets for each service category
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| Service List | Displays the list of services and the number of monitored targets included in the service category
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| Monitoring Status | Displays the number of monitored targets and their current status
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| Event Status | Displays the number of events that have occurred, classified by risk level (Fatal, Warning, Inform) |
- The performance collection in the monitoring status displays the combined number of performance items for both Agent and Agentless methods.
Event History
Displays the number of events that occurred in the last 7 days as a graph by risk level.
- When you hover over the graph with your mouse cursor, the event risk level and the number of occurrences for the selected date appear in a popup.
- Occurrences: The total number of events that occurred
- Active: The number of events that continue to occur because they meet the event occurrence conditions
- Inactive: The number of events that no longer occur because they do not meet the event occurrence conditions
- You can click on the risk level legend area to hide or show the corresponding graph.
Top 5 Performance Usage
Displays the top 5 monitored targets with the highest performance usage as a graph.
- When you hover over the graph with your mouse cursor, the full name of the selected target and its current performance value appear in a popup.
- Clicking on the graph opens the Monitored Target Details popup window for the corresponding target.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| CPU Usage/Core [Basic] | The percentage of CPU time used, excluding Idle and IOWait states |
| Memory Used [Basic] | The current amount of used memory |
| Disk Read Bytes [Basic] | The number of disk read bytes |
| Disk Write Bytes [Basic] | The number of disk write bytes |
- The monitoring dashboard only displays the performance of Virtual Servers. To display the top 5 performance of other service types, you must select and configure them in a custom dashboard.
Event Map
Displays the number of events that occurred for each service by risk level.
- When you hover over a square with your mouse cursor, the name of the monitored target appears in a popup.
- Clicking on a service item in the event map opens the Monitored Target Details popup window for the corresponding service.
Each item’s risk level is as follows.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| No Rule | A state where it is impossible to determine whether it is normal or abnormal. It means that there is no threshold setting value, so the state cannot be determined. |
| NORMAL | A normal state. It means that the threshold was not exceeded, so no event occurred. |
| INFORM | The lowest level of risk. It includes simple notification-level information. |
| WARNING | A medium level of risk. |
| FATAL | The highest level of risk. |
Event Status
Displays a list of events that have occurred and are still active.
- Events are displayed in the order they occurred most recently.