Threshold configuration for AWS Gateway Load Balancer

Configure thresholds for your AWS Gateway Load Balancer metrics so that you can receive notifications when thresholds are breached.

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In this doc, we'll cover:

Configuring thresholds for Gateway Load Balancer metrics
Configuring thresholds for Gateway Load Balancer metrics at the Target Group level
Configuring thresholds for Gateway Load Balancer metrics at the Availability Zone level

Create a new threshold profile for Gateway Load Balancer

To create a new threshold profile for your Gateway Load Balancer node:

Log in to your Site24x7 account and go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
Click Add Threshold Profile in the Threshold and Availability screen.
Select Gateway Load Balancer from the Monitor Type drop-down and provide an appropriate label in the Display Name field for identification purposes.
For parameters like Service Endpoint Disconnected, Notify for Endpoint Deletion, Notify for Endpoint Failed, and Notify for Endpoint Rejected, you can toggle to Yes if you want to receive alerts for these events.
Performance counters supported for the Gateway Load Balancer will be shown under the Threshold Configuration section. You can configure values, set up alert conditions, and determine alert strategies at the individual attribute level. By default, only two attributes will be shown. You can select more by clicking on the Select Attributes option. When a metric value violates the determined threshold, an alert will be triggered.

Detailed performance metrics for Gateway Load Balancer are listed here.

Edit a threshold profile

To edit an already created threshold profile (Gateway Load Balancer), follow the steps given below:

Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
Click the threshold profile that you want to edit.
Edit the configured threshold values, and click Save.

Delete a threshold profile

To delete a threshold profile permanently (Gateway Load Balancer), follow the steps below:

Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
Click the threshold profile, and click Delete.

Create a threshold profile for a Target Group

To create a threshold profile for various Target Groups specified in the listener rule of your load balancer, follow the steps below:

Go to Cloud > AWS > Service View > Gateway Load Balancer.
Select the Gateway Load Balancer for which you want to configure thresholds from the Monitors list page.
Go to the Target Groups tab. All the target groups specified in the listener rule of the associated Gateway Load Balancer will be listed under the Target Group Details section.
Click on the edit icon (pencil icon) and set up thresholds for the metrics like Healthy Host Count and Unhealthy Host Count at the individual target-group level.
Click Save. You can also configure thresholds in bulk for all the attached target groups by selecting the Threshold Configuration option.

Edit thresholds for the Target Group

Follow the same steps mentioned above in the Create a threshold profile for a Target Group section, click on the edit icon (pencil icon), edit the configured values, and click Save.

Delete the thresholds for the Target Group

Follow the same steps mentioned above in the Create a threshold profile for a Target Group section, click on the edit icon (pencil icon), remove all the configured values, and click Save.
You can also choose to not receive alerts by switching the toggle button to Yes for the Ignore Alert option.

Create a threshold profile for an Availability Zone

To create a threshold profile for the various Availability Zones specified in the listener rule of your load balancer, follow the steps below:

Go to Cloud > AWS > Service View > Gateway Load Balancer.
Select the Gateway Load Balancer for which you want to configure thresholds from the Monitors list page.
Go to the Availability Zones tab. All the Availability Zones specified in the listener rule of the associated Gateway Load Balancer will be listed under the Availability Zone Details section.
Click on the edit icon (pencil icon) and set up thresholds for the metrics like Active Flow Count, Processed Bytes, and New Flow Count at the individual Availability-Zone level.
Click Save. You can also configure thresholds in bulk for all the attached Availability Zones by selecting the Threshold Configuration option.

Edit thresholds for the Availability Zone

Follow the same steps mentioned above in the Create a threshold profile for an Availability Zone section, click on the edit icon (pencil icon), edit the configured values, and click Save.

Delete thresholds for the Availability Zone

Follow the same steps mentioned above in the Create a threshold profile for an Availability Zone section, click on the edit icon (pencil icon), remove all the configured values, and click Save.
You can also choose to not receive alerts by switching the toggle button to Yes for the Ignore Alert option.