Introduction

Alibaba Cloud Network Load Balancer (NLB) is a Layer 4 load balancer that distributes TCP/UDP traffic across backend servers with ultra-high performance and elastic scaling.

Set up the Alibaba integration

  1. To begin monitoring your Network Load Balancer in OpsRamp, ensure that the Alibaba Cloud integration is configured. See Install Alibaba Cloud integration.
  2. Select Network Load Balancer in the Alibaba Integration Discovery Profile.
  3. Save the discovery profile.

Supported metrics

Metric NameAlibaba MetricMetric Display NameUnitsAggregation TypeDescription
acs_nlb_ConsumedLCUsConsumedLCUsConsumed LCUscountValueNumber of load balancer capacity units currently consumed by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceActiveConnectionInstanceActiveConnectionInstance Active ConnectioncountAverageAverage number of active client connections being handled by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceDropConnectionInstanceDropConnectionInstance Drop Connectioncounts/sAverageAverage rate of client connections dropped by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceDropPacketRXInstanceDropPacketRXInstance Drop Packet RXcounts/sAverageAverage rate of inbound packets dropped by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceDropPacketTXInstanceDropPacketTXInstance Drop Packet TXcounts/sAverageAverage rate of outbound packets dropped by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceDropTrafficRXInstanceDropTrafficRXInstance Drop Traffic RXbpsAverageAverage inbound traffic volume dropped by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceDropTrafficTXInstanceDropTrafficTXInstance Drop Traffic TXbpsAverageAverage outbound traffic volume dropped by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceInactiveConnectionInstanceInactiveConnectionInstance Inactive Connectioncounts/sAverageAverage number of inactive or idle connections maintained by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceMaxConnectionInstanceMaxConnectionInstance Max Connectioncounts/sAverageAverage maximum connection capacity observed for the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceNewConnectionInstanceNewConnectionInstance New Connectioncounts/sAverageAverage rate of new client connections established through the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstancePacketRXInstancePacketRXInstance Packet RXcounts/sAverageAverage rate of inbound packets received by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstancePacketTXInstancePacketTXInstance Packet TXcounts/sAverageAverage rate of outbound packets sent by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceTrafficRXInstanceTrafficRXInstance Traffic RXbpsAverageAverage inbound traffic handled by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceTrafficTXInstanceTrafficTXInstance Traffic TXbpsAverageAverage outbound traffic handled by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_InstanceUnhealthyServerCountInstanceUnhealthyServerCountInstance Unhealthy Server CountcountSumTotal number of backend servers currently marked unhealthy by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_NlbInstanceHeathyServerCountNlbInstanceHeathyServerCountNlb Instance Heathy Server CountcountSumTotal number of backend servers currently marked healthy by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_PeakLCUsPeakLCUsPeak LCUscountValueHighest number of load balancer capacity units reached by the NLB instance
acs_nlb_ReservedLCUsReservedLCUsReserved LCUscountValueNumber of load balancer capacity units reserved for the NLB instance

External reference

Network Load Balancer