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Status Checks & Alarms
Status CheckingIn order to know that instance is successfully launched, check its status.
- Click Instances in the left panel.
All the instances related to the specific region will be displayed.
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- When SoftNAS® is fully booted and is ready for initial configuration and use, the Status Checks column will show a green checkmark with the message that 2/2 checks passed
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- At this point, SoftNAS® instance is operational.
Status Check Monitoring
Set CloudWatch alarms in order to be notified automatically whenever the metric data reaches a pre-defined level.
Create a status check alarm
- On the EC2 Dashboard, click the Instances option in the left panel.
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- Select the instance to which to add CloudWatch alarm.
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- Navigate to the Status Checks tab.
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The Status Checks tab displays the information on the system status checks and instance status checks.
Status Check Alarm
- Click Create Status Check Alarm. This will prompt the Create Alarm dialog.
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- Check the box behind the Send a Notification to field.
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- Click Create Topic to specify email addresses for all contacts involved. If only the admin needs to be notified, keep the default choice NotifyMe.
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- Check the box behind the Take the Action field to initiate the action to be taken in case of the metric reaching a certain level. Also check the box for the type of the action to be initiated as Stop or Terminate this instance.
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- Select the condition for defining the required metric from the Whenever drop down list and then from the description drop down list.
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- The Is field is static at the setting Failing.
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- Continue the condition for the number of executions for a period.
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- Change the Name of alarm if desired.
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- Create Alarm.
The new CloudWatch alarm will be initiated.
