Status Checks & Alarms

Status Checking

In order to know that instance is successfully launched, check its status.

1. Click Instances in the left panel.
   All the instances related to the specific region will be displayed.
    
2. 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: 
   
   
   
3. 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

1. On the EC2 Dashboard, click the Instances option in the left panel.
    
2. Select the instance to which to add CloudWatch alarm.
    
3. Navigate to the Status Checks tab.
   
   
   
   The Status Checks tab displays the information on the system status checks and instance status checks.

Status Check Alarm

1. Click Create Status Check Alarm. This will prompt the Create Alarm dialog.
   
   
   
   
2. Check the box behind the Send a Notification to field. 
   
   
   
   
3. Click Create Topic to specify email addresses for all contacts involved. If only the admin needs to be notified, keep the default choice NotifyMe.
   
   
   
   
4. 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. 
    
5. Select the condition for defining the required metric from the Whenever drop down list and then from the description drop down list.
   
   
6. The Is field is static at the setting Failing.
   
   
7. Continue the condition for the number of executions for a period. 
   
   
   
   
8. Change the Name of alarm if desired. 
   
   
   
   
   
9. Create Alarm.
   
   The new CloudWatch alarm will be initiated.