Create RightScale alert via rsc cli tool

00-steps.md

• Append additional collectd metric to /etc/collectd.conf TypesDb line
• Find instance self via rsc.txt command above

monitoring-id.txt

# Extract hostname to place in collectd.conf
rsc --rl10 cm15 index_instance_session /api/sessions/instance --x1 '.monitoring_id'

rsc-alert_specs.txt

usage: rsc [<FLAGS>] cm15 create alert_specs [<PARAMS>]

Creates a new AlertSpec with the given parameters.
Required parameters:
	alert_spec

PARAMS:
alert_spec[escalation_name]=string
    <optional> Escalate to the named alert escalation when the alert is triggered. Must either escalate or vote.

alert_spec[subject_href]=string
    <optional> The href of the resource that this AlertSpec should be associated with. The subject can be a ServerTemplate, Server, ServerArray, or Instance.

alert_spec[description]=string
    <optional> The description of the AlertSpec.

alert_spec[threshold]=string
    <required> The threshold of the condition sentence.

alert_spec[condition]=string
    <required, [>|>=|<|<=|==|!=]> The condition (operator) in the condition sentence.

alert_spec[vote_type]=string
    <optional, [grow|shrink]> Vote to grow or shrink a ServerArray when the alert is triggered. Must either escalate or vote.

alert_spec[variable]=string
    <required> The RRD variable of the condition sentence.

alert_spec[duration]=string
    <required> The duration in minutes of the condition sentence.

alert_spec[vote_tag]=string
    <optional> Should correspond to a vote tag on a ServerArray if vote to grow or shrink.

alert_spec[name]=string
    <required> The name of the AlertSpec.

alert_spec[file]=string
    <required> The RRD path/file_name of the condition sentence.

rsc-create-alert.txt

SESSION=$(rsc --rl10 --x1 ':has(.rel:val("self")).href' cm15 index_instance_session /api/sessions/instance)

rsc --rl10 cm15 create alert_specs \
alert_spec[escalation_name]=warning \
alert_spec[threshold]=5 \
alert_spec[condition]=">" \
alert_spec[variable]="shortterm" \
alert_spec[duration]=2 \
alert_spec[name]="xxx" \
alert_spec[file]="load/load" \
alert_spec[subject_href]=$SESSION

rsc.txt

# Extract session id
rsc --rl10 --x1 ':has(.rel:val("self")).href' cm15 index_instance_session /api/sessions/instance