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- alarm
- An action triggered whenever a meter reaches a certain threshold.
- API server
- HTTP REST API service for Aodh.
- ceilometer
From Wikipedia [1]:
A ceilometer is a device that uses a laser or other light source to determine the height of a cloud base.- http callback
- HTTP callback is used for calling a predefined URL, whenever an alarm has been set off. The payload of the request contains all the details of why the alarm was triggered.
- log
- Logging is one of the alarm actions that is useful mostly for debugging, it stores the alarms in a log file.
- zaqar
According to Zaqar Developer Documentation:
Zaqar is a multi-tenant cloud messaging and notification service for web and mobile developers.- project
- The OpenStack tenant or project.
- resource
- The OpenStack entity being metered (e.g. instance, volume, image, etc).
- user
- An OpenStack user.
| [1] | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceilometer |