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Glossary
- alarm
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An action triggered whenever a meter reaches a certain threshold.
- API server
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HTTP REST API service for Aodh.
- ceilometer
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From Wikipedia1:
A ceilometer is a device that uses a laser or other light source to determine the height of a cloud base.
- http callback
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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
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Logging is one of the alarm actions that is useful mostly for debugging, it stores the alarms in a log file.
- project
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The OpenStack tenant or project.
- resource
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The OpenStack entity being metered (e.g. instance, volume, image, etc).
- user
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An OpenStack user.