<p>This article describes how to set an alarm rule.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Overview</strong></span></p> <p>You can monitor an instance with Argus service in a customized way and set alarm rules to timely learn about the operating status of the target instance.</p> <p>A general instance, disaster recovery instance, and read-only instance support setting an alarm rule.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Prerequisites</strong></span></p> <p>You have successfully created an instance. For more information, see <a href="http://pinganyun.com/ssr/help/database/RDS/User_Guide_RDS_MySQL.Instance_Management.Create_Instance.Create_Common_Instance" target="_blank">Create a General Instance</a>, <a href="http://pinganyun.com/ssr/help/database/RDS/User_Guide_RDS_MySQL.Instance_Management.Create_Instance.Create_Slave_Instance" target="_blank">Create a Remote Disaster Recovery Instance</a> or <a href="http://pinganyun.com/ssr/help/database/RDS/User_Guide_RDS_MySQL.Instance_Management.Create_Instance.Create_Read_Only_Instance" target="_blank">Create a Read-only Instance</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Procedures</strong></span></p> <ol> <li>Log in to the <a href="http://pinganyun.com/console/argus" target="_blank">Argus Console</a>.</li> <li>In the left navigation pane, click <strong>Templates</strong>.</li> <li>In the drop-down list option of <strong>Type</strong>, select <strong>RDS-MySQL</strong>.</li> <li>In the upper-right corner of the page, click <strong>Create</strong> to enter the <strong>Create Alarm Template</strong> page to create an alarm rule. You can also perform operations such as editing the existing alarm templates. For more information, see Set Alarming&nbsp;of Argus service.</li> <li>In the <strong>Operations</strong> column of the target template, click <strong>Bind Instance</strong> to bind the alarm template to the target monitoring instance. For more information, see Set Alarming of Argus service.</li> </ol>