Balance Alerts¶
Balance alerts help account owners monitor the available Credit and respond before the balance becomes insufficient.
Availability¶
Note
Configuration steps are available only when Billing Center provides an enabled Balance Alerts entry for the current account.
If the entry is unavailable, the feature has not been enabled for the account. CloudSigma does not document a configuration procedure until the setting can be opened, saved, and verified.
What a balance alert controls¶
When the feature is available, the console can provide the following settings:
Setting |
Purpose |
|---|---|
Alert status |
Enables or disables the alert |
Credit threshold |
Defines the balance that triggers a notification |
Notification channel |
Determines where the alert is delivered |
Recipients |
Identifies the people or teams that receive the alert |
Use the labels and available values displayed in the current console. Thresholds and notification channels can vary by account or region.
Monitor the balance without an alert¶
Until Balance Alerts is available:
Open Billing Center > Cost Overview.
Review the current Credit balance.
Compare recent consumption with the remaining balance.
Open Usage Details when consumption changes unexpectedly.
Add Credit before the balance becomes insufficient.
For more information, see View costs and usage and Top up Credits.
Verify an alert¶
After the feature becomes available and you save an alert:
confirm that the alert status is enabled;
review the configured threshold and recipients;
use a supported test action when the console provides one;
confirm that the notification was delivered through the selected channel.
Do not copy thresholds from another CloudSigma account without comparing its workload and consumption pattern.