Distributed alert system using actor models

A system for monitoring computer resource usage, comprising:

• a memory configured to store operations;
• and
• one or more processors configured to perform the operations, the operations comprising:
• executing a manager actor to:
• obtain, via an HTTP service, a request to create a first alarm, wherein the first alarm is associated with a first alert action and usage of a first computing resource;
• create, in response to the request, a first alert actor configured to run the first alert action associated with the first alarm and usage of the first computing resource;
• create a second alert actor configured to run a second alert action associated with a second alarm and usage of a second computing resource;
• and
• notify a routing module of a first subscription for the first alert actor and of a second subscription for the second alert actor;
• executing the HTTP service to obtain a first datapoint related to the first alert action and a second datapoint related to the second alert action;
• executing the routing module to stream:
• a first datapoint related to the first alert action to the first alert actor based on the first subscription;
• and
• a second datapoint related to the second alert action to the second alert actor based on the second subscription,
• wherein the first datapoint and the second datapoint relate to usage of the first computer resource and the second computer resource, respectively;
• executing the first alert actor to determine a new status of a first alert by processing the first datapoint against the first alert action and to provide the new status of the first alert to a notification actor;
• executing the second alert actor to determine a new status of a second alert by processing the second datapoint against the second alert action and to provide the new status of the second alert to the notification actor;
• and
• executing the notification actor to:
• provide a notification of the first alert to a system administrator based on a change between a current status of the first alert and the new status of the first alert;
• and
• provide a notification of the second alert based on a change between a current status of the second alert and the new status of the second alert.

A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, execution of which, by one or more processing devices, causes the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

• executing a manager actor to:
• obtain, via an HTTP service, a request to create a first alarm, wherein the first alarm is associated with a first alert action and usage of a first computing resource;
• create, in response to the request, a first alert actor configured to run the alert action associated with the first alarm and usage of the first computing resource;
• and
• create a second alert actor configured to run a second alert action associated with a second alarm and usage of a second computing resource;
• and
• notify a routing module of a first subscription for the first alert actor and of a second subscription for the second alert actor;
• execute the HTTP service to obtain a first datapoint related to the first alert action and a second datapoint related to the second alert action;
• executing the routing module to stream:
• a first datapoint related to the first alert action to the first alert actor based on the first subscription;
• and
• a second datapoint related to the second alert action to the second alert actor based on the second subscription,
• wherein the first datapoint and the second datapoint relate to usage of the first computer resource and the second computer resource, respectively;
• executing the first alert actor to determine a new status of a first alert by processing the first datapoint against the first alert action and to provide the new status of the first alert to a notification actor;
• executing the second alert actor to determine a new status of a second alert by processing the second datapoint against the second alert action and to provide the new status of the second assert to the notification actor;
• and
• executing the notification actor to:
• provide a notification of the first alert to a system administrator based on a change between a current status of the first alert and the new status of the alert;
• and
• provide a notification of the second alert based on a change between a current status of the second alert and the new status of the second alert.