Back up policies

Demonstrates how to back up alerting policies.

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• Manage alerting policies by API

Code sample

C#

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        static void BackupPolicies(string projectId, string filePath)
        {
            var policyClient = AlertPolicyServiceClient.Create();
            var channelClient = NotificationChannelServiceClient.Create();
            var projectName = new ProjectName(projectId);
            File.WriteAllText(filePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
                new BackupRecord()
                {
                    ProjectId = projectId,
                    Policies = policyClient.ListAlertPolicies(projectName),
                    Channels = channelClient.ListNotificationChannels(projectName)
                }, new ProtoMessageConverter()));
        }
        class BackupRecord
        {
            public string ProjectId { get; set; }
            public IEnumerable<AlertPolicy> Policies { get; set; }
            public IEnumerable<NotificationChannel> Channels { get; set; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Lets Newtonsoft.Json and Protobuf's json converters play nicely
        /// together.  The default Netwtonsoft.Json Deserialize method will
        /// not correctly deserialize proto messages.
        /// </summary>
        class ProtoMessageConverter : JsonConverter
        {
            public override bool CanConvert(System.Type objectType)
            {
                return typeof(Google.Protobuf.IMessage)
                    .IsAssignableFrom(objectType);
            }

            public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader,
                System.Type objectType, object existingValue,
                JsonSerializer serializer)
            {
                // Read an entire object from the reader.
                var converter = new ExpandoObjectConverter();
                object o = converter.ReadJson(reader, objectType, existingValue,
                    serializer);
                // Convert it back to json text.
                string text = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(o);
                // And let protobuf's parser parse the text.
                IMessage message = (IMessage)Activator
                    .CreateInstance(objectType);
                return Google.Protobuf.JsonParser.Default.Parse(text,
                    message.Descriptor);
            }

            public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value,
                JsonSerializer serializer)
            {
                writer.WriteRawValue(Google.Protobuf.JsonFormatter.Default
                    .Format((IMessage)value));
            }
        }

Go

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// backupPolicies writes a JSON representation of the project's alert
// policies and notification channels.
func backupPolicies(w io.Writer, projectID string) error {
	b := backup{ProjectID: projectID}
	ctx := context.Background()

	alertClient, err := monitoring.NewAlertPolicyClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer alertClient.Close()
	alertReq := &monitoringpb.ListAlertPoliciesRequest{
		Name: "projects/" + projectID,
		// Filter:  "", // See https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/v3/sorting-and-filtering.
		// OrderBy: "", // See https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/v3/sorting-and-filtering.
	}
	alertIt := alertClient.ListAlertPolicies(ctx, alertReq)
	for {
		resp, err := alertIt.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		b.AlertPolicies = append(b.AlertPolicies, &alertPolicy{resp})
	}

	channelClient, err := monitoring.NewNotificationChannelClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer channelClient.Close()
	channelReq := &monitoringpb.ListNotificationChannelsRequest{
		Name: "projects/" + projectID,
		// Filter:  "", // See https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/v3/sorting-and-filtering.
		// OrderBy: "", // See https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/v3/sorting-and-filtering.
	}
	channelIt := channelClient.ListNotificationChannels(ctx, channelReq)
	for {
		resp, err := channelIt.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		b.Channels = append(b.Channels, &channel{resp})
	}
	bs, err := json.MarshalIndent(b, "", "  ")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if _, err := w.Write(bs); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

// alertPolicy is a wrapper around the AlertPolicy proto to
// ensure JSON marshaling/unmarshaling works correctly.
type alertPolicy struct {
	*monitoringpb.AlertPolicy
}

// channel is a wrapper around the NotificationChannel proto to
// ensure JSON marshaling/unmarshaling works correctly.
type channel struct {
	*monitoringpb.NotificationChannel
}

// backup is used to backup and restore a project's policies.
type backup struct {
	ProjectID     string
	AlertPolicies []*alertPolicy
	Channels      []*channel
}

func (a *alertPolicy) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	m := &jsonpb.Marshaler{EmitDefaults: true}
	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
	m.Marshal(b, a.AlertPolicy)
	return b.Bytes(), nil
}

func (a *alertPolicy) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
	u := &jsonpb.Unmarshaler{}
	a.AlertPolicy = new(monitoringpb.AlertPolicy)
	return u.Unmarshal(bytes.NewReader(b), a.AlertPolicy)
}

func (c *channel) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	m := &jsonpb.Marshaler{}
	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
	m.Marshal(b, c.NotificationChannel)
	return b.Bytes(), nil
}

func (c *channel) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
	u := &jsonpb.Unmarshaler{}
	c.NotificationChannel = new(monitoringpb.NotificationChannel)
	return u.Unmarshal(bytes.NewReader(b), c.NotificationChannel)
}

Java

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private static void backupPolicies(String projectId, String filePath) throws IOException {
  List<AlertPolicy> alertPolicies = getAlertPolicies(projectId);
  List<NotificationChannel> notificationChannels = getNotificationChannels(projectId);
  writePoliciesBackupFile(projectId, filePath, alertPolicies, notificationChannels);
  System.out.println(String.format("Saved policies to %s", filePath));
}

private static List<AlertPolicy> getAlertPolicies(String projectId) throws IOException {
  List<AlertPolicy> alertPolicies = Lists.newArrayList();
  try (AlertPolicyServiceClient client = AlertPolicyServiceClient.create()) {
    ListAlertPoliciesPagedResponse response = client.listAlertPolicies(ProjectName.of(projectId));

    for (AlertPolicy policy : response.iterateAll()) {
      alertPolicies.add(policy);
    }
  }
  return alertPolicies;
}

private static List<NotificationChannel> getNotificationChannels(String projectId)
    throws IOException {
  List<NotificationChannel> notificationChannels = Lists.newArrayList();
  try (NotificationChannelServiceClient client = NotificationChannelServiceClient.create()) {
    ListNotificationChannelsPagedResponse listNotificationChannelsResponse =
        client.listNotificationChannels(ProjectName.of(projectId));
    for (NotificationChannel channel : listNotificationChannelsResponse.iterateAll()) {
      notificationChannels.add(channel);
    }
  }
  return notificationChannels;
}

private static void writePoliciesBackupFile(
    String projectId,
    String filePath,
    List<AlertPolicy> alertPolicies,
    List<NotificationChannel> notificationChannels)
    throws IOException {
  JsonObject backupContents = new JsonObject();
  backupContents.add("project_id", new JsonPrimitive(projectId));
  JsonArray policiesJson = new JsonArray();
  for (AlertPolicy policy : alertPolicies) {
    policiesJson.add(gson.toJsonTree(policy));
  }
  backupContents.add("policies", policiesJson);

  JsonArray notificationsJson = new JsonArray();
  for (NotificationChannel channel : notificationChannels) {
    notificationsJson.add(gson.toJsonTree(channel));
  }
  backupContents.add("notification_channels", notificationsJson);

  FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(filePath);
  writer.write(backupContents.toString());
  writer.close();
}

Node.js

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const fs = require('fs');

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const monitoring = require('@google-cloud/monitoring');

// Creates a client
const client = new monitoring.AlertPolicyServiceClient();

async function backupPolicies() {
  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
   */
  // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';

  const listAlertPoliciesRequest = {
    name: client.projectPath(projectId),
  };

  let [policies] = await client.listAlertPolicies(listAlertPoliciesRequest);

  // filter out any policies created by tests for this sample
  policies = policies.filter(policy => {
    return !policy.displayName.startsWith('gcloud-tests-');
  });

  fs.writeFileSync(
    './policies_backup.json',
    JSON.stringify(policies, null, 2),
    'utf-8'
  );

  console.log('Saved policies to ./policies_backup.json');

PHP

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use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\Client\AlertPolicyServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\Client\NotificationChannelServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\ListAlertPoliciesRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\ListNotificationChannelsRequest;

/**
 * Back up alert policies.
 *
 * @param string $projectId Your project ID
 */
function alert_backup_policies($projectId)
{
    $alertClient = new AlertPolicyServiceClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $channelClient = new NotificationChannelServiceClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $projectName = 'projects/' . $projectId;

    $record = [
        'project_name' => $projectName,
        'policies' => [],
        'channels' => [],
    ];
    $listAlertPoliciesRequest = (new ListAlertPoliciesRequest())
        ->setName($projectName);
    $policies = $alertClient->listAlertPolicies($listAlertPoliciesRequest);
    foreach ($policies->iterateAllElements() as $policy) {
        $record['policies'][] = json_decode($policy->serializeToJsonString());
    }
    $listNotificationChannelsRequest = (new ListNotificationChannelsRequest())
        ->setName($projectName);
    $channels = $channelClient->listNotificationChannels($listNotificationChannelsRequest);
    foreach ($channels->iterateAllElements() as $channel) {
        $record['channels'][] = json_decode($channel->serializeToJsonString());
    }
    file_put_contents('backup.json', json_encode($record, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
    print('Backed up alert policies and notification channels to backup.json.');
}

Python

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def backup(project_name, backup_filename):
    """Backup alert policies from a project to a local file.

    Arguments:
        project_name (str): The Google Cloud Project to use. The project name
            must be in the format - 'projects/<PROJECT_NAME>'
        backup_filename (str): Name of the file (along with its path) to which
            the alert policies will be written as backup.
    """

    alert_client = monitoring_v3.AlertPolicyServiceClient()
    channel_client = monitoring_v3.NotificationChannelServiceClient()
    record = {
        "project_name": project_name,
        "policies": list(alert_client.list_alert_policies(name=project_name)),
        "channels": list(channel_client.list_notification_channels(name=project_name)),
    }
    json.dump(record, open(backup_filename, "wt"), cls=ProtoEncoder, indent=2)
    print(
        "Backed up alert policies and notification channels to {}.".format(
            backup_filename
        )
    )


class ProtoEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    """Encode protobufs as json."""

    def default(self, obj):
        if type(obj) in (monitoring_v3.AlertPolicy, monitoring_v3.NotificationChannel):
            text = proto.Message.to_json(obj)
            return json.loads(text)
        return super(ProtoEncoder, self).default(obj)

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