Alert Services

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Last Modified 2022-10-10 09:51 -0400

Name and Type

Name	Description
Name	Name of the new alert service.
Enabled	Unset to disable this service without deleting it.
Type	Choose an alert service to display options for that service.
Level	Select the level of severity.

Authentication

AWS expand

Name	Description
AWS Region	Enter the AWS account region.
ARN	Topic Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for publishing. Example: arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:111122223333:MyTopic.
Key ID	Access Key ID for the linked AWS account.
Secret Key	Secret Access Key for the linked AWS account.

Email expand

Name	Description
Email Address	Enter a valid email address to receive alerts from this system.

InfluxDB expand

Name	Description
Host	Enter the InfluxDB hostname.
Username	Username for this service.
Password	Enter password.
Database	Name of the InfluxDB database.
Series	InfluxDB time series name for collected points.

Mattermost expand

Name	Description
Webhook URL	Enter or paste the incoming webhook URL associated with this service.
Username	Mattermost username.
Channel	Name of the channel to receive notifications. This overrides the default channel in the incoming webhook settings.
Icon Url	Icon file to use as the profile picture for new messages. Example: https://mattermost.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/icon.png. Requires configuring Mattermost to override profile picture icons.

OpsGenie expand

Name	Description
API Key	Enter or paste the API key. Find the API key by signing into the OpsGenie web interface and going to Integrations/Configured Integrations. Click the desired integration, Settings, and read the API Key field.
API URL	Leave empty for default OpsGenie API.

PagerDuty expand

Name	Description
Service Key	Enter or paste the “integration/service” key for this system to access the PagerDuty API.
Client Name	PagerDuty client name.

Slack expand

Name	Description
Webhook URL	Paste the incoming webhook URL associated with this service.

SNMP Trap expand

Name	Description
Hostname	Hostname or IP address of the system to receive SNMP trap notifications.
Port	UDP port number on the system receiving SNMP trap notifications. The default is 162.
SNMPv3 Security Model	Enable the SNMPv3 security model.
SNMP Community	Network community string. The community string acts like a user ID or password. A user with the correct community string has access to network information. The default is public. For more information, see this helpful SNMP Community Strings tutorial.

VictorOps expand

Name	Description
API Key	Enter or paste the VictorOps API key.
Routing Key	Enter or paste the VictorOps routing key.

Related Content

• Top Menu
• Alert Notifications
• Alert Settings