Alert Message

Description

You can use this Destination to send alert messages to a selected service, such as Slack, PagerDuty, or a Webhook. This is helpful if there are particular events or metrics that process through your Pipeline that should trigger further action for you or your team.

Configuration

Configuration Options

Option	Description
End-to-End Acknowledgment	Sends an end-to-end acknowledgement for the alert message.
URI	The full URI of the service that you want to send the alert message to. This should include the protocol and host, but can also include the port, path, and any other valid part of a URI. Note: The URI can’t point to a private IP address or a hostname that resolves to a private IP address, and it can’t return a redirect response.
Service	The message service to send the alert to. Options include Slack, PagerDuty, and WebHook. There are additional configuration parameters depending on the Service chosen (See below).
Window Seconds	The time frame during which the number of events (set by the Threshold) is permitted.
Threshold	The number of events allowed over the given time window set by Window Seconds (default: 1).

When Service is Set to Slack or Webhook

Prerequisite for Slack: Setup an incoming webhook within your Slack organization and use the webhook URL as the URI config above.

Option	Description
Message Text	The text to send to the Service. Note: This currently does not support message templates.

When Service is Set to PagerDuty

Option	Description
Summary	A brief text summary of the event, used to generate the summaries/titles of any associated alerts. The maximum permitted length of this property is 1024 characters. Note: This currently does not support message templates.
Severity	The perceived severity of the status the event is describing with respect to the affected system. (info, warning, error, critical).
Source	The unique location of the affected system, preferably a hostname or FQDN.
Routing Key	This is the 32 character Integration Key for an integration on a service or on a global ruleset.
Event Action	The event action associated with the alert (trigger, acknowledge, resolve).