Alert definitions are a streamlined and centralized mechanism to alert on collected metric data. After alert thresholds are configured, alerts are generated.
To create an alert definition:
- Go to Infrastructure > Logs.
- On the left side of this page, click the Menu icon.
- From the MY LOGS VIEWS page, under QUICK LINKS, select Logs Configuration.The configuration page is displayed.
- From the configurations page, select the ALERTING tab.The alert details page is displayed.
- Click Add.
- Enter the following details:
Field | Description |
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Name | Name of the alert. |
LOGQL | Filter the logs for which you want to apply the alert definition. |
Alert on no data | Select if you want an alert when no data is passed in the log. |
Alert Severity | Severity of the alert.
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Operator | Select the operator from the drop-down.
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Count | Specify the count.For example, if you specify the count as 10 and operator as > , an alert will be sent if more than 10 logs have been created. |
Duration | Specify the duration.For example, if you specify the duration as 60 seconds, count as 10, and operator as > , an alert will be sent if more than 10 logs have been created within 60 seconds. |
Subject | Enter the subject. |
Description | Enter the description for the alert definition. |
- Click Save.The alert definition is created.
Or, you can also edit an existing alert definition from the alerting page and then modify the alert definition.
Delete an Alert Definition
- Go to Infrastructure > Logs.
- On the left side of this page, click the Menu icon.
- From the MY LOGS VIEWS page, under QUICK LINKS, select Logs Configuration.The configuration page is displayed.
- From the configurations page, select the ALERTING tab.The alert details page is displayed.
- Select an alert definition.
- Click Remove.The selected alert definition is deleted.