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Alerting is an Enterprise feature. Please contact us to discuss getting access.

Overview​

Our alerting solution will enable you to react to Kafka infrastructure and application irregularties. Currently, we integrate with Slack so that you can receive real-time notifications.

If you require an additional integration, please let us know so we can consider it.

Configure Slack​

From within Monitoring, navigagte to the Alerts tab. If you have not yet configured the Slack integration, then follow the link to set this up as a pre-requisite.

If you have any issues with this process, please contact us through the chat box at the bottom of your window.

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Create an Alert​

Option 1: From the Alerts Tab​

Once you have configured Slack, click the + New Alert button from within the Alerts tab.

Fill in the:

  • Name: Unique name to identify your alert
  • Graph: The metric you wish to create an alert on
  • Broker / Topic / Consumer Group: Further options to filter your alert granularity
  • Operator: The operator used to define your alert condition (for example, greater than or less than)
  • Value: The value to use as threshold for the alert
  • Comments: Any additional comments to share with your colleagues

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Option 2: Create Alert from Graph​

Alternatively, you can create an alert more dynamically when viewing a graph.

Next to each graph, you have a + button that can be used to create the alert. Once you have clicked, follow the steps from Option 1 to fill out the form.

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