Create One Alert Configuration¶

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Resource

Request Path Parameters
Request Query Parameters
Request Body Parameters
Response Elements
Example Request
Example Response

Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID} is the same as your project ID. For existing groups, your group/project ID remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.

Resource¶

Base URL: https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0

POST /groups/{GROUP-ID}/alertConfigs

Request Path Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Necessity	Description
`GROUP-ID`	string	Required	Unique identifier for the Project.

Request Query Parameters¶

This endpoint might use any of the HTTP request query parameters available to all Atlas Administration API resources. All of these are optional.

Name

Type

Necessity

Description

Default

pretty

boolean

Optional

Flag indicating whether the response body should be in a prettyprint format.

false

envelope

boolean

Optional

Flag indicating if Atlas should wrap the response in a JSON envelope.

This option may be needed for some API clients. These clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query.

For endpoints that return one result, the response body includes:


status	HTTP response code
envelope	Expected response body

false

Request Body Parameters¶

Alert configurations depend why you want Atlas to raise an alert. Alerts can be triggered if either:

a particular condition is met or
a particular metric exceeded a particular value.

To simplify the differences between condition and metrics, click one of the following tabs:


matchers	array of objects	Required	Rules to apply when matching an object against this alert configuration. Only entities that match all these rules are checked for an alert condition. Atlas limits filtering alerts using matchers when the eventTypeName specifies an event for the following: a host, a replica set, or a sharded cluster. To add one or more matchers, see Filter Results.
notifications	array of objects	Required	One or more targets for Atlas to send notifications when an alert condition is detected. You can configure any number of notifications for each alert condition. To add one or more notifications, see Set Notifications.

Trigger Alerts¶

Filter Results¶

matchers

.[n].fieldName

string

Required

Name of the field in the target object that you wanted this configuration to match. Atlas accepts the following values:

Host	Replica set	Sharded cluster
`TYPE_NAME` `HOSTNAME` `PORT` `HOSTNAME_AND_PORT` `REPLICA_SET_NAME`	`REPLICA_SET_NAME` `SHARD_NAME` `CLUSTER_NAME`	`CLUSTER_NAME` `SHARD_NAME`

matchers

.[n].operator

string

Optional

Comparison operator to apply when checking the current metric value against matcher.[n].value. Atlas accepts the following values:

EQUALS
NOT_EQUALS
CONTAINS
NOT_CONTAINS

STARTS_WITH
ENDS_WITH
REGEX

matchers

.[n].value

string

Optional

Value against which the specified operator compares.

If you set matchers.[n].fieldName to TYPE_NAME, you can match on the following values:

PRIMARY
SECONDARY
STANDALONE

CONFIG
MONGOS

Set Notifications¶

notifications.[n]

.apiToken

string

Conditional

Slack API token.

If the token later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the token.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SLACK.

notifications.[n]

.channelName

string

Conditional

Slack channel name.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SLACK.

notifications.[n]

.datadogApiKey

string

Conditional

Datadog API Key. Found in the Datadog dashboard.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to DATADOG.

notifications.[n]

.datadogRegion

string

Conditional

Region that indicates which API URL to use. Atlas accepts the following values:

US
EU

The default Datadog region is US.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to DATADOG.

notifications.[n]

.delayMin

integer

Conditional

Number of minutes to wait after an alert condition is detected before sending out the first notification.

notifications.[n]

.emailAddress

string

Conditional

Email address to which alert notifications are sent.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to EMAIL.

You don't need to set this value to send emails to specific users, users with specific project roles, users with specific organization roles, or teams. Use the notifications.[n].emailEnabled parameter for that purpose.

notifications.[n]

.emailEnabled

boolean

Conditional

Flag indicating if email notifications should be sent to this user's email address.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to GROUP, ORG, or USER.

notifications.[n]

.flowdockApiToken

string

Conditional

Flowdock personal API token.

If the token later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the token.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to FLOWDOCK.

notifications.[n]

.flowName

string

Conditional

Flowdock flow name in lower-case letters. The flow name appears after the organization name in the URL string:

www.flowdock.com/app/<organization-name>/<flow-name>.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to FLOWDOCK.

notifications.[n]

.intervalMin

integer

Required

Number of minutes to wait between successive notifications for unacknowledged alerts that are not resolved. The minimum value is 5.

Note

PagerDuty, VictorOps, and OpsGenie notifications don't return this element. You must configure and manage the notification interval within each external service.

notifications.[n]

.mobileNumber

string

Conditional

Mobile number to which alert notifications are sent.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SMS.

notifications.[n]

.notificationToken

string

Conditional

HipChat API token.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to HIP_CHAT.

If the token later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the Project owner and eventually removes the token.

notifications.[n]

.opsGenieApiKey

string

Conditional

Opsgenie API Key.

If the key later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the key.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to OPS_GENIE.

notifications.[n]

.opsGenieRegion

string

Conditional

Region that indicates which API URL to use. Atlas accepts the following values:

US
EU

The default Opsgenie region is US.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to OPS_GENIE.

notifications.[n]

.orgName

string

Conditional

Flowdock organization name in lower-case letters. This is the name that appears after www.flowdock.com/app/ in the URL string.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to FLOWDOCK.

notifications.[n]

.roles

array of strings

Conditional

One or more roles that receive the configured alert. Atlas accepts the following values:

Project roles	Organization roles
`GROUP_CLUSTER_MANAGER` `GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_ADMIN` `GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_ONLY` `GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_WRITE` `GROUP_OWNER` `GROUP_READ_ONLY`	`ORG_OWNER` `ORG_MEMBER` `ORG_GROUP_CREATOR` `ORG_BILLING_ADMIN` `ORG_READ_ONLY`

If you include this field, Atlas sends alerts only to users assigned the roles you specify in the array. If you omit this field, Atlas sends alerts to users assigned any role.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to GROUP or ORG.

notifications.[n]

.roomName

string

Conditional

HipChat room name.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to HIP_CHAT.

notifications.[n]

.serviceKey

string

Conditional

PagerDuty service key.

If the key later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the key.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to PAGER_DUTY.

Atlas accepts the following values:

CRITICAL
ERROR
WARNING

notifications.[n]

.smsEnabled

boolean

Conditional

Flag indicating if text message notifications should be sent to this user's mobile phone.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to ORG, GROUP, or USER.

notifications.[n]

.teamId

string

Conditional

Unique identifier of a team.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to TEAM.

notifications.[n]

.typeName

string

Required

Means by which you want Atlas to send you notification of an alert. Atlas accepts the following values:

EMAIL
SMS
PAGER_DUTY
SLACK
FLOWDOCK

DATADOG
OPS_GENIE
VICTOR_OPS
WEBHOOK

USER
TEAM
GROUP (Project)
ORG

notifications.[n]

.username

string

Conditional

Name of the Atlas user to which to send notifications. This user must belong in the project that owns the alert configuration.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to USER.

notifications.[n]

.victorOpsApiKey

string

Conditional

VictorOps API key.

If the key later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the key.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to VICTOR_OPS.

notifications.[n]

.victorOpsRoutingKey

string

Conditional

VictorOps routing key.

If the key later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the key.

Set this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to VICTOR_OPS.

Response Elements¶

The response includes the alert configuration details:

Note

Alert configurations vary. An alert configuration may only include a subset of these elements.

Name	Type	Description
created	string	Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when this alert configuration was created.
enabled	boolean	Flag indicating this alert configuration enabled.
eventTypeName	string	Type of event that triggers an alert.
groupId	string	Unique identifier of the Project that owns this alert configuration.
id	string	Unique identifier of the alert configuration.
links	array of objects	One or more uniform resource locators that link to sub-resources and/or related resources. The Web Linking Specification explains the relation-types between URLs.
matchers	array of objects	Rules to apply when matching an object against this alert configuration.
matchers .[n].fieldName	string	Name of the field in the target object that you wanted this configuration to match.
matchers .[n].operator	string	Comparison operator to apply when checking the current metric value against matcher.[n].value.
matchers .[n].value	string	Value to match or exceed using matchers.[n].operator.
metricThreshold	object	Value and means of comparison that triggers an alert.
metricThreshold .metricName	string	Name of the metric to check. Supports the same values as the metricName field of the alerts resource.
metricThreshold .mode	string	Average value of this metric.
metricThreshold .operator	string	Comparison operator that Atlas applied when checking the current metric value against the threshold value.
metricThreshold .threshold	number	Value of metricThreshold.metricName that, when exceeded, triggers an alert.
metricThreshold .units	string	Units of capacity or time that define the scope of the metricThreshold.threshold.
notifications	array of objects	One or more targets for Atlas to send notifications when an alert condition is detected.
notifications.[n] .apiToken	string	Slack API token token. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SLACK.
notifications.[n] .channelName	string	Slack channel name. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SLACK.
notifications.[n] .datadogApiKey	string	DataDog API Key. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to DATADOG.
notifications.[n] .datadogRegion	string	Region that indicates which API URL to use.
notifications.[n] .delayMin	number	Number of minutes to wait after an alert condition is detected before sending out the first notification.
notifications.[n] .emailAddress	string	Email address to which to send notification. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to EMAIL.
notifications.[n] .emailEnabled	boolean	Flag indicating email notifications must be sent. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to ORG, GROUP, or USER.
notifications.[n] .flowdockApiToken	string	Flowdock personal API token. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to FLOWDOCK.
notifications.[n] .flowName	string	Name of the Flowdock flow. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to FLOWDOCK.
notifications.[n] .intervalMin	number	Number of minutes to wait between successive notifications for unacknowledged alerts that are not resolved. Note PagerDuty, VictorOps, and OpsGenie notifications don't return this element. You must configure and manage the notification interval within each external service.
notifications.[n] .mobileNumber	string	Mobile number to which alert notifications are sent. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SMS.
notifications.[n] .notificationToken	string	HipChat API token. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to HIP_CHAT. If the token later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the `Project Owner` and eventually removes the token.
notifications.[n] .opsGenieApiKey	string	Opsgenie API Key. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to OPS_GENIE.
notifications.[n] .opsGenieRegion	string	Region that indicates which API URL to use. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to OPS_GENIE.
notifications.[n] .orgName	string	Name of the Flowdock organization. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to FLOWDOCK.
notifications.[n] .roles	array of strings	Atlas role in current Project or Organization. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to ORG or GROUP.
notifications.[n] .roomName	string	HipChat room name. Atlas returns this value if "notifications.typeName" : "HIP_CHAT.
notifications.[n] .serviceKey	string	PagerDuty service key. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to PAGER_DUTY.
notifications.[n] .smsEnabled	boolean	Flag indicating text notifications must be sent. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to ORG, GROUP, or USER.
notifications.[n] .teamId	string	Unique identifier of the team that receives this notification.
notifications.[n] .teamName	string	Label for the team that receives this notification.
notifications.[n] .typeName	string	Means by which you want Atlas to send you notification of an alert.
notifications.[n] .username	string	Name of an Atlas user to which to send notifications. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to USER.
notifications.[n] .victorOpsApiKey	string	VictorOps API key. If the key later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the `Project Owner` and eventually removes the key. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to VICTOR_OPS.
notifications.[n] .victorOpsRoutingKey	string	VictorOps routing key. If the key later becomes invalid, Atlas sends an email to the `Project Owner` and eventually removes the key. Atlas returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to VICTOR_OPS.
threshold	object	Threshold that triggers an alert. Atlas returns this value if eventTypeName is any value other than OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD.
threshold .operator	string	Comparison operator that Atlas applied when checking the current metric value against the threshold value.
threshold .threshold	number	Value that, when exceeded, Atlas triggers an alert.
threshold .units	string	Units of capacity or time that define the scope of the threshold.threshold.
typeName	string	This field is deprecated and is ignored.
updated	string	Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when this alert configuration was last updated.

Example Request¶

Example Response¶

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