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Get Open Alerts for Alert Configuration

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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.

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

GET /groups/{GROUP-ID}/alertConfigs/{ALERT-CONFIG-ID}/alerts
Parameter
Required/Optional
Description
{GROUP-ID}
Required
Project identifier.
{ALERT-CONFIG-ID}
Required
Alert configuration identifier.

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

Name
Type
Necessity
Description
Default
pageNum
integer
Optional
Page number, starting with one, that Atlas returns of the total number of objects.
1
itemsPerPage
integer
Optional
Number of items that Atlas returns per page, up to a maximum of 500.
100
includeCount
boolean
Optional
Flag that indicates whether Atlas returns the totalCount parameter in the response body.
true
pretty
boolean
Optional
Flag that indicates whether Atlas returns the JSON response in the prettyprint format.
false
envelope
boolean
Optional

Flag that indicates whether Atlas wraps the response in an envelope.

Some API clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query.

Endpoints that return a list of results use the results object as an envelope. Atlas adds the status parameter to the response body.

false

This endpoint does not use HTTP request body parameters.

The response includes the totalCount of the open alerts and a results array which lists all the alerts for the project. Alert details include:

Note

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

Name
Type
Description
id
string
Unique identifier for the alert.
groupId
string
ID of the project that this alert was opened for.
alertConfigId
string
ID of the alert configuration that triggered this alert.
eventTypeName
string

The name of the event that triggered the alert.

Alert Target
Condition
Backup
CPS_SNAPSHOT_SUCCESSFUL
Snapshot taken successfully
CPS_SNAPSHOT_FALLBACK_SUCCESSFUL
Fallback snapshot taken
CPS_SNAPSHOT_FALLBACK_FAILED
Fallback snapshot failed
CPS_SNAPSHOT_BEHIND
Snapshot schedule fell behind
CPS_RESTORE_FAILED
Backup restore failed
CPS_RESTORE_SUCCESSFUL
Backup restore succeeded
CPS_SNAPSHOT_DOWNLOAD_REQUEST_FAILED
Snapshot download request failed
Billing
CREDIT_CARD_ABOUT_TO_EXPIRE
Credit card is about to expire
PENDING_INVOICE_OVER_THRESHOLD
Monthly pending invoice ($) total is...
DAILY_BILL_OVER_THRESHOLD
Daily amount billed ($) is...
Encryption Key
AWS_ENCRYPTION_KEY_NEEDS_ROTATION
AWS encryption key elapsed time since last rotation is...
AZURE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_NEEDS_ROTATION
Azure encryption key elapsed time since last rotation is...
GCP_ENCRYPTION_KEY_NEEDS_ROTATION
GCP encryption key elapsed time since last rotation is...
Host
HOST_DOWN
Host is down
OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD
Metric occurred outside of the metric threshold. See View Deployment Metrics.
HOST_MONGOT_CRASHING_OOM
Search process (mongot) ran out of memory. To learn more and troubleshoot the issue that triggered this alert, see Atlas Search alerts.
MONGOT_NOT_CRASHING_OOM
Search process (mongot) has enough memory.
Project
USERS_WITHOUT_MULTI_FACTOR_AUTH
Users do not have two-factor authentication enabled
Replica Set
PRIMARY_ELECTED
Replica set elected a new primary
NO_PRIMARY
Replica set has no primary
TOO_MANY_ELECTIONS
Number of election events is...
REPLICATION_OPLOG_WINDOW_RUNNING_OUT
Replication Oplog Window is...
Sharded Cluster
CLUSTER_MONGOS_IS_MISSING
Cluster is missing an active mongos
User
USER_ROLES_CHANGED_AUDIT
User had their role changed
JOINED_GROUP
User joined the project
REMOVED_FROM_GROUP
User left the project
USER_ROLES_CHANGED_AUDIT
User had their role changed
X.509
NDS_X509_USER_AUTHENTICATION_MANAGED_USER_CERTS_EXPIRATION_CHECK
X.509 User Authentication, Client Certificates Expiration Alert when days to expiration is...
NDS_X509_USER_AUTHENTICATION_CUSTOMER_CA_EXPIRATION_CHECK
X.509 User Authentication, Self-Managed CA Expiration Alert when days to expiration is...
typeName
string
This field is deprecated and will be ignored.
status
string

The current state of the alert. Possible values are:

  • TRACKING

    The alert condition exists but has not persisted beyond the defined notification delay. For details, see Request Query Parameters.

  • OPEN
  • CLOSED
  • CANCELLED
acknowledgedUntil
date
The date through which the alert has been acknowledged. Will not be present if the alert has never been acknowledged.
acknowledgementComment
string
The comment left by the user who acknowledged the alert. Will not be present if the alert has never been acknowledged.
acknowledgingUsername
string
The username of the user who acknowledged the alert. Will not be present if the alert has never been acknowledged.
created
date
When the alert was opened.
updated
date
When the alert was last updated.
resolved
date
When the alert was closed. Only present if the status is CLOSED.
lastNotified
date
When the last notification was sent for this alert. Only present if notifications have been sent.
hostnameAndPort
string
The hostname and port of each host to which the alert applies. Only present for alerts of type HOST, HOST_METRIC, and REPLICA_SET.
hostId
string
ID of the host to which the metric pertains. Only present for alerts of type HOST, HOST_METRIC, and REPLICA_SET.
replicaSetName
string
Name of the replica set. Only present for alerts of type HOST, HOST_METRIC, BACKUP, and REPLICA_SET.
metricName
string
The name of the measurement whose value went outside the threshold. Only present if eventTypeName is set to OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD.
currentValue
object
The current value of the metric that triggered the alert. Only present for alerts of type HOST_METRIC.
currentValue.number
number
The value of the metric.
currentValue.units
string

The units for the value. Depends on the type of metric. For example, a metric that measures memory consumption would have a byte measurement, while a metric that measures time would have a time unit. Possible values are:

  • RAW
  • BITS
  • BYTES
  • KILOBITS
  • KILOBYTES
  • MEGABITS
  • MEGABYTES
  • GIGABITS
  • GIGABYTES
  • TERABYTES
  • PETABYTES
  • MILLISECONDS
  • SECONDS
  • MINUTES
  • HOURS
  • DAYS
clusterId
string
The ID of the cluster to which this alert applies. Only present for alerts of type BACKUP, REPLICA_SET, and CLUSTER.
clusterName
string
The name the cluster to which this alert applies. Only present for alerts of type BACKUP, REPLICA_SET, and CLUSTER.
sourceTypeName
string

For alerts of the type BACKUP, the type of server being backed up. Possible values are:

  • REPLICA_SET
  • SHARDED_CLUSTER
  • CONFIG_SERVER
curl -u "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/535683b3794d371327b/alertConfigs/533dc40ae4b00835ff81eaee/alerts"
{
"totalCount" : 2,
"results" : [ {
"id" : "53569159300495c7702ee3a3",
"groupId" : "535683b3794d371327b",
"eventTypeName" : "OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD",
"status" : "OPEN",
"acknowledgedUntil" : "2016-09-01T14:00:00Z",
"created" : "2016-08-22T15:57:13.562Z",
"updated" : "2016-08-22T20:14:11.388Z",
"lastNotified" : "2016-08-22T15:57:24.126Z",
"metricName" : "ASSERT_REGULAR",
"currentValue" : {
"number" : 0.0,
"units" : "RAW"
},
"links" : [ ... ]
}, {
"id" : "5356ca0e300495c770333340",
"groupId" : "535683b3794d371327b",
"eventTypeName" : "OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD",
"status" : "OPEN",
"created" : "2016-08-22T19:59:10.657Z",
"updated" : "2016-08-22T20:14:11.388Z",
"lastNotified" : "2016-08-22T20:14:19.313Z",
"metricName" : "ASSERT_REGULAR",
"currentValue" : {
"number" : 0.0,
"units" : "RAW"
},
"links" : [ ... ]
} ],
"links" : [ ... ]
}
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