Alibaba Cloud CloudMonitor is a service that monitors Alibaba Cloud resources and Internet applications; CloudMonitor offers seamless integration, dat.

by Hankai, Head of Solution Architect Alibaba Cloud

Introduction

Alibaba Cloud CloudMonitor is a service that monitors Alibaba Cloud resources and Internet applications; CloudMonitor offers seamless integration, data visualization, data processing, and flexible alerting.

Lark is an all-in-one collaboration suite by ByteDance. With features like Chat, Calendar, Meetings, Docs, Mail, and Workplace all in one collective app. Feishu is the China domestic version of Lark.

This article describes how to send CloudMonitor alerts to a Lark/Feishu group or direct messaging via webhook.

1. Get Webhook URL from Lark/Feishu

You can get a Webhook URL from either Step 1A or Step 1B or Step 1C

Step 1A: Create a Lark/Feishu Group Chat and Add a Bot

Click Group "Setting", "Bots", "Add bot" and "Custom Bot"

don't configure any security settings on this page

Copy the Webhook URL from this step.

Step 1B: Create a Lark Flow

In the Lark Desktop, click "Workplace", "Lark Flow and "Create"

"Select a Trigger", and followed by "webhook"

followed by "Trigger", and "Catch hook"

Copy the Webhook URL from this step and you may leave the parameters as "{}"

Click "Select An Action", followed by "Message"

"Action", followed by "Send me a message via Feishu Flow bot"

Enter "Event" details and click "Confirm"

Click "Create"

Step 1C: Create a Feishu Bot Command

Log into Feishu BotBuilder via https://botbuilder.feishu.cn/home
Select "My Commands" followed by "Create Bot Command"

"Select a trigger" and "Webhook Trigger"

Copy the Webhook URL from this step and you may leave the parameters empty

"Select an action", you may choose "Send message via BotBuilder"

Fill in the information under Action and choose "Webhook Trigger (Complete JSON string)" as the message.

Click "Done"
Add a flow name and "Enable" that.

2. CloudMonitor Configuration

Step 2.1: Create Alert Contact

log into Alibaba Cloud and navigate to "CloudMonitor" console
In the left navigation bar, select "Alerts", followed by "Alert Contacts"
In "Alert Contacts" tab, click "Create Alert Contact"
In "Webhook or DingTalk Robot", enter the Lark/URL webhook URL from the previous section

Activate the Alert Contact via the mail

Step 2.2: Create Alert Contact Group

Navigate to the "Alert Contact Group" tab,
In the "Alert Contact Group" tab, click "Create Alert Contact Group"
Enter a group name, select the previous alert contact and save.

3. Integration Testing

Step 3.1 Create a new Monitor

Create a new monitor, e.g. Site Monitor, and include the newly created alert group as the contact group. and save it.

Step 3.2 Testing Result

3.2.1 Lark Group Testing Result

3.2.2 Feishu Group Testing Result

3.2.3 Lark Flow Testing Result

3.2.4 Feishu Bot Command Testing Result

Conclusion

Alibaba Cloud CloudMonitor can be integrated with any communication tools with webhook capability (e.g Lark/Feishu) for effective notification and alerting.

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Lark/Feishu and CloudMonitor Integration

Introduction

1. Get Webhook URL from Lark/Feishu

Step 1A: Create a Lark/Feishu Group Chat and Add a Bot

Step 1B: Create a Lark Flow

Step 1C: Create a Feishu Bot Command

2. CloudMonitor Configuration

Step 2.1: Create Alert Contact

Step 2.2: Create Alert Contact Group

3. Integration Testing

Step 3.1 Create a new Monitor

Step 3.2 Testing Result

3.2.1 Lark Group Testing Result

3.2.2 Feishu Group Testing Result

3.2.3 Lark Flow Testing Result

3.2.4 Feishu Bot Command Testing Result

Conclusion

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