Configure the alert notification method

Content: For more information, see Notification content in this topic.

Email

You can configure Log Service to send alert notifications by email. When an alert is triggered, Log Service sends an email to specified email addresses.

WebHook-DingTalk Bot

1. Open DingTalk on your computer and select the target DingTalk group.
2. In the upper-right corner of the chatbox, click the Group Settings icon and click ChatBot.
3. Select Custom (Custom message services via Webhook), and click Add.
4. Set ChatBot Name and click Finished.
5. Click Copy to copy the webhook URL.
6. Configure an alert in the Log Service console. Select WebHook-DingTalk Bot from the Notifications drop-down list.
7. In the Request URL field, paste the webhook URL copied in step 5. Set Tagged List.

   In the Tagged List field, enter the mobile numbers of group members who you want to remind. Separate multiple mobile numbers with a comma (,).

8. Enter the notification content in the Content field.

   By default, the content to be sent is configured. You can also modify and customize the content.

   To remind one or more group members by using an at sign (@), you must add mobile numbers in @Mobile number format to the Content field.

   
   
   

WebHook-Custom

1. Configure an alert in the Log Service console. Select WebHook-Custom from the Notifications drop-down list.
2. Enter your custom webhook URL in the Request URL field. Set Request Method.
3. Optional. Click Add Request Headers to add request header fields.

   By default, the request header contains the field Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8. You can add request header fields as needed.

4. Enter the notification content in the Request Content field.
   
   
   

   When an alert is triggered, Log Service sends the specified notification content to the custom webhook URL through the specified method.

5. Click Submit.

(Recommended) Notifications

In the Alibaba Cloud Message Center console, you can specify the contacts of Log Service alert notifications. When an alert is triggered, Log Service sends an alert notification to specified contacts through the notification method specified in Message Center.

1. Configure an alert. Select Notifications from the Notifications drop-down list.
2. In the Message Center console, choose Message Settings > Common Settings in the left-side navigation pane.

   
   
   

3. Find Log Service Alarm Notification in the Notification Type column and click Modify under Account Contact in the Contact column.
4. In the Modify Contact dialog box, select required alert contacts.

   To add a contact, click + Add Receiver, and then specify the email address, mobile number, and position for the contact to receive alert notifications. Only the Alibaba Cloud account owner can specify the mobile number for contacts.

   Note

   • The system automatically sends a verification link to the specified mobile number and email address of an added contact. The contact can receive alert notifications only after clicking the verification link to confirm the contact information.
   • You must specify at least one alert contact.
   • By default, Message Center supports only email as notification methods. Other methods are not supported.
   • Up to 50 alert notifications can be sent to each specified email address per day.

Notification content

The following table describes all available variables and how to reference these variables for an alert.

[
  {
    "EndTime": 1542507580,
    "FireResult": {
      "__time__": "1542453580",
      "count": "0"
    },
    "LogStore": "test-logstore",
    "Query": "* | SELECT COUNT(*) as count",
    "RawResultCount": 1,
    "RawResults": [
      {
        "__time__": "1542453580",
        "count": "0"
      }
    ],
    "StartTime": 1542453580
  }
]