Configure a notification method

(Recommended) Set up Message Center

If you select the Message Center method, Message Center sends alert notifications to the specified contacts when alerts are triggered in Log Service.

1. Specify the contacts to whom you want to send alert notifications in Message Center.
   1. Log on to the Message Center.
   2. On the Message Settings > Common Settings page, click Modify to the right of Log Service Alarm Notification.

      

   3. In the Modify Contact dialog box, select the contacts to whom you want to send alert notifications. Then, click Save.
      If you need to add a contact, click Add Receiver and specify the email address and position of the contact.

      Note

      • If you add a contact, Alibaba Cloud sends a verification message to the mobile phone number and a verification email to the email address of the contact. The contact can receive alert notifications only after the verification is passed.
      • You must select at least one contact.
      • Alert notifications are sent using emails. The text message and email notification methods cannot be disabled.
      • Message Center sends a maximum of 100 alert notification emails to each email address within 24 hours, for example, from 18:00 on July 19, 2020 to 18:00 on July 20, 2020.
2. Configure a notification method in the Log Service console.
   1. When you configure an alert rule, select Notifications from the Notifications drop-down list and click Add.
   2. Enter the content of an alert notification.
      The content must be 1 to 500 characters in length. You can use system variables in the content. For more information, see System variables.
   3. Click Submit.
      In this section, only one notification method is configured. If multiple notification methods are required, configure other notification methods before you click Submit.

Set up emails

If you select the email method, Log Service sends emails that contain notifications to the specified email addresses.

1. When you configure an alert rule, select Email from the Notifications drop-down list and click Add.
2. Set the following parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Recipients	The email addresses that receive alert notifications. Separate each email address with a comma (,). Note Log Service sends a maximum of 100 emails to each email address within 24 hours, for example, from 18:00 on July 19, 2020 to 18:00 on July 20, 2020.
   Subject	The subject of an alert notification email. The subject must be 1 to 100 characters in length. You can use system variables in the subject. For more information, see System variables.
   Content	The content of an alert notification email. The content must be 1 to 500 characters in length. You can use system variables in the content. For more information, see System variables.

Set up a DingTalk chatbot webhook

1. Create a DingTalk chatbot.
   1. Open DingTalk and click a DingTalk group.
   2. In the upper-right corner of the chatbox, click the Group Settings icon and choose Group Assistant > Add Robot.
   3. In the ChatBot dialog box, click Custom under Please choose which robot to add.
   4. In the Robot details dialog box, click Add.
   5. In the Add Robot dialog box, enter a chatbot name and select security options based on your business requirements. Then, select I have read and accepted DingTalk Custom Robot Service Terms of Service and click Finished.
      Note We recommend that you select Custom Keywords next to Security Settings. You can enter a maximum of 10 custom keywords. After you set keywords, the DingTalk robot sends a message only if the message contains at least one of the keywords.
   6. Click Copy to copy the webhook URL.
2. Configure a notification method in the Log Service console.
   1. When you configure an alert rule, select WebHook-DingTalk Bot from the Notifications drop-down list and click Add.
   2. Set the following parameters.

      Parameter	Description
      Request URL	The webhook URL of the DingTalk chatbot. Paste the webhook URL that you copied in Step 1.
      Title	The title of an alert notification message. You can use system variables in the title. For more information, see System variables. The title must be 1 to 100 characters in length.
      Recipients	The group members that you want to remind to read an alert notification. Select None, All, or Specified Members. If you select Specified Members, enter the mobile phone numbers of the group members in the Tagged List field. Separate each mobile phone number with a comma (,).
      Content	The content of an alert notification. The default content is provided. You can modify the content based on your requirements. The content must be 1 to 500 characters in length. You can use system variables in the content. For more information, see System variables. Note If you need to remind a group member to read the alert notification, use the @<Mobile phone number of the group member> syntax in the Content field.

   3. Click Submit.
      In this section, only one notification method is configured. If multiple notification methods are required, configure other notification methods before you click Submit.

Set up a custom webhook

1. When you configure an alert rule, select WebHook-Custom from the Notifications drop-down list and click Add.
2. Set the following parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Request URL	The custom webhook URL.
   Request Method	The method to send a notification request. Supported request methods include GET, POST, DELETE, PUT, and OPTIONS. The default request header is Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8. If you need to add request headers, click Add Request Headers.
   Content	The content of an alert notification. The default content is provided. You can modify the content based on your requirements. The content must be 1 to 500 characters in length. You can use system variables in the content. For more information, see System variables.