Notification channels
Use notifications to send messages through email addresses, Chime, custom webhooks, Slack etc. to users or user groups when certain conditions are triggered.
Creating a notification channel
You can set up a channel, such as an email channel, Slack channel, or Microsoft Teams channel, to receive alerts when certain set conditions are triggered. Also, refer to Alerting.
Do the following to create an email channel to receive Unravel notifications:
Go to Unravel VM and run the following commands to register a SMTP sender:
./manager config email smtp <server> <port> [--starttls] [--ssl] [--with-auth <user> <password>] ./manager config email from <email> ./manager config email enable
For example:
./manager config email smtp smtp.gmail.com 123 --starttls --ssl --with-auth abc@unraveldata.com p@ssw0rd
./manager config email from abc@unraveldata.com
./manager config email enable
Save and restart Unravel
./manager stop then config apply then refresh es then start
On Unravel UI, from the upper right corner, click
and select Notification channels. The Notifications page is displayed.From the left, select Email senders.
Verify SMTP sender is successfully registered as unravel-smpt-general.
On Unravel UI, from the upper right corner, click
and select Notification channels. The Notifications page is displayed.From the upper-right corner, click Create channel.
In the Create channel window, enter the following details:
Name: Enter the name of a user or a group to whom you want to send an alert or notify. This is mandatory.
Description: Enter the description of the channel.
In the Channel type, select Email.
In the Sender type, select SMTP sender and choose unravel-smpt-general I
From the Default recipients dropdown, update the default recipients.
Click Create.
The email notification channel is created and added to the list of notification channels.
Do the following to create a Slack channel to receive Unravel notifications:
Go to Slack > Apps > Manage > Browse Apps.
In the Slack App Directory > Search bar, type Incoming WebHooks and select the same.
Scroll down to the Post to Channel, and click Choose a channel option.
Choose the channel to which you want the Incoming Webhook to post messages.
Click Add Incoming WebHooks Integration. On this page, you will find the Webhook URL.
On Unravel UI, from the upper right corner, click
and select Notification channels. The Notifications page is displayed.From the upper-right corner, click Create channel.
In the Create channel window, enter the following details:
Name: Enter the name of a user or a group to whom you want to send an alert or notify. This is mandatory.
Description: Enter the description of the channel.
In the Channel type, select Slack.
In the Slack Webhook URL field, enter the Slack webhook URL.
Click Create. The Slack notification channel is created and added to the list of notification channels.
Use one of the following methods to receive Unravel notifications from the Microsoft Teams channel.
Email
Webhook
Do the following to use the Email method to receive Unravel notifications from the Microsoft Teams channel:
Go to the Microsoft Teams channel and select More options *** > Get email address.
Copy the email address.
On Unravel UI, from the upper right corner, click
and select Notification channels. The Notifications page is displayed.From the upper-right corner, click Create channel.
In the Create channel window, enter the following details:
Name: Enter a name for the channel. This is mandatory.
Description: Enter the description of the channel.
In the Channel type, select Email.
Paste the Teams email in the Default Recipients box.
Click Create. The Microsoft Teams notification channel is created and added to the list of notification channels.
Do the following to use the Teams Webhook method to receive Unravel notifications from the Microsoft Teams channel:
Go to the Microsoft Teams channel and select More options *** > Connectors.
Select Incoming Webhook > Configure.
Provide a name and select Create.
Copy the Webhook URL.
On Unravel UI, from the upper right corner, click
and select Notification channels. The Notifications page is displayed.From the upper-right corner, click Create channel.
In the Channel type, select Custom webhook.
Paste the Teams Webhook URL.
Click Create. The Microsoft Teams notification channel is created and added to the list of notification channels.
Modifying the existing notification channel
You can modify the details of the existing notification channel.
On Unravel UI, from the upper right corner, click
and select Notification channels. The Notifications page is displayed.On the Notification channels page, select the checkbox corresponding to the notification channel that you want to edit.
From the Actions dropdown, select Edit.
In the Edit channel window, update the fields (see Create notification channels for descriptions of the fields).
Click Save.
The notification channel details are updated, and the channel information is saved and listed on the notification channel page.