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  • Request Query Parameters
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Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {PROJECT-ID} is the same as your project id. For existing groups, your group/project id remains the same. This page uses the more familiar term group when referring to descriptions. The endpoint remains as stated in the document.

Base URL: https://{OPSMANAGER-HOST}:{PORT}/api/public/v1.0

PUT /groups/{PROJECT-ID}/alertConfigs/{ALERT-CONFIG-ID}

Note

To update just the enabled/disabled state for the alert configuration, see Enable/Disable Alert Configuration instead.

All request path parameters are required.

Parameter
Type
Description
PROJECT-ID
string
Unique identifier for this Project.
ALERT-CONFIG-ID
string
Unique identifier for this alert configuration.

The following query parameters are optional:

Name
Type
Necessity
Description
Default
pretty
boolean
Optional
Flag indicating whether the response body should be in a prettyprint format.
false
envelope
boolean
Optional

Flag that indicates whether or not to wrap 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.

For endpoints that return one result, the response body includes:

Name
Description
status
HTTP response code
envelope
Expected response body
false

Note

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

Name
Type
Description
enabled
boolean
If omitted, the configuration is disabled.
eventTypeName
Required.
string

The type of event that triggers an alert.

Values include:

Agent

Automation Configuration

Backup

BI Connector

Cluster

Data Explorer Accessed

Host

Organization

Project

Replica Set

Team

User

To review the full list of events that generate alerts and their descriptions, see Alert Types. For a complete list of events included in the Ops Manager audit log, see Audit Events.

matchers.fieldName
string

Name of the field in the target object to match on.

  • Host alerts support these fields:

    • HOSTNAME

    • PORT

    • HOSTNAME_AND_PORT

    • REPLICA_SET_NAME

    • TYPE_NAME

  • Replica set alerts support these fields:

    • REPLICA_SET_NAME

    • SHARD_NAME

    • CLUSTER_NAME

  • Sharded cluster alerts support these fields:

    • CLUSTER_NAME

    • SHARD_NAME

All other types of alerts do not support matchers.

matchers.operator
string

Operator to test the field's value. Accepted values are:

  • EQUALS

  • NOT_EQUALS

  • CONTAINS

  • NOT_CONTAINS

  • STARTS_WITH

  • ENDS_WITH

  • REGEX

matchers.value
string

Value to test with the specified operator.

If matchers.fieldName is set to TYPE_NAME, you can match on the following values:

  • PRIMARY

  • SECONDARY

  • STANDALONE

  • CONFIG

  • MONGOS

matchers
object array

Rules to apply when matching an object against this alert configuration. Only entities that match all these rules are checked for an alert condition.

You can filter using the matchers array only when the eventTypeName specifies an event for a host, replica set, or sharded cluster.

metricThreshold.metricName
string
Name of the metric to check. Supports the same values as the metricName field of the alerts resource.
metricThreshold.mode
string
Set to AVERAGE to compute the average of this metric.
metricThreshold.operator
string

Operator to apply when checking the current metric value against the threshold value. Accepted values are:

  • GREATER_THAN

  • LESS_THAN

metricThreshold.threshold
number
Threshold value outside of which an alert is triggered.
metricThreshold.units
string

Units for the threshold value. Depends on the type of metric.

Example

A metric that measures memory consumption would have a byte measurement, while a metric that measures time would have a time unit.

Accepted values are:

  • RAW

  • BITS

  • BYTES

  • KILOBITS

  • KILOBYTES

  • MEGABITS

  • MEGABYTES

  • GIGABITS

  • GIGABYTES

  • TERABYTES

  • PETABYTES

  • MILLISECONDS

  • SECONDS

  • MINUTES

  • HOURS

  • DAYS

metricThreshold
object
Threshold that will cause an alert to be triggered. Required if "eventTypeName" : "OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD".
notifications.apiToken
string

Slack API token or Bot token. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "SLACK". If the token later becomes invalid, Ops Manager sends an email to the Project owner and eventually removes the token.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.channelName
string
Slack channel name. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "SLACK".
notifications.datadogApiKey
string

DataDog API Key. Found in the DataDog dashboard. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "DATADOG".

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.delayMin
number
Number of minutes to wait after an alert condition is detected before sending out the first notification.
notifications.emailAddress
string
Email address to which to send notification. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "EMAIL".
notifications.emailEnabled
boolean

Determines if email notifications should be sent. Required if:

  • "notifications.typeName" : "GROUP"

  • "notifications.typeName" : "USER"

notifications.intervalMin
number
Number of minutes to wait between successive notifications for unacknowledged alerts that are not resolved.
notifications.webhookSecret
string

A value used to authenticate with the Webhook that accepts and forwards the notification. You can explicitly declare a secret only in a request that has both:

  • A notifications.typeName of WEBHOOK

  • An explicitly declared notifications.webhookURL

You can configure a webhookSecret for a default webhookURL only either on the Integrations page, or with the Integrations API.

To explicitly declare a webhookURL without a webhookSecret, omit this field.

Note

After creating a webhook notification, the URL will appear partially redacted when you view or edit the alert, and the secret will appear completely redacted.

notifications.webhookUrl
string

URL for the webhook that triggers this notification. If you do not explicitly declare a webhookUrl, your request will use the default webhookUrl set either on the Integrations page, or with the Integrations API.

Note

After creating a webhook notification, the URL will appear partially redacted when you view or edit the alert, and the secret will appear completely redacted.

notifications.microsoftTeamsWebhookUrl
string

Microsoft Teams channel incoming webhook URL. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "MICROSOFT_TEAMS".

Note

When you view or edit the alert for a webhook notification, the URL appears partially redacted, and the secret appears completely redacted.

notifications.mobileNumber
string
Mobile number to send SMS messages to. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "SMS".
notifications.notificationToken
string

A HipChat API token. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "HIP_CHAT". If the token later becomes invalid, Ops Manager sends an email to the Project owner and eventually removes the token.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.role
string
Ops Manager role in current Project. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "GROUP".
notifications.roomName
string
HipChat room name. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "HIP_CHAT".
notifications.serviceKey
string

PagerDuty integration key. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "PAGER_DUTY".

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.smsEnabled
boolean

Flag indicating SMS notifications must be sent. Required if:

  • "notifications.typeName" : "GROUP"

  • "notifications.typeName" : "USER"

notifications.teamId
string
Unique identifier of a team.
notifications.typeName
string

Type of alert notification. Accepted values are:

  • DATADOG

  • EMAIL

  • GROUP (Project)

  • HIPCHAT

  • ORG

  • PAGER_DUTY

  • SLACK

  • SMS (Twilio integration must be configured)

  • SNMP .. include:: /includes/fact-snmp-alerts-deprecated.rst

  • USER

  • WEBHOOK

notifications.username
string
Name of an Ops Manager user to which to send notifications. Specify a user in the Project that owns the alert configuration. Required if "notifications.typeName" : "USER".
notifications
Required
object array
Notifications to send when an alert condition is detected.
threshold.operator
string

Operator to apply when checking the current metric value against the threshold value.

  • GREATER_THAN

  • LESS_THAN

threshold.threshold
number
Threshold value outside of which an alert is triggered.
threshold
object

Threshold that will cause an alert to be triggered. Required if:

  • "eventTypeName" : "TOO_FEW_HEALTHY_MEMBERS"

  • "eventTypeName" : TOO_MANY_UNHEALTHY_MEMBERS

The response includes the alert configuration details:

Note

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

Name
Type
Description
created
string
Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when this alert configuration was created.
enabled
boolean
Flag indicating this alert configuration enabled.
eventTypeName
string
Type of event that triggers an alert.
groupId
string
Unique identifier of the Project that owns this alert configuration.
id
string
Unique identifier of the alert configuration.
links
array of objects

One or more links to sub-resources and/or related resources. The relation-types between URLs are explained in the Web Linking Specification.

matchers
array of objects
Rules to apply when matching an object against this alert configuration.
matchers
.[n].fieldName
string
Name of the field in the target object that you wanted this configuration to match.
matchers
.[n].operator
string
Comparison operator to apply when checking the current metric value against matcher.[n].value.
matchers
.[n].value
string
Value to match or exceed using matchers.[n].operator.
metricThreshold
object
Value and means of comparison that triggers an alert.
metricThreshold
.metricName
string
Name of the metric to check. Supports the same values as the metricName field of the alerts resource.
metricThreshold
.mode
string
Average value of this metric.
metricThreshold
.operator
string
Comparison operator that Ops Manager applied when checking the current metric value against the threshold value.
metricThreshold
.threshold
number
Value of metricThreshold.metricName that, when exceeded, triggers an alert.
metricThreshold
.units
string
Units of capacity or time that define the scope of the metricThreshold.threshold.
notifications
array of objects
One or more targets for Ops Manager to send notifications when an alert condition is detected.
notifications.[n]
.apiToken
string

Slack API token token. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SLACK.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.[n]
.channelName
string
Slack channel name. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SLACK.
notifications.[n]
.datadogApiKey
string

DataDog API Key. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to DATADOG.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.[n]
.delayMin
number
Number of minutes to wait after an alert condition is detected before sending out the first notification.
notifications.[n]
.emailAddress
string
Email address to which to send notification. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to EMAIL.
notifications.[n]
.emailEnabled
boolean
Flag indicating email notifications must be sent. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to ORG, GROUP, or USER.
notifications.[n]
.intervalMin
number
Number of minutes to wait between successive notifications for unacknowledged alerts that are not resolved.
notifications.[n]
.microsoftTeamsWebhookUrl
string

Microsoft Teams channel incoming webhook URL. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to MICROSOFT_TEAMS.

Note

When you view or edit the alert for a webhook notification, the URL appears partially redacted, and the secret appears completely redacted.

notifications.[n]
.mobileNumber
string
Mobile number to which alert notifications are sent. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to SMS.
notifications.[n]
.notificationToken
string

HipChat API token. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to HIP_CHAT.

If the token later becomes invalid, MongoDB Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the token.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.[n]
.opsGenieApiKey
string

OpsGenie Alert API key. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to OPS_GENIE.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.[n]
.opsGenieRegion
string
Region that indicates which API URL to use. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to OPS_GENIE.
notifications.[n]
.roles
array of strings
Ops Manager role in current Project or Organization. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to ORG or GROUP.
notifications.[n]
.roomName
string
HipChat room name. Ops Manager returns this value if "notifications.typeName" : "HIP_CHAT.
notifications.[n]
.serviceKey
string

PagerDuty service key. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to PAGER_DUTY.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.[n]
.smsEnabled
boolean
Flag indicating text notifications must be sent. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to ORG, GROUP, or USER.
notifications.[n]
.snmpAddress
string

Hostname and port to send SNMP traps to. At this time, Ops Manager is only able to send SNMP traps to the standard SNMP port (162). Populated for SNMP notifications. Ops Manager uses SNMP v2c.

Important

Ops Manager 6.0.0 deprecates SNMP alerts. Ops Manager 7.0.0 will not include SNMP alerts. To learn more about other alert options, see Third-Party Service Integrations.

notifications.[n]
.teamId
string
Unique identifier of the team that receives this notification.
notifications.[n]
.teamName
string
Label for the team that receives this notification.
notifications.[n]
.typeName
string
Means by which you want Ops Manager to send you notification of an alert.
notifications.[n]
.username
string
Name of an Ops Manager user to which to send notifications. Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to USER.
notifications.[n]
.victorOpsApiKey
string

VictorOps API key.

If the key later becomes invalid, MongoDB Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the key.

Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to VICTOR_OPS.

Note

After you create a third-party integration that requires an API or integration key, the key appears partially redacted when you:

  • View or edit the alert through the UI.

  • Query the third-party integration settings through the API.

notifications.[n]
.victorOpsRoutingKey
string

VictorOps routing key.

If the key later becomes invalid, MongoDB Atlas sends an email to the Project Owner and eventually removes the key.

Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to VICTOR_OPS.

notifications.[n]
.webhookSecret
string

A value used to authenticate with the Webhook that accepts and forwards the notification.

Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to WEBHOOK and either:

  • You set notification.[n].webhookSecret to a non-empty string

  • You set a default webhookSecret either on the Integrations page, or with the Integrations API

Note

After creating a webhook notification, the URL will appear partially redacted when you view or edit the alert, and the secret will appear completely redacted.

notifications.[n]
.webhookUrl
string

URL for the webhook that triggers this notification.

Ops Manager returns this value if you set notifications.[n].typeName to WEBHOOK and either:

  • You set notification.[n].webhookURL to a non-empty string

  • You set a default webhookUrl either on the Integrations page, or with the Integrations API

Note

After creating a webhook notification, the URL will appear partially redacted when you view or edit the alert, and the secret will appear completely redacted.

threshold
object
Threshold that triggers an alert. Ops Manager returns this value if eventTypeName is any value other than OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD.
threshold
.operator
string
Comparison operator that Ops Manager applied when checking the current metric value against the threshold value.
threshold
.threshold
number
Value that, when exceeded, Ops Manager triggers an alert.
threshold
.units
string
Units of capacity or time that define the scope of the threshold.threshold.
typeName
string
This field is deprecated and is ignored.
updated
string
Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when this alert configuration was last updated.
curl --user '{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}' --digest \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--include \
--request PUT "https://<ops-manager-host>/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/alertConfigs/{ALERT-CONFIG-ID}" \
--data '
{
"eventTypeName" : "RESYNC_REQUIRED",
"enabled" : true,
"matchers" : [ {
"fieldName" : "REPLICA_SET_NAME",
"operator" : "EQUALS",
"value" : "rs1"
} ],
"notifications" : [ {
"typeName" : "EMAIL",
"emailAddress" : "sos@example.com",
"intervalMin" : 60,
"delayMin" : 5
}, {
"typeName" : "GROUP",
"intervalMin" : 120,
"delayMin" : 60,
"smsEnabled" : true,
"emailEnabled" : false
} ]
}'
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: application/json;charset=ISO-8859-1
Date: {dateInUnixFormat}
WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="MMS Public API", domain="", nonce="{nonce}", algorithm=MD5, op="auth", stale=false
Content-Length: {requestLengthInBytes}
Connection: keep-alive
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: application/json
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=300
Date: {dateInUnixFormat}
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: {requestLengthInBytes}
X-MongoDB-Service-Version: gitHash={gitHash}; versionString={ApplicationVersion}
{
"created" : "2014-04-23T14:52:29Z",
"enabled" : false,
"groupId" : "{PROJECT-ID}",
"id" : "{ALERT-CONFIG-ID}",
"links" : [],
"matchers" : [ {
"fieldName" : "REPLICA_SET_NAME",
"operator" : "EQUALS",
"value" : "rs1"
} ],
"notifications" : [ {
"delayMin" : 5,
"emailAddress" : "sos@example.com",
"intervalMin" : 60,
"typeName" : "EMAIL"
}, {
"delayMin" : 60,
"emailEnabled" : false,
"intervalMin" : 120,
"smsEnabled" : true,
"typeName" : "GROUP"
} ],
"updated" : "2014-04-23T14:56:25Z"
}
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