Mobile On-call Alerting for Checkmk

Mobile App | Push, SMS text, voice calls | Duty Scheduling and more

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Mobile Alerts

Adds real-time alert notifications by push, text and voice calls incl. escalations and status updates

Scheduling

Integrated on-call duty and shift scheduling allows for automated routing of ticket alerts to the right people at the right time

Mobile App

User-friendly mobile app for Android and iPhone provides incident and ticket management on-the-go

2-way Integration

Integrates with a few mouse-clicks into Checkmk. 2-way integration provides for mobile alert acknowledgement, closure and annotations

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 Why SIGNL4

Mobile workers are not able to sit in front of a Checkmk dashboard and actively monitor problems. SIGNL4 enables Checkmk to notify the mobile teams in the field or on call in real-time. This speeds up their response significantly and frees resources in the operations.

 How it Works

Checkmk sends detailed problem information by using a webhook or email to SIGNL4, informing the on-call team or technician. The Checkmk connector in SIGNL4 allows status updates to be sent directly from the SIGNL4 mobile app, like acknowledging an alert. This ensures both SIGNL4 and Checkmk dashboard users have real-time information on problem resolution status. If Checkmk recognizes a solution (UP), it automatically updates SIGNL4 and closes the alarm.

 Benefits and Value-Add

  • Enables an instant response to critical alerts anywhere, anytime
  • Reliable and persistent alerting via mobile push, text and voice calls
  • Targeted mobile notifications with response tracking and automated escalations
  • Communicate within an alert to address a particular problem
  • Real-time cross-team transparency on alert status and ownership on mobile devices
  • Mobile app for Android and iPhone to conveniently manage tickets from anywhere
  • Inbound webhook or email establishes connection from Checkmk to SIGNL4
  • On-call scheduling to alert the right people at the right time

 Scenarios

  • System Monitoring
  • Application Monitoring
  • Network Monitoring
  • Database Monitoring

 Integration Type

  • Full built-in 2-way connector for Checkmk
  • Agentless, no-code integration
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Tickets and Incidents in Checkmk are retrieved via the SIGNL4 connector app incl. back channel for updating tickets

Event categorization, routing and automated delivery based on availability, duty schedules, etc.

Persistent Notifications by push, text and voice call with Tracking, Escalation and Confirmation to Staff on Duty

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Integration with Checkmk

Checkmk 2.0 and higher:In Checkmk version 2 and later SIGNL4 is available as a build-in notification channel. You can configure it directly in your notification settings. You just have to enter the the SIGNL4 team secret here.

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Two-way integration

For two-way communication there is a Checkmk connector app available in SIGNL4 under Teams -> Apps -> Checkmk. This connector app adds two-way functionality to SIGNL4 alerting in Checkmk. It allows you to acknowledge, close or annotate Checkmk events directly from within your SIGNL4 app.

In order to use the Connector you need to make sure you have Checkmk 2.0 or higher installed and SIGNL4 alerting activated. The configuration of the Checkmk connector app is straightforward. You just need the Checkmk username, password and the public-facing URL to your Checkmk server. The user account needs to have the according access rights for the Checkmk REST API.

Older versions of Checkmk

For older versions of Checkmk Derdack provides a dedicated plugin for Checkmk here: https://exchange.checkmk.com/p/signl4 

You can also find the integration scripts on GitHub: https://github.com/signl4/signl4-integration-checkmk. Just go ahead, download the respective plugin from there and follow the instructions on the page.

The following video shows how to integrate SIGNL4 with Checkmk 2.0.

Tips & Tricks

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Alert Optimization

SIGNL4 can further increase the visibility of alerts through its Signals and Services categories. Augmenting the color and icon of alerts will provide more relevant information at a glance without having to open the alert. You can also augment ticket alerts with maps or change the subject or message to a more comprehensible content.

Alert categories in SIGNL4 also allow to group ticket alerts and even to route those ticket notifications to your staff based on skills or other criteria. Screenshots show how to override text, colors and titles are triggered by keywords set within the mobile app.

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