Mobile alerting with tracking & escalation for Datadog
Why SIGNL4
Datadog’s monitoring tools have many metrics and graphs. The limitation is the delivery methods on which that critical information is delivered. Datadog can send an email but that seems to be where the delivery methods stop. SIGNL4 can receive those emails sent from Datadog and reliably notifies active staff through persistent mobile push, text and voice calls with acknowledgement, tracking and escalation.
How it Works
SIGNL4 notifies teams on their mobile devices when custom alert conditions are met in Datadog. Simply add the SIGNL4 email address in the notification message of any alert and you are instantly connected to Datadog’s monitors via your smartphone. You can also add custom options in the Configurations section to create a webhook, which will enable the same capabilities.
Integration Capabilities
- IT staff is alerted via mobile push, text and voice
- Staff can acknowledge and take ownership for critical events that occur
- Alerts are escalated in case of no response
- Communicate within an alert to address a particular problem
- Inbound webhook and email establishes connection from a Datadog dashboard to a SIGNL4 team
Scenarios
- DevOps
- APM Monitoring
How To Integrate
Email: Inside each monitor there is a section to include a message for an alert. Here is where you add the SIGNL4 email address.
Webhook: From the Datadog web interface select Integrations and search for webhooks.
Hover over the icon and click on Install. The following window will appear… click on Configuration
At the bottom of the Configuration tab there is a section to input a Name and URL. Once finished, click on Install Integration.
In any message that is sent out via Datadog, add the @webhook-SIGNL4 (where SIGNL4 is the name you specified in the Configuration. This will send alert metrics, comments and any other information that would normally be sent via email, directly to users who are On-Duty within SIGNL4.
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