diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'health/notifications/alerta/README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | health/notifications/alerta/README.md | 238 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 197 deletions
diff --git a/health/notifications/alerta/README.md b/health/notifications/alerta/README.md index bbed23bac..cf43621ff 100644 --- a/health/notifications/alerta/README.md +++ b/health/notifications/alerta/README.md @@ -1,207 +1,50 @@ # alerta.io notifications -The alerta monitoring system is a tool used to consolidate and de-duplicate alerts from multiple sources for quick ‘at-a-glance’ visualisation. With just one system you can monitor alerts from many other monitoring tools on a single screen. +The [Alerta](https://alerta.io) monitoring system is a tool used to +consolidate and de-duplicate alerts from multiple sources for quick +‘at-a-glance’ visualisation. With just one system you can monitor +alerts from many other monitoring tools on a single screen. - + -When receiving alerts from multiple sources you can quickly become overwhelmed. With Alerta any alert with the same environment and resource is considered a duplicate if it has the same severity. If it has a different severity it is correlated so that you only see the most recent one. Awesome. +Netadata alarms can be sent to Alerta so you can see in one place +alerts coming from many Netdata hosts or also from a multi-host +Netadata configuration. The big advantage over other notifications +systems is that there is a main view of all active alarms with +the most recent state, and it is also possible to view alarm history. -main site http://www.alerta.io +## Deploying Alerta -We can send Netadata alarms to Alerta so yo can see in one place alerts coming from many Netdata hosts or also from a multihost Netadata configuration.\ -The big advantage over other notifications method is that you have in a main view all active alarms with only las state, but you can also search history. +It is recommended to set up the server in a separated server, VM or +container. If you have other Nginx or Apache server in your organization, +it is recommended to proxy to this new server. -## Setting up an Alerta server with Ubuntu 16.04 +The easiest way to install Alerta is to use the Docker image available +on [Docker hub][1]. Alternatively, follow the ["getting started"][2] +tutorial to deploy Alerta to an Ubuntu server. More advanced +configurations are out os scope of this tutorial but information +about different deployment scenaries can be found in the [docs][3]. -Here we will set a basic Alerta server to test it with Netdata alerts.\ -More advanced configurations are out os scope of this tutorial. +[1]: https://hub.docker.com/r/alerta/alerta-web/ +[2]: http://alerta.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gettingstarted/tutorial-1-deploy-alerta.html +[3]: http://docs.alerta.io/en/latest/deployment.html -source: http://alerta.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gettingstarted/tutorial-1-deploy-alerta.html +## Send alarms to Alerta -I recommend to set up the server in a separated server, VM or container.\ -If you have other Nginx or Apache server in your organization, I recommend to proxy to this new server. +Step 1. Create an API key (if authentication is enabled) -Set us as root for easiest working -``` -sudo su -cd -``` - -Install Mongodb https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/ -``` -apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2930ADAE8CAF5059EE73BB4B58712A2291FA4AD5 -echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.6.list -apt-get update -apt-get install -y mongodb-org -systemctl enable mongod -systemctl start mongod -systemctl status mongod -``` - -Install Nginx and Alerta uwsgi -``` -apt-get install -y python-pip python-dev nginx -pip install alerta-server uwsgi -``` +You will need an API key to send messages from any source, if +Alerta is configured to use authentication (recommended). To +create an API key go to "Configuration -> API Keys" and create +a new API key called "netdata" with `write:alerts` permission. -Install web console -``` -cd /var/www/html -mkdir alerta -cd alerta -wget -q -O - https://github.com/alerta/angular-alerta-webui/tarball/master | tar zxf - -mv alerta*/app/* . -cd -``` -## Services configuration - -Create a wsgi python file -``` -nano /var/www/wsgi.py -``` -fill with -``` -from alerta import app -``` -Create uWsgi configuration file -``` -nano /etc/uwsgi.ini -``` -fill with -``` -[uwsgi] -chdir = /var/www -mount = /alerta/api=wsgi.py -callable = app -manage-script-name = true - -master = true -processes = 5 -logger = syslog:alertad - -socket = /tmp/uwsgi.sock -chmod-socket = 664 -uid = www-data -gid = www-data -vacuum = true - -die-on-term = true -``` -Create a systemd configuration file -``` -nano /etc/systemd/system/uwsgi.service -``` -fill with -``` -[Unit] -Description=uWSGI service - -[Service] -ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/uwsgi --ini /etc/uwsgi.ini - -[Install] -WantedBy=multi-user.target -``` -enable service -``` -systemctl start uwsgi -systemctl status uwsgi -systemctl enable uwsgi -``` -Configure nginx to serve Alerta as a uWsgi application on /alerta/api -``` -nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default -``` -fill with -``` -server { - listen 80 default_server; - listen [::]:80 default_server; - - location /alerta/api { try_files $uri @alerta/api; } - location @alerta/api { - include uwsgi_params; - uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/uwsgi.sock; - proxy_set_header Host $host:$server_port; - proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; - proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; - } - - location / { - root /var/www/html; - } -} -``` -restart nginx -``` -service nginx restart -``` -## Config web console -``` -nano /var/www/html/config.js -``` -fill with -``` -'use strict'; - -angular.module('config', []) - .constant('config', { - 'endpoint' : "/alerta/api", - 'provider' : "basic", - 'colors' : {}, - 'severity' : {}, - 'audio' : {} - }); -``` - -## Config Alerta server - -source: http://alerta.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html - -Create a random string to use as SECRET_KEY -``` -cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_\!\@\#\$\%\^\&\*\(\)-+= | head -c 32 && echo -``` -will output something like -``` -0pv8Bw7VKfW6avDAz_TqzYPme_fYV%7g -``` -Edit alertad.conf -``` -nano /etc/alertad.conf -``` -fill with (take care about all single quotes) -``` -BASE_URL='/alerta/api' -AUTH_REQUIRED=True -SECRET_KEY='0pv8Bw7VKfW6avDAz_TqzYPme_fYV%7g' -ADMIN_USERS=['<here put you email for future login>'] -``` - -restart -``` -systemctl restart uwsgi -``` - -* go to console to http://yourserver/alerta/ -* go to Login -> Create an account -* use your email for login so and administrative account will be created - -## create an API KEY - -You need an API KEY to send messages from any source.\ -To create an API KEY go to Configuration -> Api Keys\ -Then create a API KEY with write permisions. - -## configure Netdata to send alarms to Alerta +Step 2. configure Netdata to send alarms to Alerta On your system run: -``` -/etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf -``` + $ /etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf -and set +and modify the file as below: ``` # enable/disable sending alerta notifications @@ -214,7 +57,7 @@ ALERTA_WEBHOOK_URL="http://yourserver/alerta/api" # Login with an administrative user to you Alerta server and create an API KEY # with write permissions. -ALERTA_API_KEY="you last created API KEY" +ALERTA_API_KEY="INSERT_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" # you can define environments in /etc/alertad.conf option ALLOWED_ENVIRONMENTS # standard environments are Production and Development @@ -225,12 +68,13 @@ DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_ALERTA="Production" ## Test alarms -We can test alarms with standard -``` -sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata -/opt/netdata/netdata-plugins/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh test -exit -``` -But the problem is that Netdata will send 3 alarms, and because last alarm is "CLEAR" you will not se them in main Alerta page, you need to select to see "closed" alarma in top-right lookup. +We can test alarms using the standard approach: + + $ /opt/netdata/netdata-plugins/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh test + +Note: Netdata will send 3 alarms, and because last alarm is "CLEAR" +you will not se them in main Alerta page, you need to select to see +"closed" alarma in top-right lookup. A little change in `alarm-notify.sh` +that let us test each state one by one will be useful. -A little change in alarm-notify.sh that let us test each state one by one will be useful.
\ No newline at end of file +For more information see [https://docs.alerta.io](https://docs.alerta.io) |