Apica Integration
Trigger alerts in ilert based on issues or outages detected by Apica
Apica is a data management and observability platform that helps organizations collect, manage, and analyze telemetry data across complex systems. By integrating Apica with ilert, users can automatically trigger alerts based on anomalies or performance issues detected by Apica, ensuring timely alerts and faster incident resolution.
In ilert: Create a Apica alert source
Go to Alerting → Alert sources and click Create new alert source.
Search for Apica, click its tile, and click Next.
Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams, and click Next.
Choose who gets notified: select Use existing escalation policy and pick a policy, or Generate new escalation policy to start with a basic one that notifies you first. Click Next.

Pick an existing escalation policy, or generate a basic one without leaving the wizard. Select Default grouping and click Continue setup. It groups events by the alert key the integration sets; the other grouping options are easier to judge once events are arriving.
The next page shows more settings, such as notification priority and alert templates. Click Finish setup for now; you can change them later.
On the final page, ilert shows the integration key and URL for this alert source. You will need them later in this guide.

In Apica: Create an Alert Destination
On the top menu bar, navigate to Integrations -> Alert Destinations -> New Alert Destination.

Now type "ilert" into the search field and select ilert.

Enter a Name and the in ilert previously created alert source url into the ilert Webhook URL field.

Now on the top menu bar, click on Alerts.

Select any Alert for which you want to receive a notification.
Click on the '+' in the Destinations tab.

Now select the previously created Alert Destination and click on Save.

FAQ
Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?
Yes, as soon as the Alert transitions to the status "OK" , corresponding alerts in ilert will be resolved automatically.
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