Kapacitor Integration

With the ilert Kapacitor integration, you can create alerts in ilert based on Kapacitor alerts.

Kapacitor is an open source data processing framework that makes it easy to create alerts, run ETL jobs and detect anomalies. Kapacitor is the final piece of the TICK stack.

In ilert: Create a Kapacitor alert source

1. Go to Alerting → Alert sources and click Create new alert source.
2. Search for Kapacitor, click its tile, and click Next.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams, and click Next.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. The next page shows more settings, such as notification priority and alert templates. Click Finish setup for now; you can change them later.
7. On the final page, ilert shows the integration key and URL for this alert source. You will need them later in this guide.

In Kapacitor: Create an alert rule

1. Go to Chronograph dashboard, then to Alert Rule and click on the Create Rule button

1. On the next page, define your alert conditions, paste the Webhook URL that you generated in ilert, define alert summary and click on the Save Rule button

Finished! Your Kapacitor alerts will now create alerts in ilert.

FAQ

Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?

Yes, as soon as an alert has been completed in Kapacitor, the associated alert in ilert will be resolved automatically.

Can I connect Kapacitor with multiple alert sources from ilert?

Yes, simply add more alert rules in Kapacitor.