TeamCity integration

Learn how to integrate TeamCity with ilert to automatically send build and deployment alerts, enabling real-time incident notifications and faster response times.

TeamCity is a powerful continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) server developed by JetBrains, used to build, test, and deploy code automatically. The ilert integration for TeamCity enables you to automatically send build and deployment alerts to ilert

In ilert: Create a TeamCity alert source

1. Go to Alerting → Alert sources and click Create new alert source.
2. Search for TeamCity, 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 TeamCity: Enable and configure Webhook

1. On the side bar, navigate to Admin -> Projects -> <Root project>.

1. Now click on Parameters -> Add new parameter.

1. Add following parameter: Name: teamcity.internal.webhooks.enable Value: true

1. Add another parameter: Name: teamcity.internal.webhooks.url Value: enter the in ilert previous generated alert source url

1. Add another parameter: Name: teamcity.internal.webhooks.events Value: BUILD_STARTED; BUILD_FINISHED; BUILD_INTERRUPTED
2. Click on Save to finish the setup.

FAQ

Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?

No, unfortunately TeamCity is not compatible with ilert's resolve event.