alertd.sample.json

{
  "#": "keys starting with # are comments",

  "data_sources": [
    {
      "type": "graphite",
      "url": "https://USER:PASSWORD@host/path/"
    },
    {
      "type": "graphite",
      "#": "The name is optional and defaults to type.",
      "name": "graphite2",
      "url": "https://USER:PASSWORD@host/path/"
    }
  ],

  "notification_channels": [
    {
      "name": "mailto",
      "#": "The following environment variables are available NAME, SUBJECT, MESSAGE, DATA_SOURCE, QUERY, THRESHOLD, SERIE, and VALUE.",
      "#": "RECIPIENT is configured per subscription",
      "#": "MESSAGE is also piped via stdin",
      "command": "mail -s \"$SUBJECT\" \"$RECIPIENT\""
    },
    {
      "name": "slack",
      "command": "curl -fsS --header 'Content-type: application/json' --data \"{\\\"text\\\": \\\"$MESSAGE\\\"}\" \"$RECIPIENT\""
    }
  ],

  "#": "The subject and message templates.",
  "#": "All variables except for SUBJECT, MESSAGE, and RECIPIENT are available.",
  "subject_template": "$NAME check failed for $SERIE",
  "message_template": "$SUBJECT: value $VALUE > threshold $THRESHOLD.\n$DATA_SOURCE: $QUERY\n",

  "#": "stdout_stderr with level info is default",
  "#logger": {
    "destination": "stdout_stderr",
  },
  "#logger": {
    "destination": "file",
    "path": "alertd.log",
    "#": "level can be diagnostic, info, warn, error, critical, or fatal",
    "level": "diagnostic",
  },
  "#logger": {
    "destination": "syslog",
    "facility": "user",
    "level": "warn"
  }
}