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Alerting API

Use the alerting API to programmatically manage monitors and alerts.

Create monitor
Update monitor
Get monitor
Monitor stats
Delete monitor
Search monitors
Run monitor
Get alerts
Acknowledge alert
Create destination
Update destination
Get destination
Get destinations
Delete destination
Create email account
Update email account
Get email account
Delete email account
Search email account
Create email group
Update email group
Get email group
Delete email group
Search email group

Create monitor

Request

POST _opendistro/_alerting/monitors
{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "period": {
      "interval": 1,
      "unit": "MINUTES"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [{
    "search": {
      "indices": ["movies"],
      "query": {
        "size": 0,
        "aggregations": {},
        "query": {
          "bool": {
            "filter": {
              "range": {
                "@timestamp": {
                  "gte": "||-1h",
                  "lte": "",
                  "format": "epoch_millis"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }],
  "triggers": [{
    "name": "test-trigger",
    "severity": "1",
    "condition": {
      "script": {
        "source": "ctx.results[0].hits.total.value > 0",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    },
    "actions": [{
      "name": "test-action",
      "destination_id": "ld7912sBlQ5JUWWFThoW",
      "message_template": {
        "source": "This is my message body."
      },
      "throttle_enabled": true,
      "throttle": {
        "value": 27,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      },
      "subject_template": {
        "source": "TheSubject"
      }
    }]
  }]
}

If you use a custom webhook for your destination and need to embed JSON in the message body, be sure to escape your quotes:

{
  "message_template": {
    "source": "{ \"text\": \"Monitor {{ctx.monitor.name}} just entered alert status. Please investigate the issue. - Trigger: {{ctx.trigger.name}} - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}} - Period start: {{ctx.periodStart}} - Period end: {{ctx.periodEnd}}\" }"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "_id": "vd5k2GsBlQ5JUWWFxhsP",
  "_version": 1,
  "_seq_no": 7,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "monitor": {
    "type": "monitor",
    "schema_version": 1,
    "name": "test-monitor",
    "enabled": true,
    "enabled_time": 1562703611363,
    "schedule": {
      "period": {
        "interval": 1,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      }
    },
    "inputs": [{
      "search": {
        "indices": [
          "movies"
        ],
        "query": {
          "size": 0,
          "query": {
            "bool": {
              "filter": [{
                "range": {
                  "@timestamp": {
                    "from": "||-1h",
                    "to": "",
                    "include_lower": true,
                    "include_upper": true,
                    "format": "epoch_millis",
                    "boost": 1
                  }
                }
              }],
              "adjust_pure_negative": true,
              "boost": 1
            }
          },
          "aggregations": {}
        }
      }
    }],
    "triggers": [{
      "id": "ud5k2GsBlQ5JUWWFxRvi",
      "name": "test-trigger",
      "severity": "1",
      "condition": {
        "script": {
          "source": "ctx.results[0].hits.total.value > 0",
          "lang": "painless"
        }
      },
      "actions": [{
        "id": "ut5k2GsBlQ5JUWWFxRvj",
        "name": "test-action",
        "destination_id": "ld7912sBlQ5JUWWFThoW",
        "message_template": {
          "source": "This is my message body.",
          "lang": "mustache"
        },
        "throttle_enabled": false,
        "subject_template": {
          "source": "TheSubject",
          "lang": "mustache"
        }
      }]
    }],
    "last_update_time": 1562703611363
  }
}

If you want to specify a timezone, you can do so by including a cron expression with a timezone name in the schedule section of your request.

The following example creates a monitor that runs at 12:10 PM Pacific Time on the 1st day of every month.

Request

{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "cron" : {
        "expression": "10 12 1 * *",
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [{
    "search": {
      "indices": ["movies"],
      "query": {
        "size": 0,
        "aggregations": {},
        "query": {
          "bool": {
            "filter": {
              "range": {
                "@timestamp": {
                  "gte": "||-1h",
                  "lte": "",
                  "format": "epoch_millis"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }],
  "triggers": [{
    "name": "test-trigger",
    "severity": "1",
    "condition": {
      "script": {
        "source": "ctx.results[0].hits.total.value > 0",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    },
    "actions": [{
      "name": "test-action",
      "destination_id": "ld7912sBlQ5JUWWFThoW",
      "message_template": {
        "source": "This is my message body."
      },
      "throttle_enabled": true,
      "throttle": {
        "value": 27,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      },
      "subject_template": {
        "source": "TheSubject"
      }
    }]
  }]
}

For a full list of timezone names, refer to Wikipedia. The alerting plugin uses the Java TimeZone class to convert a ZoneId to a valid timezone.

Update monitor

When you update a monitor, include the current version number as a parameter. Open Distro increments the version number automatically (see the sample response).

Request

PUT _opendistro/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>
{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "enabled_time": 1551466220455,
  "schedule": {
    "period": {
      "interval": 1,
      "unit": "MINUTES"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [{
    "search": {
      "indices": [
        "*"
      ],
      "query": {
        "query": {
          "match_all": {
            "boost": 1
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }],
  "triggers": [{
    "id": "StaeOmkBC25HCRGmL_y-",
    "name": "test-trigger",
    "severity": "1",
    "condition": {
      "script": {
        "source": "return true",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    },
    "actions": [{
      "name": "test-action",
      "destination_id": "RtaaOmkBC25HCRGm0fxi",
      "subject_template": {
        "source": "My Message Subject",
        "lang": "mustache"
      },
      "message_template": {
        "source": "This is my message body.",
        "lang": "mustache"
      }
    }]
  }],
  "last_update_time": 1551466639295
}

Sample response

{
  "_id": "Q9aXOmkBC25HCRGmzfw-",
  "_version": 4,
  "monitor": {
    "type": "monitor",
    "name": "test-monitor",
    "enabled": true,
    "enabled_time": 1551466220455,
    "schedule": {
      "period": {
        "interval": 1,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      }
    },
    "inputs": [{
      "search": {
        "indices": [
          "*"
        ],
        "query": {
          "query": {
            "match_all": {
              "boost": 1
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }],
    "triggers": [{
      "id": "StaeOmkBC25HCRGmL_y-",
      "name": "test-trigger",
      "severity": "1",
      "condition": {
        "script": {
          "source": "return true",
          "lang": "painless"
        }
      },
      "actions": [{
        "name": "test-action",
        "destination_id": "RtaaOmkBC25HCRGm0fxi",
        "subject_template": {
          "source": "My Message Subject",
          "lang": "mustache"
        },
        "message_template": {
          "source": "This is my message body.",
          "lang": "mustache"
        }
      }]
    }],
    "last_update_time": 1551466761596
  }
}

Get monitor

Request

GET _opendistro/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>

Sample response

{
  "_id": "Q9aXOmkBC25HCRGmzfw-",
  "_version": 3,
  "monitor": {
    "type": "monitor",
    "name": "test-monitor",
    "enabled": true,
    "enabled_time": 1551466220455,
    "schedule": {
      "period": {
        "interval": 1,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      }
    },
    "inputs": [{
      "search": {
        "indices": [
          "*"
        ],
        "query": {
          "query": {
            "match_all": {
              "boost": 1
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }],
    "triggers": [{
      "id": "StaeOmkBC25HCRGmL_y-",
      "name": "test-trigger",
      "severity": "1",
      "condition": {
        "script": {
          "source": "return true",
          "lang": "painless"
        }
      },
      "actions": [{
        "name": "test-action",
        "destination_id": "RtaaOmkBC25HCRGm0fxi",
        "subject_template": {
          "source": "My Message Subject",
          "lang": "mustache"
        },
        "message_template": {
          "source": "This is my message body.",
          "lang": "mustache"
        }
      }]
    }],
    "last_update_time": 1551466639295
  }
}

Monitor stats

Returns statistics about the alerting feature. Use _opendistro/_alerting/stats to find node IDs and metrics. Then you can drill down using those values.

Request

GET _opendistro/_alerting/stats
GET _opendistro/_alerting/stats/<metric>
GET _opendistro/_alerting/<node-id>/stats
GET _opendistro/_alerting/<node-id>/stats/<metric>

Sample response

{
  "_nodes": {
    "total": 9,
    "successful": 9,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "cluster_name": "475300751431:alerting65-dont-delete",
  "opendistro.scheduled_jobs.enabled": true,
  "scheduled_job_index_exists": true,
  "scheduled_job_index_status": "green",
  "nodes_on_schedule": 9,
  "nodes_not_on_schedule": 0,
  "nodes": {
    "qWcbKbb-TVyyI-Q7VSeOqA": {
      "name": "qWcbKbb",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "MASTER"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 207017,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "Do-DX9ZcS06Y9w1XbSJo1A": {
      "name": "Do-DX9Z",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 230516,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "n5phkBiYQfS5I0FDzcqjZQ": {
      "name": "n5phkBi",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "MASTER"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 228406,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "Tazzo8cQSY-g3vOjgYYLzA": {
      "name": "Tazzo8c",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 211722,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "i-wsFmkB8NzS6aXjQSk0": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864912882,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "Nyf7F8brTOSJuFPXw6CnpA": {
      "name": "Nyf7F8b",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 223300,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "NbpoFmkBeSe-hD59AKgE": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864928354,
          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "-LlLFmkBeSe-hD59Ydtb": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864732727,
          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "pBFxFmkBNXkgNmTBaFj1": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550863325024,
          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "hfasEmkBNXkgNmTBrvIW": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550862000001,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "oOdJDIBVT5qbbO3d8VLeEw": {
      "name": "oOdJDIB",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 227570,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "4hKRFmkBNXkgNmTBKjYX": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864806101,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "NRDG6JYgR8m0GOZYQ9QGjQ": {
      "name": "NRDG6JY",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "MASTER"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 227652,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "URMrXRz3Tm-CB72hlsl93Q": {
      "name": "URMrXRz",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 231048,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "m7uKFmkBeSe-hD59jplP": {
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "eXgt1k9oTRCLmx2HBGElUw": {
      "name": "eXgt1k9",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 229234,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "wWkFFmkBc2NG-PeLntxk": {
          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "3usNFmkB8NzS6aXjO1Gs": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550863959848,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Delete monitor

Request

DELETE _opendistro/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>

Sample response

{
  "_index": ".opendistro-scheduled-jobs",
  "_type": "_doc",
  "_id": "OYAHOmgBl3cmwnqZl_yH",
  "_version": 2,
  "result": "deleted",
  "forced_refresh": true,
  "_shards": {
    "total": 2,
    "successful": 2,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "_seq_no": 11,
  "_primary_term": 1
}

Search monitors

Request

GET _opendistro/_alerting/monitors/_search
{
  "query": {
    "match" : {
      "monitor.name": "my-monitor-name"
    }
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "took": 17,
  "timed_out": false,
  "_shards": {
    "total": 5,
    "successful": 5,
    "skipped": 0,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "hits": {
    "total": 1,
    "max_score": 0.6931472,
    "hits": [{
      "_index": ".opendistro-scheduled-jobs",
      "_type": "_doc",
      "_id": "eGQi7GcBRS7-AJEqfAnr",
      "_score": 0.6931472,
      "_source": {
        "type": "monitor",
        "name": "my-monitor-name",
        "enabled": true,
        "enabled_time": 1545854942426,
        "schedule": {
          "period": {
            "interval": 1,
            "unit": "MINUTES"
          }
        },
        "inputs": [{
          "search": {
            "indices": [
              "*"
            ],
            "query": {
              "size": 0,
              "query": {
                "bool": {
                  "filter": [{
                    "range": {
                      "@timestamp": {
                        "from": "||-1h",
                        "to": "",
                        "include_lower": true,
                        "include_upper": true,
                        "format": "epoch_millis",
                        "boost": 1
                      }
                    }
                  }],
                  "adjust_pure_negative": true,
                  "boost": 1
                }
              },
              "aggregations": {}
            }
          }
        }],
        "triggers": [{
          "id": "Sooi7GcB53a0ewuj_6MH",
          "name": "Over",
          "severity": "1",
          "condition": {
            "script": {
              "source": "_ctx.results[0].hits.total > 400000",
              "lang": "painless"
            }
          },
          "actions": []
        }],
        "last_update_time": 1545854975758
      }
    }]
  }
}

Run monitor

You can add the optional ?dryrun=true parameter to the URL to show the results of a run without actions sending any message.

Request

POST _opendistro/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>/_execute

Sample response

{
  "monitor_name": "logs",
  "period_start": 1547161872322,
  "period_end": 1547161932322,
  "error": null,
  "trigger_results": {
    "Sooi7GcB53a0ewuj_6MH": {
      "name": "Over",
      "triggered": true,
      "error": null,
      "action_results": {}
    }
  }
}

Get alerts

Returns an array of all alerts.

Request

GET _opendistro/_alerting/monitors/alerts

Response

{
  "alerts": [
    {
      "id": "eQURa3gBKo1jAh6qUo49",
      "version": 300,
      "monitor_id": "awUMa3gBKo1jAh6qu47E",
      "schema_version": 2,
      "monitor_version": 2,
      "monitor_name": "Example_monitor_name",
      "monitor_user": {
        "name": "admin",
        "backend_roles": [
          "admin"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "all_access",
          "own_index"
        ],
        "custom_attribute_names": [],
        "user_requested_tenant": null
      },
      "trigger_id": "bQUQa3gBKo1jAh6qnY6G",
      "trigger_name": "Example_trigger_name",
      "state": "ACTIVE",
      "error_message": null,
      "alert_history": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1617314504873,
          "message": "Example error emssage"
        },
        {
          "timestamp": 1617312543925,
          "message": "Example error message"
        }
      ],
      "severity": "1",
      "action_execution_results": [
        {
          "action_id": "bgUQa3gBKo1jAh6qnY6G",
          "last_execution_time": 1617317979908,
          "throttled_count": 0
        }
      ],
      "start_time": 1616704000492,
      "last_notification_time": 1617317979908,
      "end_time": null,
      "acknowledged_time": null
    }
  ],
  "totalAlerts": 1
}

Acknowledge alert

After getting your alerts, you can acknowledge any number of active alerts in one call. If the alert is already in an ERROR, COMPLETED, or ACKNOWLEDGED state, it appears in the failed array.

Request

POST _opendistro/_alerting/monitors/<monitor-id>/_acknowledge/alerts
{
  "alerts": ["eQURa3gBKo1jAh6qUo49"]
}

Sample response

{
  "success": [
  "eQURa3gBKo1jAh6qUo49"
  ],
  "failed": []
}

Create destination

Requests

POST _opendistro/_alerting/destinations
{
  "name": "my-destination",
  "type": "slack",
  "slack": {
    "url": "http://www.example.com"
  }
}

POST _opendistro/_alerting/destinations
{
  "type": "custom_webhook",
  "name": "my-custom-destination",
  "custom_webhook": {
    "path": "incomingwebhooks/123456-123456-XXXXXX",
    "header_params": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "scheme": "HTTPS",
    "port": 443,
    "query_params": {
      "token": "R2x1UlN4ZHF8MXxxVFJpelJNVDgzdGNwXXXXXXXXX"
    },
    "host": "hooks.chime.aws"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "_id": "nO-yFmkB8NzS6aXjJdiI",
  "_version": 1,
  "destination": {
    "type": "slack",
    "name": "my-destination",
    "last_update_time": 1550863967624,
    "slack": {
      "url": "http://www.example.com"
    }
  }
}

Update destination

Request

PUT _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/<destination-id>
{
  "name": "my-updated-destination",
  "type": "slack",
  "slack": {
    "url": "http://www.example.com"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "_id": "pe-1FmkB8NzS6aXjqvVY",
  "_version": 4,
  "destination": {
    "type": "slack",
    "name": "my-updated-destination",
    "last_update_time": 1550864289375,
    "slack": {
      "url": "http://www.example.com"
    }
  }
}

Get destination

Retrieve one destination.

Requests

GET _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/<destination-id>

Sample response

{
  "totalDestinations": 1,
  "destinations": [{
      "id": "1a2a3a4a5a6a7a",
      "type": "slack",
      "name": "sample-destination",
      "user": {
        "name": "psantos",
        "backend_roles": [
          "human-resources"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "alerting_full_access",
          "hr-role"
        ],
        "custom_attribute_names": []
      },
      "schema_version": 3,
      "seq_no": 0,
      "primary_term": 6,
      "last_update_time": 1603943261722,
      "slack": {
        "url": "https://example.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Get destinations

Retrieve all destinations.

Requests

GET _opendistro/_alerting/destinations

Sample response

{
  "totalDestinations": 1,
  "destinations": [{
      "id": "1a2a3a4a5a6a7a",
      "type": "slack",
      "name": "sample-destination",
      "user": {
        "name": "psantos",
        "backend_roles": [
          "human-resources"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "alerting_full_access",
          "hr-role"
        ],
        "custom_attribute_names": []
      },
      "schema_version": 3,
      "seq_no": 0,
      "primary_term": 6,
      "last_update_time": 1603943261722,
      "slack": {
        "url": "https://example.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Delete destination

Request

DELETE _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/<destination-id>

Sample response

{
  "_index": ".opendistro-alerting-config",
  "_type": "_doc",
  "_id": "Zu-zFmkB8NzS6aXjLeBI",
  "_version": 2,
  "result": "deleted",
  "forced_refresh": true,
  "_shards": {
    "total": 2,
    "successful": 2,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "_seq_no": 8,
  "_primary_term": 1
}

Create email account

Request

POST _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts
{
  "name": "example_account",
  "email": "example@email.com",
  "host": "smtp.email.com",
  "port": 465,
  "method": "ssl"
}

Sample response

{
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "_seq_no" : 7,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_account" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_account",
    "email" : "example@email.com",
    "host" : "smtp.email.com",
    "port" : 465,
    "method" : "ssl"
  }
}

Update email account

Request

PUT _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/<email_account_id>
{
  "name": "example_account",
  "email": "example@email.com",
  "host": "smtp.email.com",
  "port": 465,
  "method": "ssl"
}

Sample response

{
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 3,
  "_seq_no" : 19,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_account" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_account",
    "email" : "example@email.com",
    "host" : "smtp.email.com",
    "port" : 465,
    "method" : "ssl"
  }
}

Get email account

Request

GET _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/<email_account_id>
{
  "name": "example_account",
  "email": "example@email.com",
  "host": "smtp.email.com",
  "port": 465,
  "method": "ssl"
}

Sample response

{
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 2,
  "_seq_no" : 8,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_account" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "test_account",
    "email" : "test@email.com",
    "host" : "smtp.test.com",
    "port" : 465,
    "method" : "ssl"
  }
}

Delete email account

Request

DELETE _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/<email_account_id>

Sample response

{
  "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
  "_type" : "_doc",
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "result" : "deleted",
  "forced_refresh" : true,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 2,
    "successful" : 2,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "_seq_no" : 12,
  "_primary_term" : 2
}

Search email account

Request

POST _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/_search
{
  "from": 0,
  "size": 20,
  "sort": { "email_account.name.keyword": "desc" },
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": {
        "match_all": {}
      }
    }
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "took" : 8,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "skipped" : 0,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : {
      "value" : 2,
      "relation" : "eq"
    },
    "max_score" : null,
    "hits" : [
      {
        "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "email_account_id",
        "_seq_no" : 8,
        "_primary_term" : 2,
        "_score" : null,
        "_source" : {
          "schema_version" : 2,
          "name" : "example_account",
          "email" : "example@email.com",
          "host" : "smtp.email.com",
          "port" : 465,
          "method" : "ssl"
        },
        "sort" : [
          "example_account"
        ]
      },
      ...
    ]
  }
}

Create email group

Request

POST _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_groups
{
  "name": "example_email_group",
  "emails": [{
    "email": "example@email.com"
  }]
}

Sample response

{
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "_seq_no" : 9,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_group" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_email_group",
    "emails" : [
      {
        "email" : "example@email.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Update email group

Request

PUT _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/<email_group_id>
{
  "name": "example_email_group",
  "emails": [{
    "email": "example@email.com"
  }]
}

Sample response

{
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 4,
  "_seq_no" : 17,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_group" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_email_group",
    "emails" : [
      {
        "email" : "example@email.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Get email group

Request

GET _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/<email_group_id>
{
  "name": "example_email_group",
  "emails": [{
    "email": "example@email.com"
  }]
}

Sample response

{
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 4,
  "_seq_no" : 17,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_group" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_email_group",
    "emails" : [
      {
        "email" : "example@email.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Delete email group

Request

DELETE _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/<email_group_id>

Sample response

{
  "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
  "_type" : "_doc",
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "result" : "deleted",
  "forced_refresh" : true,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 2,
    "successful" : 2,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "_seq_no" : 11,
  "_primary_term" : 2
}

Search email group

Request

POST _opendistro/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/_search
{
  "from": 0,
  "size": 20,
  "sort": { "email_group.name.keyword": "desc" },
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": {
        "match_all": {}
      }
    }
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "took" : 7,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "skipped" : 0,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : {
      "value" : 5,
      "relation" : "eq"
    },
    "max_score" : null,
    "hits" : [
      {
        "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "email_group_id",
        "_seq_no" : 10,
        "_primary_term" : 2,
        "_score" : null,
        "_source" : {
          "schema_version" : 2,
          "name" : "example_email_group",
          "emails" : [
            {
              "email" : "example@email.com"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sort" : [
          "example_email_group"
        ]
      },
      ...
    ]
  }
}

Alerting API

Table of contents

Create monitor

Request

Sample response

Request

Update monitor

Request

Sample response

Get monitor

Request

Sample response

Monitor stats

Request

Sample response

Delete monitor

Request

Sample response

Search monitors

Request

Sample response

Run monitor

Request

Sample response

Get alerts

Request

Response

Acknowledge alert

Request

Sample response

Create destination

Requests

Sample response

Update destination

Request

Sample response

Get destination

Requests

Sample response

Get destinations

Requests

Sample response

Delete destination

Request

Sample response

Create email account

Request

Sample response

Update email account

Request

Sample response

Get email account

Request

Sample response

Delete email account

Request

Sample response

Search email account

Request

Sample response

Create email group

Request

Sample response

Update email group

Request

Sample response

Get email group

Request

Sample response

Delete email group

Request

Sample response

Search email group

Request

Sample response