ilert

Supported OS Linux Windows Mac OS

Integration version1.0.0

Overview

The ilert integration sends Datadog alerts to ilert and helps DevOps and SREs take immediate action to avoid downtime or operational disruptions. ilert is the AI-first incident management platform that enables teams to cover all stages of the incident cycle. With ilert, teams respond to incidents faster and reduce their Mean Time To Resolution.

Integrate with ilert to:

  • Trigger and resolve incidents from Datadog
  • Tackle incidents and set up escalation policies as they occur
  • Set up a daily reminder of who is on-call

Setup

ilert

Create Datadog alert source

  1. Switch to the Alert Sources tab and click on the “Create new alert source” button

  2. Search for “Datadog”, select the Datadog tile and click on Next.

    ilert Alert Source New

  3. Assign a name.

    ilert Alert Source New 2

  4. Select a desired escalation policy.

    ilert Alert Source New 3

  5. On the next page a Webhook URL is generated. You need this URL for the integration setup within Datadog.

    ilert Alert Source View

Datadog

Add ilert Webhook as alerting channel

  1. From the Datadog Integrations page, install the Webhooks integration.

  2. On the Webhooks integration tile, add a new webhook:

    Datadog Webhook New

  3. Enter a name, the Datadog webhook URL generated earlier from the ilert alert source, and the template payload:

    {
      "body": "$EVENT_MSG",
      "last_updated": "$LAST_UPDATED",
      "event_type": "$EVENT_TYPE",
      "alert_transition": "$ALERT_TRANSITION",
      "alert_id": "$ALERT_ID",
      "link": "$LINK",
      "title": "$EVENT_TITLE",
      "date": "$DATE",
      "org": {
        "id": "$ORG_ID",
        "name": "$ORG_NAME"
      },
      "id": "$ID"
    }
    

    Datadog Webhook View

  4. Click Save.

Data Collected

Metrics

The ilert integration does not include any metrics.

Events

Your ilert triggered and resolved events appear in the ilert platform dashboard.

Service Checks

The ilert integration does not include any service checks.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog Support.