Setting Alert Messages

Setting alert messages can be done anytime. This function can send e-mails to the group interested in the server status.

Message examples:

'server is up Cluster started on: 192.168.112.127'
'server is up An offline Slave come online: 192.168.112.142'
'server is down Master went offline: 192.168.112.127. The new master is: 192.168.112.142'
'server is down Slave went offline: 192.168.112.133'

To start this tutorial please open 'Alerts' from the top menu (Figure 1) in the 'Configurations' drop down menu.

opening alerts from the top menu
Figure 1 - Opening Alerts from the top menu

Step 1 - Create the alert

Select the Create new alert blue button. (Figure 2)

Creating an alert job
Figure 2 - Creating an alert job

Step 2 - Setup connection

An SMTP server needs to be configured to be able to send the alert messages.

Configure SMTP server
Figure 3 - Configure SMTP server

Step 3 - Create an alert message

The alert message is a text to be sent as E-mail. This message is going to be placed just before the content of the default messages shown on the top of the screen. Figure 4 shows how to create an alert message.

Creating an alert message
Figure 4 - Creating an alert message

You are finally done. You can see alert jobs created for server down and server up events (Figure 5). You can test the alert system by starting and stopping your cluster.

Server down alert job running
Figure 5 - Server down alert job running