Sumo Logic Alerts

1. In Sumo Logic navigate to the left-hand menu, expand Manage Data then select Alerts.

   

2. Select the Connections tab then click on the + button in the tab to open the Select Connection Type page.

   

3. On the Select Connection Type page, select Webhook.

   

4. On the Create Webhook Connection page, fill in the following fields:
   • Name: Give your webhook a unique, descriptive name.
   • Description (optional): Describe the purpose of your webhook.
   • URL: Paste the trigger URL you copied from Flow Designer. Add the target names of any recipients you want to notify when the alert fires to the end of the URL.
     • For URL authentication, use an ampersand to attach recipients. For example, if you want to notify Emma Pearson and the on-call members in the group responsible for the Antares service, you'd add &recipients=epearson,antares to the URL.
     • For other authentication types, use a question mark to attach recipients. For example, if you want to notify Barry Gull and the on-call members in the group responsible for the Cassiopeia service, you'd add ?recipients=bgull,cassiopeia to the URL.
     • You must URL-encode any special characters or spaces in the target names.
   • Authorization Header (optional): If you want to use Basic Authentication, you must Base64 encode your username and password. See the Sumo Logic documentation for instructions on how to fill in the Authorization Header field.
   • Custom Headers (optional): You may enter up to five comma-separated key-value pairs, or leave this field blank.
   • Payload: Paste the following Configuration Payload you copied from the Sumo Logic Alerts trigger in Flow Designer:
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     {
     "description": "{{Description}}",
     "fire_time": "{{FireTime}}",
     "id": "{{Id}}",
     "name": "{{Name}}",
     "num_query_results": "{{NumQueryResults}}",
     "query_url": "{{QueryUrl}}",
     "trigger_condition": "{{TriggerCondition}}",
     "trigger_type": "{{TriggerType}}",
     "query": "{{Query}}"
     }

   

5. To check that the webhook was created successfully and that alerts go to the right recipients, click Test Connection.
6. Click Save to create the webhook.

You're ready to use the webhook to trigger automated flows, including steps such as sending alerts and initiating incidents, though we always recommend testing before putting things into use.

The trigger has the following outputs you can use as inputs to steps further along the flow.