Logz.io Alerts

First, create a new custom endpoint.

1. In Logz.io, navigate to the Alerts & Events tab and select Notification endpoints.

   

2. Click Add endpoint. The Add a new Notification Endpoint window opens.

   

3. For the Type field, use the drop-down to select Custom.
4. Enter a Name and optional Description.
5. In the URL field, add the xMatters trigger URL.
6. 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.
7. Set the Method to POST.
8. If you use Basic Authentication, add your authentication information in the Headers section.
9. Insert the following Configuration Payload you copied earlier into the available field:

{
  "account_name": "{{account_name}}",
  "alert_definition_id": "{{alert_definition_id}}",
  "alert_description": "{{alert_description}}",
  "alert_samples": "{{alert_samples}}",
  "alert_severity": "{{alert_severity}}",
  "alert_timeframe_end": "{{alert_timeframe_end}}",
  "alert_timeframe_start": "{{alert_timeframe_start}}",
  "alert_title": "{{alert_title}}"
}

Now you'll need to create a new alert to add the endpoint to Logz.io.

1. Navigate to theAlerts & Events tab and select New alert.

   

2. At the top of the window, give the new alert a name.

   

3. Complete step 1 by configuring the query.
4. In the Accounts to search section, select Just these accounts and use the drop-down to select xMatters.
5. In step 2, set the Trigger conditions and severity. The severity you set here defines the incident severity in xMatters.

   

6. In step 3, enter an optional description and tags.

   

7. In the Who to send it to section, use the drop-down to select the custom endpoint you just created.
8. Click Save.

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.