SolarWinds AppOptics

Send alerts from SolarWinds AppOptics to Squadcast

SolarWinds AppOptics is a SAAS-based APM and Infrastructure tool for hybrid and cloud-native IT environments.

Route detailed monitoring alerts from AppOptics to the right users in Squadcast.

How to integrate AppOptics with Squadcast

In Squadcast: Using AppOptics as an Alert Source

1. Navigate to Services -> Service Overview -> select or search for your Service. Expand the accordion -> In the Alert Sources section, click Add.

2. Select SolarWinds AppOptics. Copy the displayed Webhook URL to configure it within SolarWinds AppOptics. Finish by clicking Add Alert Source -> Done.

Important:

When an alert source turns Active, it’ll show up under Configured Alert Sources, you can either generate a test alert from the integration or wait for a real-time alert to be generated by the Alert Source. An Alert Source is active if there is a recorded incident via that Alert Source for the Service.

In SolarWinds AppOptics: Setup your Notification Services

(1) Log in to your SolarWinds Cloud console

(2) From the navigation section to the left of the homepage, select Settings > Metric Settings > Notification Services

(3) Click on Webhooks under the Available section

(4) Add an appropriate Title and paste the webhook URL copied from Squadcast under URL. Click on Add

(5) While creating a Metric Alert, select the configured webhook URL and test fire to verify whether the notification service is working as expected

That's it! Now whenever an APM-related or Infrastructure-related notification is triggered in SolarWinds AppOptics, an incident will automatically be created in Squadcast.

Also, whenever an alert is resolved in SolarWinds AppOptics, the corresponding incident will get auto-resolved in Squadcast.