Guide
Alerts
Connect sources, map fields, route cleanly, and use replay before trusting live ingest.
Most common tasks
Webhook
Create a webhook source
Create a source, add a real sample, and save the receiver URL.
OpenCreate an email source
Forward real alert mail, capture a sample, and confirm sender handling.
OpenShape
Map and route alerts
Map summary, severity, dedupe, environment, and destination.
OpenValidate
Replay and diagnostics
Preview normalized output and investigate bad ingest behavior.
OpenChoose a path
- Use webhook sources when the monitoring tool can post JSON to OpsBell.
- Use email sources when alerts arrive through forwarded mail.
- Use payload routing when the alert already carries a stable service key.
- Use a fixed system or function when the source belongs to one destination.
