Acknowledge an Alert¶

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Syntax
Response Elements
Example Request
Example Response

Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID} is the same as your project ID. For existing groups, your group/project ID remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.

Base URL: https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0

The Atlas API uses HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide your Atlas username and API key as the username and password when constructing the HTTP request.

For complete documentation on configuring API access for an Atlas project, see Configure Atlas API Access.

Syntax¶

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PATCH /api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/alerts/{ALERT-ID}

Request Path Parameters¶

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description
`GROUP-ID`	Required	Project identifier.
`ALERT-ID`	Required	Alert identifier.

Request Query Parameters¶

This endpoint may use any of the HTTP request query parameters available to all Atlas API resources. These are all optional.

Name	Type	Description	Default
`pageNum`	integer	Page number (1-based).	`1`
`itemsPerPage`	integer	Number of items to return per page, up to a maximum of 500.	`100`
`pretty`	boolean	Displays response in a prettyprint format.	`false`
`envelope`	boolean	Specifies whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope.	`false`

Request Body Parameters¶

Field Required/Optional Description

acknowledgedUntil

Required.

To acknowledge an alert “forever”, set the field value to 100 years in the future.

To unacknowledge a previously acknowledged alert, set the field value to the past.

The page to return.

acknowledgementComment Optional. If you add a comment, Atlas displays the comment next to the message that the alert has been acknowledged.

Response Elements¶

The fields in the return document depend on the alert type:

Name Type Description

id string Unique identifier for the alert.

groupId string ID of the project that this alert was opened for.

alertConfigId string ID of the alert configuration that triggered this alert.

eventTypeName

string

The name of the event that triggered the alert. The possible values depend on the alert type.

Alert type	Possible values
Host	`OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD` `HOST_RESTARTED` `HOST_UPGRADED` `HOST_NOW_SECONDARY` `HOST_NOW_PRIMARY`
Replica set	`NO_PRIMARY` `TOO_MANY_ELECTIONS`
Sharded cluster	`CLUSTER_MONGOS_IS_MISSING`
User	`JOINED_GROUP` `REMOVED_FROM_GROUP` `USER_ROLES_CHANGED_AUDIT`
Project	`USERS_AWAITING_APPROVAL` `USERS_WITHOUT_MULTI_FACTOR_AUTH` `GROUP_CREATED`
Team	`JOINED_TEAM` `REMOVED_FROM_TEAM`
Organization	`INVITED_TO_ORG` `JOINED_ORG`
Data Explorer	`DATA_EXPLORER` `DATA_EXPLORER_CRUD`
Billing	`CREDIT_CARD_ABOUT_TO_EXPIRE` `CHARGE_SUCCEEDED` `INVOICE_CLOSED`

status

string

The current state of the alert. Possible values are:

TRACKING

The alert condition exists but has not persisted beyond the defined notification delay. For details, see Request Query Parameters.
OPEN
CLOSED
CANCELLED

created date When the alert was opened.

updated date When the alert was last updated.

lastNotified date When the last notification was sent for this alert. Only present if notifications have been sent.

resolved date When the alert was closed. Only present if the status is CLOSED.

acknowledgedUntil date The date through which the alert has been acknowledged. This is not present if the alert has never been acknowledged.

acknowledgementComment string The comment left by the user who acknowledged the alert. This is not present if the alert has never been acknowledged.

acknowledgingUsername string The username of the user who acknowledged the alert. This is not present if the alert has never been acknowledged.

hostnameAndPort string The hostname and port of the host to which the alert applies.

metricName

string

The name of the metric whose value went outside the threshold. Only present if eventTypeName is OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD. Possible values are:

ASSERT_MSG
ASSERT_REGULAR
ASSERT_USER
ASSERT_WARNING
BACKGROUND_FLUSH_AVG
CACHE_BYTES_READ_INTO
CACHE_BYTES_WRITTEN_FROM
CACHE_USAGE_DIRTY
CACHE_USAGE_USED
COMPUTED_MEMORY
CONNECTIONS
CURSORS_TOTAL_CLIENT_CURSORS_SIZE
CURSORS_TOTAL_OPEN
CURSORS_TOTAL_TIMED_OUT
DB_DATA_SIZE_TOTAL
DB_STORAGE_TOTAL
DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_USED_DATA
DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_USED_INDEX
DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_USED_JOURNAL
DISK_PARTITION_UTILIZATION_DATA
DISK_PARTITION_UTILIZATION_INDEX
DISK_PARTITION_UTILIZATION_JOURNAL
EXTRA_INFO_PAGE_FAULTS
GLOBAL_ACCESSES_NOT_IN_MEMORY
GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_READERS
GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_TOTAL
GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_WRITERS
GLOBAL_LOCK_PERCENTAGE
GLOBAL_PAGE_FAULT_EXCEPTIONS_THROWN
INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_ACCESSES
INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_HITS
INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISS_RATIO
INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISSES
JOURNALING_COMMITS_IN_WRITE_LOCK
JOURNALING_MB
JOURNALING_WRITE_DATA_FILES_MB
LOGICAL_SIZE
MEMORY_RESIDENT
MEMORY_VIRTUAL
MEMORY_MAPPED
NETWORK_BYTES_IN
NETWORK_BYTES_OUT
NETWORK_NUM_REQUESTS
NORMALIZED_SYSTEM_CPU_USER
OPCOUNTER_CMD
OPCOUNTER_DELETE
OPCOUNTER_INSERT
OPCOUNTER_QUERY
OPCOUNTER_REPL_UPDATE
OPCOUNTER_REPL_DELETE
OPCOUNTER_REPL_INSERT
OPCOUNTER_UPDATE
OPLOG_MASTER_LAG_TIME_DIFF
OPLOG_MASTER_TIME
OPLOG_RATE_GB_PER_HOUR
OPLOG_SLAVE_LAG_MASTER_TIME
RESTARTS_IN_LAST_HOUR
TICKETS_AVAILABLE_READS
TICKETS_AVAILABLE_WRITES

currentValue object The current value of the metric that triggered the alert. Only present if eventTypeName is OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD.

currentValue.number float The value.

currentValue.units

string

The units for the value. Possible units are:

RAW
BITS
BYTES
KILOBITS
KILOBYTES
MEGABITS
MEGABYTES
GIGABITS
GIGABYTES
TERABYTES
PETABYTES
MILLISECONDS
SECONDS
MINUTES
HOURS
DAYS

replicaSetName string Name of the replica set, if applicable.

clusterName string The name the cluster to which this alert applies.

Example Request¶

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curl -u "username:apiKey" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --digest -X PATCH "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/535683b3794d371327b/alerts/524dc45ee4b835ff81ec2a" --data '
{
  "acknowledgedUntil" : "2016-10-01T00:00:00-0400",
  "acknowledgementComment" : "This is normal. Please ignore."
}'

Example Response¶

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{
  "id" : "524dc45ee4b835ff81ec2a",
  "groupId" : "535683b3794d371327b",
  "eventTypeName" : "OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD",
  "status" : "OPEN",
  "acknowledgedUntil" : "2016-10-01T04:00:00Z",
  "acknowledgementComment" : "This is normal. Please ignore.",
  "acknowledgingUsername" : "someuser@example.com",
  "created" : "2016-08-23T20:28:14Z",
  "updated" : "2016-08-23T20:33:14Z",
  "lastNotified" : "2016-08-23T20:33:23Z",
  "metricName" : "ASSERTS_REGULAR",
  "currentValue" : {
    "number" : 0.0,
    "units" : "RAW"
  },
  "links" : [ ... ]
}

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