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In addition to defining alert handler in TICKscript Kapacitor supports an alert system that follows a publish subscribe design pattern.
Alerts are published to a topic and handlers subscribe to a topic.
Topics
An alert topic is simply a namespace where alerts are grouped. When an alert event fires it is assigned to a topic. Multiple handlers can be defined on a topic and all handlers process each alert event for the topic.
Handlers
A handler takes action on incoming alert events for a specific topic. Each handler operates on exactly one topic.
A handler definition has a few properties:
- ID - The unique ID of the handler.
- Kind - The kind of handler, see handlers for a list of available kinds.
- Match - A lambda expression to filter matching alerts. By default all alerts match, see matching for details on the match expression.
- Options - A map of values, differs by kind.
Example
See the Using Alert Topics example for a walk through defining and using alert topics.