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Integrating with ilert

Dead Man's Snitch will send alerts to ilert when a Snitch goes missing or errors. Alerts will be automatically resolved when a Snitch starts reporting successfully again.

Note
Pausing a Snitch will not automatically acknowledge alerts in ilert.

Setup

To integrate with ilert you'll need to create a Dead Man's Snitch alert source in ilert, then add the integration in Dead Man's Snitch with the provided URL.

1. Head to ilert.com and log in to your account.
2. Under the Alert sources menu select Alert sources
3. Click the Create new alert source button
4. Search for "Dead Man's Snitch" and select its tile from the list then click Next
5. Configure the alert source (Documentation)
   1. Give it a name (e.g., "Dead Man's Snitch" or "Cron Jobs")
   2. Select your escalation policy
   3. Configure alert grouping preferences as needed
6. Click Save to create the alert source
7. Copy the URL from the alert source details page
8. Back in Dead Man's Snitch, select the Case you'll be adding the ilert integration to then navigate to the Integrations tab
9. Find ilert in the list and click the Add button
   Integrations • Dead Man's Snitch

   https://deadmanssnitch.com/cases/foo/integrations

   
10. Paste the URL from ilert and optionally add a label, then click "Save"
    Integrations • Dead Man's Snitch

    https://deadmanssnitch.com/cases/foo/integrations/ilert/add

    

Testing

After saving the integration, you can send a test alert to verify the connection is working correctly. Click the Send Test button on the integration settings page to send a test incident to ilert.