Integrations

Integrations are a platform-level feature in Sysmos. Once configured, any product that supports alerting — API monitors, server agents, and future services — can send notifications through your connected channels.

Slack

Setup

1. Go to Settings → Notifications → Slack
2. Click Connect Slack
3. Authorize the Sysmos bot in your Slack workspace
4. Select the channel where alerts should be posted

What You Get

• Rich alert messages with source, status, and relevant metrics
• Direct links to the affected resource in the Sysmos dashboard
• Recovery notifications when issues resolve

Discord

Setup

1. In Discord, go to Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks
2. Create a new webhook and copy the URL
3. In Sysmos, go to Settings → Notifications → Discord
4. Paste the webhook URL

What You Get

• Embedded alert messages with color-coded severity
• Alert details and relevant metrics
• Recovery notifications

Email

Setup

Your account email is automatically configured. To add more recipients:

1. Go to Settings → Notifications → Email
2. Add email addresses
3. Each recipient will receive a verification email

What You Get

• Formatted HTML email with full alert details
• Summary of affected resources
• One-click link to the dashboard

PagerDuty

Setup

1. In PagerDuty, create a new service or use an existing one
2. Add a Sysmos integration and copy the integration key
3. In Sysmos, go to Settings → Notifications → PagerDuty
4. Paste the integration key

What You Get

• PagerDuty incidents created automatically on alert
• Incidents auto-resolve when the issue recovers
• Full severity mapping (Critical, Warning, Info)

Webhooks

Setup

1. Go to Settings → Notifications → Webhooks
2. Enter your endpoint URL
3. Optionally add custom headers (e.g., for authentication)

Payload Format

{
  "event": "monitor.down",
  "monitor": {
    "id": "mon_abc123",
    "name": "Production API",
    "url": "https://api.example.com/health"
  },
  "alert": {
    "status": "down",
    "region": "us-east-1",
    "response_time_ms": 5023,
    "status_code": 503,
    "triggered_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}

Events

Sysmos will retry failed webhook deliveries up to 3 times with exponential backoff.