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Endpoint Types

Yellowbrick supports four different endpoint types:

  • Notify Yellowbrick support (phonehome)
  • Send email
  • Post to web service (http)
  • Send an SNMP trap

You can configure and enable many different endpoints, but they are all tied to the same set of alerts.

Send Email

The following configuration details are required for this endpoint type:

Add email addresses by clicking the Add button. You cannot type into the Recipients field. Be sure to provide accurate credentials (username/password) and the correct SMTP hostname and port number for your mail server. You can change the subject line that will be used for email alerts. For example:

For information about Load Sample Template choices, see Alert Templates. After clicking Finish on this screen, you can see the endpoint on the Endpoints tab of the main Alerting screen:

Send an SNMP Trap

The following configuration details are required for this endpoint type:

SNMP Versions 1 and 2c are supported. Version 1 supports the UDP protocol. Version 2c supports UDP or TCP/IP. Be sure to provide the correct SMTP hostname and port number.

Post to Web Service (http)

The following configuration details are required for this endpoint type:

Notify Yellowbrick Support

No configuration is required or allowed for this endpoint.

Parent topic:Creating an Alert Endpoint