InfluxDB Integration
InfluxDB is a high-performance time series database purpose-built for storing metrics, events, and real-time analytics. Its built-in Checks & Notifications system lets you define threshold conditions on your time series data and push alert notifications directly to external HTTP endpoints — making it straightforward to route those alerts into ITOC360.
In ITOC360
Go to Sources, click Create Source, and select InfluxDB from the list. Once the source is created, copy the webhook URL and token from the source detail page — you will need these when configuring InfluxDB.
In InfluxDB
In the left sidebar, hover over the bell icon to expand the navigation and click Alerts.
Step 1 — Create a Notification Endpoint
On the Alerts page, click Notification Endpoints, then click + Create in the top right corner.
From the Destination dropdown, select HTTP and give the endpoint a name. Under HTTP Options, make sure the method is set to POST and the auth method is none. Paste your ITOC360 webhook URL into the URL field, appending your source token as a query parameter:
Click Create Notification Endpoint to save.
Step 2 — Create a Check
Click the Checks tab on the Alerts page, then click + Create and select Threshold Check.
In the query builder, select your bucket from the FROM column, choose a measurement, and select the field you want to monitor. Click Submit to preview the data on the chart.
Switch to the 2. Configure Check tab. In the Thresholds section on the right, click + CRIT and enter the value above which the check should fire as critical. You can optionally add a WARN threshold for a lower severity level. Give the check a descriptive name at the top, then click the checkmark button in the top right corner to save.
Step 3 — Create Notification Rules
Click the Notification Rules tab. InfluxDB requires a separate rule for each status level, so you will need to create two rules — one for when the check fires and one for when it recovers.
Click + Create. Give the rule a name and set the condition to When status is equal to CRIT. Under Notification Endpoint, select the endpoint you created in Step 1. Click Create Notification Rule to save.
Then create a second rule in the same way, this time setting the condition to When status is equal to OK and selecting the same endpoint. This second rule is what allows itoc360 to automatically resolve alerts when your metric returns to normal.
Notes
InfluxDB runs notification rules on a schedule (default: every 1 minute). There may be a short delay between a threshold breach and the alert appearing in ITOC360.
The CRIT rule and the OK rule must point to the same notification endpoint so that ITOC360 can correctly match each alert to its resolution.
If you have multiple checks, each one should have its own pair of notification rules.
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