ceph/doc/mgr/alerts.rst

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Alerts module
=============
The alerts module can send simple alert messages about cluster health
via e-mail. In the future, it will support other notification methods
as well.
:note: This module is *not* intended to be a robust monitoring
solution. The fact that it is run as part of the Ceph cluster
itself is fundamentally limiting in that a failure of the
ceph-mgr daemon prevents alerts from being sent. This module
can, however, be useful for standalone clusters that exist in
environments where existing monitoring infrastructure does not
exist.
Enabling
--------
The *alerts* module is enabled with::
ceph mgr module enable alerts
Configuration
-------------
To configure SMTP, all of the following config options must be set
(When setting ``mgr/alerts/smtp_destination``, you can use commas to separate multiple)::
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_host *<smtp-server>*
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_destination *<email-address-to-send-to>*
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_sender *<from-email-address>*
By default, the module will use SSL and port 465. To change that,::
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_ssl false # if not SSL
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_port *<port-number>* # if not 465
To authenticate to the SMTP server, you must set the user and password::
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_user *<username>*
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_password *<password>*
By default, the name in the ``From:`` line is simply ``Ceph``. To
change that (e.g., to identify which cluster this is),::
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/smtp_from_name 'Ceph Cluster Foo'
By default, the module will check the cluster health once per minute
and, if there is a change, send a message. To change that
frequency,::
ceph config set mgr mgr/alerts/interval *<interval>* # e.g., "5m" for 5 minutes
Commands
--------
To force an alert to be send immediately,::
ceph alerts send