Creating a notifier

Learn how to use Streams Messaging Manager (SMM) to create a notifier in your environment.

Perform the following steps to create a notifier:

From the left navigation pane, select Alerts.
The Alerts Overview page appears.
Click NOTIFIERS.
Click ADD NEW to create a new notifier.
The Notifier window appears.

Configure the following properties:


Configuration	Property	Description
Common Notifier Configuration	NAME	Enter a unique name for the notifier.
	DESCRIPTION	Enter an optional description for the notifier.
	PROVIDER	Choose one of the following providers: Email HTTP
	NOTIFIER RATE LIMIT COUNT	Select the number of allowed notifications.
	NOTIFIER RATE LIMIT DURATION	Select the number of allowed notifications with respect to given duration in SECONDS, MINUTES, or HOURS.
Email Notifier Configuration	FROM ADDRESS	Enter the email address to use for SMTP mail command. Default is `admin@localhost`.
	TO ADDRESS	Enter one or multiple email addresses that you want to send the notification to.
	USERNAME	Enter the username for SMTP.
	PASSWORD	Enter the password for SMTP. note The password must be reentered when editing the configuration of existing notifiers.
	SMTP HOSTNAME	Enter the SMTP server that you want to connect to. Default is `localhost`.
	SMTP PORT	Enter the SMTP server port that you want to connect to. Default is `25`.
	ENABLE AUTH	Select to enable authentication.
	ENABLE SSL/STARTTLS	Select to enable SSL. This is applicable when you enable authentication. You can either select SSL or STARTTLS.
	PROTOCOL	Enter the protocol to use to send emails. Default is `SMTP`.
	ENABLE DEBUG	Select to enable debug mode to trace any issue in the email notifier. Disabled by default.
HTTP Notifier Configuration	URL	Enter the target service URL.
	CONNECTION TIMEOUT (MSECS)	Select the connection timeout in milliseconds for creating the initial connection. Default is 30 seconds.
	READ TIMEOUT (MSECS)	Select the read timeout in milliseconds for waiting to read data. Default is 30 seconds.

Click Save.