New Integration in ilert Catalog: Netdata

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve integrated with Netdata, a popular open-source monitoring solution, to give you more visibility and control over your systems. This powerful combination enhances your ability to monitor, detect, and respond to system alerts in real time.

What is Netdata?

Netdata is an open-source, real-time performance monitoring solution. It's designed to monitor everything from system resources like CPU, memory, disk, and network usage to application-level metrics across hundreds of data points. Netdata collects, and visualizes thousands of metrics with minimal resource overhead, making it ideal for small- and large-scale environments.

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Netdata offers two key components to deliver its powerful monitoring: Agent and Cloud. While the Agent is built to work on nearly any environment, from bare-metal servers and virtual machines to containers and Kubernetes clusters, Netdata Cloud is a solution for organizations managing multiple systems. It offers a unified view of all infrastructure, regardless of how many instances or locations the user has. The new ilert integration is available for both components. 

What Does the Netdata and ilert Integration Offer?

This integration enriches Netdata with access to an end-to-end incident management platform. Here are the key advantages for the integration users.

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• Actionable multi-channel alerting: Netdata’s real-time metrics trigger instant alerts via ilert, ensuring your team is notified of critical issues as soon as they arise. Alerts can be delivered through various channels such as SMS, email, voice calls, or push notifications. Users can take the first actions right in the channel where the notification was received; no login is required.
• Automated and distributed on-call duty: ilert provides advanced on-call scheduling, escalations, and rotations. Netdata users can ensure the right people are alerted based on the team’s availability, avoiding unnecessary delays in response time.
• Reduced noise with the help of AI: You can configure custom alert thresholds in ilert based on the content of alerts Netdata provides. Set rules for critical system parameters and ensure you’re only notified when it really matters.
• Advanced incident communication: When an alert is triggered, ilert helps you manage the entire incident lifecycle, from initial detection to resolution. You can keep stakeholders informed with the help of branded status pages and automated notifications. ilert AI also assists in messaging and provides information on affected services in case of incidents.

How to Get Started with the Netdata and ilert Integration

1. Install Netdata agent: If you haven’t already, install the Netdata Agent on your systems. You can follow the installation guide for a Linux, macOS, and Windows setup.
   Or set up Netdata Cloud: If you have a distributed infrastructure, sign up for Netdata Cloud to gain centralized visibility and monitoring across all your instances.
2. Connect Netdata with ilert: in your ilert account, go to Alert Sources and choose Netdata from the list. Follow the step-by-step instructions.