Add a Cluster Alert Configuration

You can use LogicMonitor’s REST API to add cluster alert configurations for a particular group.

Note: As with all of our API calls, authentication is required.

HTTP Method: POST

URI: /device/groups/{groupId}/clusterAlertConf

Where:

{groupId} is the id of the group you’d like to add cluster alert configurations for. You can get group Ids from a GET request to the groups resource.

Request Parameters: You can include the following parameters in your POST request:

Property	Required?	Description
dataPointId	One of dataPointId and dataPointName are required	The id of the dataPoint you want to base the cluster alert on
dataPointName	One of dataPointId and dataPointName are required	The name of the dataPoint you want to base the cluster alert on
dataSourceId	One of dataSourceId and dataSourceDisplayName are required	The id of the dataSource you want to base the cluster alert on
dataSourceDisplayName	One of dataSourceId and dataSourceDisplayName are required	The display name of the dataSource you want to base the cluster alert on
countBy	No – defaults to host	host \| instance – Whether the cluster alert is based on an alert count across devices or instances
minAlertLevel	No – defaults to 2	1 \| 2 \| 3 – The alert level that must be present for the devices or instances to trigger the cluster alert
thresholdType	No – defaults to percentage	absolute \| percentage – whether the alert expression should be evaluated as a total number of devices or instances (absolute) or as a percentage of devices or instances (percentage)
alertExpr	Yes	The expression that indicates the number of objects (devices or instances) that need to be in alert to trigger the cluster alert. E.g. > 5

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