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Get One Alert

Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {PROJECT-ID} is the same as your project id. For existing groups, your group/project id remains the same. This page uses the more familiar term group when referring to descriptions. The endpoint remains as stated in the document.

Base URL: https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/public/v1.0

Resource

GET /groups/{PROJECT-ID}/alerts/{ALERT-ID}

Request Path Parameters

Parameter Type Description
PROJECT-ID string (Required.) Project identifier.
ALERT-ID string (Required.) Alert identifier.

Request Query Parameters

The following query parameters are optional:

Name Type Necessity Description Default
pretty boolean Optional Flag indicating whether the response body should be in a prettyprint format. false
envelope boolean Optional

Flag that indicates whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope.

Some API clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query.

For endpoints that return one result, the response body includes:

Name Description
status HTTP response code
envelope Expected response body
false

Request Body Parameters

This endpoint does not use HTTP request body parameters.

Response

The fields in the return document depend on the alert type:

Name Type Description
acknowledged
Until
string

Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC until which the alert has been acknowledged.

Cloud Manager returns this value if the alert has been acknowledged.

acknowledgement
Comment
string

Comment left by the user who acknowledged the alert.

Cloud Manager returns this value if the alert has been acknowledged.

acknowledging
Username
string

Username of the user who acknowledged the alert.

Cloud Manager returns this value if the alert has been acknowledged.

alertConfigId string Unique identifier for the alert configuration that triggered this alert.
clusterId string

Unique identifier for the cluster to which this alert applies.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "eventTypeName" : "SHARDED_CLUSTER"

clusterName string

Name of the cluster to which this alert applies.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "eventTypeName" : "SHARDED_CLUSTER"

created string Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when the alert was opened.
currentValue object

Current value of the metric that triggered the alert.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "eventTypeName" : "OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD".

currentValue
.number
number Value of the metric.
currentValue
.units
string

Units for the value. Value depends on the type of metric.

Example

A metric that measures memory consumption would have a byte measurement, while a metric that measures time would have a time unit.

Cloud Manager can return:

  • RAW
  • BITS
  • BYTES
  • KILOBITS
  • KILOBYTES
  • MEGABITS
  • MEGABYTES
  • GIGABITS
  • GIGABYTES
  • TERABYTES
  • PETABYTES
  • MILLISECONDS
  • SECONDS
  • MINUTES
  • HOURS
  • DAYS
eventTypeName string

Name of the event that triggered the alert.

To review the types of events that generate alerts, see Alert Types.

groupId string Unique identifier of the group for which this alert was opened.
hostId string

unique identifier for the host to which the metric pertains.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "eventTypeName" was set to one of the following:

  • HOST_DOWN
  • OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD
  • REPLICA_SET
hostnameAndPort string

Hostname and port of each host to which the alert applies. This can be a hostname, an FQDN, an IPv4 address, or an IPv6 address.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "eventTypeName" was set to one of the following:

  • HOST_DOWN
  • OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD
  • REPLICA_SET
id string Unique identifier for the alert.
lastNotified string Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when the last notification was sent for this alert. Cloud Manager returns this value if notifications have been sent.
links array of objects One or more links to sub-resources and/or related resources. All links arrays in responses include at least one link called self. The relationships between URLs are explained in the Web Linking Specification.
metricName string

Name of the measurement whose value went outside the threshold.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "eventTypeName" was set to OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD.

For possible values, see Measurement Types for Alerts.

replicaSetName string

Name of the replica set.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "eventTypeName" was set to one of the following:

  • BACKUP
  • HOST_DOWN
  • OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD
  • REPLICA_SET
resolved string

Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when the alert was closed.

Cloud Manager returns this value if "status" : "CLOSED".

status string

Current state of the alert. Cloud Manager can return one of the following:

  • TRACKING

    The alert condition exists but has not persisted beyond the defined notification delay. For details, see Request Query Parameters.

  • OPEN

  • CLOSED

  • CANCELLED

sourceTypeName string

Type of host being backed up when "eventTypeName" : "BACKUP". Cloud Manager can return one of the following:

  • REPLICA_SET
  • SHARDED_CLUSTER
  • CONFIG_SERVER
tags string array Identifying labels set for this alert.
typeName string Deprecated field. |mms| ignores it.
updated string Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when the alert was last updated.

Measurement Types for Alerts

The alerts resource returns measurement types in the metricName field. The field is present only if eventTypeName is set to OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD.

Host Measurements

  • ASSERT_REGULAR
  • ASSERT_WARNING
  • ASSERT_MSG
  • ASSERT_USER
Rate of asserts for a MongoDB process found in the asserts document that the serverStatus command generates.
  • BACKGROUND_FLUSH_AVG
Amount of data flushed in the background.
  • CACHE_BYTES_READ_INTO
  • CACHE_BYTES_WRITTEN_FROM
  • CACHE_DIRTY_BYTES
  • CACHE_USED_BYTES
  • TICKETS_AVAILABLE_READS
  • TICKETS_AVAILABLE_WRITE
Amount of bytes in the WiredTiger storage engine cache and tickets found in the wiredTiger.cache and wiredTiger.concurrentTransactions documents that the serverStatus command generates.
  • CONNECTIONS
Number of connections to a MongoDB process found in the connections document that the serverStatus command generates.
  • CURSORS_TOTAL_OPEN
  • CURSORS_TOTAL_TIMED_OUT
Number of cursors for a MongoDB process found in the metrics.cursor document that the serverStatus command generates.
  • EXTRA_INFO_PAGE_FAULTS
  • GLOBAL_ACCESSES_NOT_IN_MEMORY
  • GLOBAL_PAGE_FAULT_EXCEPTIONS_THROWN
Numbers of Memory Issues and Page Faults for a MongoDB process.
  • GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_TOTAL
  • GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_READERS
  • GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_WRITERS
Number of operations waiting on locks for the MongoDB process that the serverStatus command generates. Cloud Manager computes these values based on the type of storage engine.
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_ACCESSES
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_HITS
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISSES
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISS_RATIO
Number of index btree operations.
  • JOURNALING_COMMITS_IN_WRITE_LOCK
  • JOURNALING_MB
  • JOURNALING_WRITE_DATA_FILES_MB
Number of journaling operations.
  • MEMORY_RESIDENT
  • MEMORY_VIRTUAL
  • MEMORY_MAPPED
  • COMPUTED_MEMORY
Amount of memory for a MongoDB process found in the mem document that the serverStatus command collects.
  • NETWORK_BYTES_IN
  • NETWORK_BYTES_OUT
  • NETWORK_NUM_REQUESTS
Amount of throughput for MongoDB process found in the network document that the serverStatus command collects.
  • OPLOG_SLAVE_LAG_MASTER_TIME
  • OPLOG_MASTER_TIME
  • OPLOG_MASTER_LAG_TIME_DIFF
  • OPLOG_RATE_GB_PER_HOUR
Durations and throughput of the MongoDB process’ oplog.
  • DB_STORAGE_TOTAL
  • DB_DATA_SIZE_TOTAL
On-disk storage space as collected from the MongoDB dbStats command.
  • OPCOUNTER_CMD
  • OPCOUNTER_QUERY
  • OPCOUNTER_UPDATE
  • OPCOUNTER_DELETE
  • OPCOUNTER_GETMORE
  • OPCOUNTER_INSERT
Rate of database operations on a MongoDB process since the process last started found in the opcounters document that the serverStatus command collects.
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_CMD
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_UPDATE
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_DELETE
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_INSERT
Rate of database operations on MongoDB secondaries found in the opcountersRepl document that the serverStatus command collects.
  • DOCUMENT_METRICS_RETURNED
  • DOCUMENT_METRICS_INSERTED
  • DOCUMENT_METRICS_UPDATED
  • DOCUMENT_METRICS_DELETED
Average rate of documents returned, inserted, updated, or deleted per second during a selected time period.
  • OPERATIONS_SCAN_AND_ORDER
Average rate for operations per second during a selected time period that perform a sort but cannot perform the sort using an index.
  • OP_EXECUTION_TIME_READS
  • OP_EXECUTION_TIME_WRITES
  • OP_EXECUTION_TIME_COMMANDS

Average execution time in milliseconds per read, write, or command operation during a selected time period.

Available to hosts running MongoDB 3.4 or later.

  • RESTARTS_IN_LAST_HOUR
Number of times the host restarted within the previous hour.
  • SYSTEM_MEMORY_USED
  • SYSTEM_MEMORY_FREE
  • SYSTEM_MEMORY_AVAILABLE
Physical memory usage, in bytes.
  • SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_IN
  • SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_OUT
Network throughput in bytes per second.
  • SWAP_USAGE_USED
  • SWAP_USAGE_FREE
Total amount swap space in use.
  • QUERY_EXECUTOR_SCANNED
Average rate per second to scan index items during queries and query-plan evaluations found in the value of totalKeysExamined from the explain command.
  • QUERY_EXECUTOR_SCANNED_OBJECTS
Average rate of documents scanned per second during queries and query-plan evaluations found in the value of totalDocsExamined from the explain command.
  • QUERY_TARGETING_SCANNED_PER_RETURNED
Ratio of the number of index items scanned to the number of documents returned.
  • QUERY_TARGETING_SCANNED_OBJECTS_PER_RETURNED
Ratio of the number of documents scanned to the number of documents returned.

Example Request

curl --user '{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}' --digest \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--include \
--request GET "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/alerts/{ALERT-ID}"

Example Response

Response Header

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: application/json;charset=ISO-8859-1
Date: {dateInUnixFormat}
WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="MMS Public API", domain="", nonce="{nonce}", algorithm=MD5, op="auth", stale=false
Content-Length: {requestLengthInBytes}
Connection: keep-alive
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: application/json
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=300
Date: {dateInUnixFormat}
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: {requestLengthInBytes}
X-MongoDB-Service-Version: gitHash={gitHash}; versionString={ApplicationVersion}

Response Body

{
  "alertConfigId" : "5b43d04087d9d6357de591aa",
  "created" : "2019-07-26T21:12:19Z",
  "currentValue" : {
    "number" : 100,
    "units" : "RAW"
  },
  "eventTypeName" : "OUTSIDE_METRIC_THRESHOLD",
  "humanReadable" : "Project: testProj
                     Organization: testOrg
                     Alert acknowledged by user@example.com until 2019/10/17 19:48 GMT.
                     Comment: N/A
                     Connections has gone below 1000
                     mycluster.example.com:27017
                     Created: 2019/10/17 15:26 GMT
                     Replica Set: cluster0-shard-0
                     Type: Primary
                     Current Value: 100"
  "groupId" : "535683b3794d371327b",
  "hostnameAndPort" : "mycluster.example.com:27017",
  "id" : "533cb4b8e4b0f1820cdabc7f",
  "lastNotified" : "2019-07-26T21:13:48Z",
  "metricName" : "CONNECTIONS",
  "replicaSetName" : "mycluster",
  "resolved" : "2019-07-26T21:13:42Z",
  "status" : "CLOSED",
  "typeName" : "HOST_METRIC",
  "updated" : "2019-07-26T21:13:42Z",
  "links" : [ ... ]
}