InboundMonitoring & Observability

Sensu + Alert24

Receive Sensu alerts in Alert24, auto-create incidents, and notify the on-call engineer in seconds.

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Receive Sensu monitoring event notifications via webhook handler.

Auto-detected payloads

Alert24 recognizes Sensu webhooks out of the box and maps fields to incidents automatically.

On-call routing & escalations

Page the right engineer over SMS, voice, push, email, or chat with policy-driven escalations.

Auto-updating status pages

Promote incidents to a public or private status page with one click and keep customers informed.

Change correlation & AI RCA

Recent deploys, infra updates, and feature flag flips surface alongside the incident for faster root cause.

Quick Setup

Copy Webhook URL

Go to your Alert24 dashboard and copy the webhook URL for Sensu.

Configure Sensu

Add the webhook URL in your Sensu settings.

Auto-Detected

Alert24 auto-detects Sensu payloads and maps them to incidents.

Step-by-Step Setup Instructions

Sensu Webhook Handler Setup

1.Create a handler configuration in Sensu:

type: Handler
api_version: core/v2
metadata:
  name: alert24
spec:
  type: pipe
  command: >
    curl -X POST <WEBHOOK_URL>
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d @-

2.Assign the handler to your check definitions

3.Events will be forwarded automatically on state changes

Example Webhook Payload

This is a sample payload that Sensu sends to Alert24 when an alert fires.

{
  "entity": {
    "metadata": {
      "name": "web-prod-01",
      "namespace": "default"
    },
    "system": {
      "hostname": "web-prod-01",
      "os": "linux"
    }
  },
  "check": {
    "metadata": {
      "name": "check-cpu"
    },
    "status": 2,
    "output": "CPU usage CRITICAL - 98.5% |cpu_usage=98.5%;80;95",
    "issued": 1705312200,
    "interval": 60
  },
  "timestamp": 1705312200
}