InboundMonitoring & Observability

VMware vCenter + Alert24

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

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Receive VMware vCenter alarm notifications via webhook.

Auto-detected payloads

Alert24 recognizes VMware vCenter 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 VMware vCenter.

Configure VMware vCenter

Add the webhook URL in your VMware vCenter settings.

Auto-Detected

Alert24 auto-detects VMware vCenter payloads and maps them to incidents.

Step-by-Step Setup Instructions

VMware vCenter Webhook Setup

1.In vCenter, go to Menu → Administration → Alarm Definitions

2.Edit an alarm or create a new one

3.Under Actions, add a Webhook action

4.Set the URL to the webhook URL shown above

5.Optionally configure the alarm trigger conditions and reset thresholds

6.Ensure the vCenter server can reach your webhook endpoint

Example Webhook Payload

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

{
  "status": "red",
  "alarm": {
    "name": "Host CPU Usage - Critical",
    "description": "CPU usage on ESXi host exceeded 95%"
  },
  "entity": {
    "name": "esxi-host-01.example.com",
    "type": "HostSystem"
  },
  "datacenter": "DC-Primary",
  "triggeredTime": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "oldStatus": "yellow",
  "newStatus": "red"
}