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Advanced View: Creating Alert Actions

164 Using Your Appliance

when the alert condition no longer exists.

11. Click OK to save this Alert Action.

Creating a Send Custom HTTP Get Alert Action

If you are creating an Alert Action that will use the Send Custom HTTP GET alert notification method:

1. Double click on the Alert Actions icon to start the Alert Actions task.

2. Click Add to open the Select Notification Method window.

3. Select Send Custom HTTP GET from the Select Notification Method pop-up window and then

click OK to open the Add Alert Action window.

4. Type in the Alert Action Name field a name for this Alert Action.

5. Specify Advanced Scheduling for the Alert Action (optional). By default, all Alert Actions are

assumed to be active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, you can specify that an Alert Action

will be active only when alert conditions occur during specific time ranges. To configure Advanced

Scheduling:

a. Click Advanced Scheduling.... The Advanced Scheduling window opens.

b. By default, all time periods in the schedule are set to Enabled. To disable the Alert Action for a

currently enabled period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the

desired time range, and then click Disable. To enable the Alert Action for a currently disabled

period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the desired time range,

and then click Enable.

c. When you have finished creating your Advanced Schedule, click OK to save the schedule and

return to the Alert Action task.

6. Check the check boxes in the Severities check box group that correspond to the alert severities for

which audio alerts will be played.

7. The bottom of the pane features a Basic and an Advanced tabbed pane. On the Basic pane, type the

appropriate information in the following fields:

– Type in the Target URL field the custom HTTP GET statement that will be generated by the

appliance.

– Type in the Target User ID and Password fields the User ID and Password needed to execute

the custom HTTP GET command at the Target URL.

– Type the Password again in the Confirm Password field.

8. If desired, click the Advanced tab and select optional SSL Verify Options for the custom HTTP

GET commands (used for both the primary and backup hosts), or to provide information for use in

Note

Before an audio clip is available for use in the Play Custom Audio alert action it

must first be uploaded to the NetBotz appliance. Audio clips are uploaded to the

appliance using the Custom Audio Clip task. For information about the Custom

Audio Clips task see “Custom Audio Clips” on page 107.

Note

The Target URL field accepts BotzWare macros. For more information on

macros supported by BotzWare see “BotzWare Macros” on page 187.

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