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Profiles

Profiles is a standard configuration interface for adding, editing, and removing notification profiles. Profiles are used to indicate the target of the notification engine messages, which include email, Syslog, or SNMP Trap messages. Each notification profile indicates the target server/port for use in the core notification engine. All profiles are type specific and the types are as follows:

  • Email (sendmail/postfix/SMTP server)

  • Syslog server (udp/514)

  • SNMP Trap (udp/162)

Profiles are used in conjunction with templates to determine target, protocol, and format for the notification to be sent.

Refer to the Standard Configuration Interface guide for details on interacting with the grid and form.

This user interface calls REST methods from api/notification/profiles.

The UI path for this interface is Configuration -> Notifications -> Profiles.

Form Fields

  • Type - The notification profile type.

  • Name - The name of the notification profile.

  • Description - The description of the notification profile.

  • Server - Where the notification will be sent.

    Note

    When creating Syslog or SNMP Trap profiles, multiple destinations can be entered in a comma-separated list.

  • Port - The destination port. The default ports are:

    • 25/465 for email

    • 514 for syslog

    • 162 for traps

  • Timeout - For Email profiles, time in seconds to wait for connection to email server.

  • Connection Security - For Email profiles, type of connection security.

  • Verify SSL Certificate - For Email profiles, indicate whether to verify server's SSL certificate when connecting.

    Note

    Server's CA or chain certificate must be present in the $A1BASEDIR/etc/ssl directory.

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Default Profiles

  • Generic Email

  • Metric Manager Default Syslog