Tailwarden's alerts keep you ahead by instantly notifying you when resources or costs breach set thresholds. Proactively manage your cloud infrastructure with precision.
How to Set Up Alerts
For views
Begin by selecting a view in the inventory. If you're unfamiliar with views, refer to this page for more details. On a view, there are two types of alerts you can configure:
Alerts on Costs: Receive notifications via Slack or email when the monthly costs for a specific view exceed the defined threshold.
Alerts on Resources: Get notified via Slack or email when the number of resources in a view surpasses the specified count.
For cloud accounts
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How to update or delete alerts
For views
To access a specific alert, go to the corresponding view, and click on the bell icon. Easily update or delete any digests from there.
For cloud accounts
You can easily access already created alerts directly on the setting of a given cloud account.
Examples of How Alerts Can Help You:
Proactive Budgeting with Cost Alerts: Set up a cost alert for your marketing campaign resources. Receive immediate notifications if campaign-related costs exceed the predefined budget. This proactive approach allows for timely adjustments, ensuring effective budget management.
Resource Scaling in Development Environments: Configure a resource alert for your testing environment. Get notified when the number of virtual machines surpasses the designated limit. This ensures developers are aware of resource utilization, facilitating efficient scaling during intensive testing phases.
Critical Application Resource Monitoring: Tag critical applications and create a resource alert to track their resource usage. Receive alerts if there's a sudden spike or decline in resource consumption, enabling swift responses to maintain optimal application performance.
Geographic Cost Optimization: Set up a cost alert categorized by geographic regions. Receive notifications if costs in specific regions deviate significantly, allowing you to strategically optimize expenses and allocate resources where they are most needed.
Compliance Assurance with Resource Alerts: Utilize resource alerts to ensure compliance with specific configurations. Receive instant notifications if resources deviate from the predefined compliance standards, enabling quick corrective actions and maintaining a secure infrastructure.
Identifying Underutilized Resources: Establish a resource alert for identifying underutilized resources. Receive alerts when resources remain unused for a specified period, facilitating prompt identification and optimization efforts to improve resource efficiency.
Resource Distribution Monitoring for Team Collaboration: Assign tags to resources based on responsible teams and set up resource alerts. Receive notifications if resource distribution among teams becomes uneven, fostering collaboration and ensuring each team has the necessary resources.
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