Alert Policies

Configure real-time notifications for traffic spikes, origin server downtime, WAF attacks, and elevated error rates.

Supported Alert Targets

Alert policies can be triggered when the following conditions are met over a sliding time window (1 to 60 minutes):

Origin Error Rate: Percentage of 5xx status codes returned by your upstream server.
Origin Latency: Average p95 or p99 response duration exceeding thresholds.
DDoS Attack Triggers: Instant trigger when DDoS Shield challenges are activated.
WAF block outbreaks: Rapid increase in request blocks matching malicious patterns.

Configuration

Link policies to communication channels (Slack Webhooks, Email notifications, PagerDuty, or custom webhook handlers).

Param	Type	Required	Description
name	string	required	A descriptive label for the policy.
metric	string	required	The target metric: 'error_rate', 'latency_p99', 'ddos_active', 'waf_blocks'.
threshold	number	required	The trigger value limit (e.g. 5 for 5% error rate, 2000 for 2000ms latency).
windowMinutes	number	optional	The tracking evaluation window size in minutes.(default: 5)
channel	string	required	Notification channel destination: 'slack', 'email', 'webhook'.
channelConfig	object	required	Configuration parameters (e.g., Slack webhook URL, email address).

Create alert policy

curl -X POST https://server.edgewrap.pro/v1/projects/prj_01jxyz/alerts/policies \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "High Origin Error Rate Alert",
    "metric": "error_rate",
    "threshold": 5,
    "windowMinutes": 5,
    "channel": "slack",
    "channelConfig": { "webhookUrl": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/..." }
  }'