Company
Date Published
Author
Anais Dotis-Georgiou
Word count
973
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise provide powerful time-series storage and query capabilities but detecting anomalies in real-time requires an efficient alerting system. The influxdata/Anaisdg/Alerts/alert.py plugin enables dynamic notifications when a sensor value, CPU usage, or any monitored field crosses a threshold. This plugin supports multi-platform notifications, configurable thresholds, flexible messages, retries with backoff, and environment variable support. It can be extended to perform sophisticated anomaly detection or forecasting by building a custom processing plugin that analyzes trends, detects anomalies, and writes flagged events to a separate database. The plugin is designed to integrate with InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise, allowing users to set up notifications via Slack, Discord, or other HTTP endpoints when key metrics exceed thresholds. The plugin's features are tested and verified through a sample data setup, demonstrating its effectiveness in sending alerts and tracking alert history.