Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to

  • Identify the components of effective notifications and explain their importance in alert monitors.

  • Write descriptive notification messages using conditional, tag, and template variables.

  • Discover the available variables and determine which ones to use for specific notification scenarios.

  • Create dynamic links and notification handles to improve the clarity and relevance of alerts.

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of drafted notification messages through testing, ensuring they provide actionable insights for the intended audience.

Primary Audience

This course is designed for DevOps engineers, SREs, system administrators, and others who are directly responsible for creating, managing, and responding to alerts about their infrastructure. 

Anyone who requires a deep understanding of how to craft and optimize notification messages to ensure quick and effective incident response will benefit from this course.

Prerequisites

Technical Requirements

In order to complete the course, you will need:

  • Google Chrome or Firefox
  • Third-party cookies must be enabled to access labs

Course Navigation

At the bottom of each lesson, click the MARK LESSON COMPLETE AND CONTINUE button so that you are marked complete for each lesson and can receive the certificate at the end of the course.

Course Enrollment Period

Please note that your enrollment in this course ends after 30 days. You can re-enroll at any time and pick up where you left off.

Course curriculum

    1. Alert Monitor Notifications

    1. Using Variables for Dynamic Messaging

    2. Lab: Notification Messages

    1. Summary

    2. Feedback Survey

Customize Alert Monitor Notifications

  • 1 hour to complete
  • 4 Lessons
  • Intermediate