A transport describes a specific set of alert dispatch configuration criteria on a specific external platform.
For example, you can create a transport that will dispatch an email alert via your mail.example.com
SMTP server using foo
as username, bar
as password, and send@example.com
as the "from" address. You can create another transport that will dispatch alerts via the same mail.example.com
SMTP server using foo
as username, bar
as password, but instead use
bossman@example.com
as the "from" address.
The transport is connected to an alert service, which tells the alert service to, "Use this transport to dispatch an alert."
On its own a transport does nothing. It must be connected to an alert service to fulfil its purpose.
We support the following types of transport platforms:
Note: You must register your own account, or use an existing one, at each of the platforms that you want to use, as well as pay their fees if they charge any.
Note: The form where you create a specific transport and the API schema of a specific transport will tell you exactly what credentials and other data are required for that transport. Obtain that information from your account at that platform.
You will need some technical expertise to configure some of the transports.
We do not use the conventional authorization flow to obtain credentials to access the external transport services. You need to give us the final access token or other type of credentials that is required by the external service.
We store that access token or credentials in encrypted format in our database, and then use it to dispatch an alert to the external service on your behalf.
To create a transport, use the steps below:
To change or delete a transport, use the steps below:
There is no limit to the number of transports that you can create in your user account.
Deleting a transport will delete only that transport.
No, transports cannot be moved or copied between partitions.
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