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Alarm Plugin Overview

Take full control of your Alarm Plugins in Nodinite with a single, intuitive overview. This page shows you how to add, edit, delete, restore, and manage Alarm Plugins—empowering you to deliver reliable, automated alerts and notifications for your integration environment.

✅ Centralized management of all Alarm Plugins
✅ Fast add, edit, delete, restore, and filter options
✅ Automated, flexible alerting for integration monitoring
✅ Secure, role-based administration in the Web Client

Get started now: How to Add or Manage Alarm Plugin user guide

The Alarm Plugin Overview in the Settings main menu is where a Nodinite Administrator centrally manages all Alarm Plugins for your integration environment. This unified view streamlines configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting—empowering you to deliver reliable, automated alerts and notifications.

Within the Alarm Plugin Overview, you'll find a sortable list of all currently installed Alarm Plugins. For large environments, quickly narrow down the list using the filter text box. This makes it easy to locate, review, and manage plugins at scale.
Alarm Plugin
Example: List of defined Alarm Plugins.

Manage Alarm Plugin

The following actions are available for managing Alarm Plugins:

Add new Alarm Plugin

To add a new Alarm Plugin, review the Troubleshooting user guide for step-by-step instructions.

Edit Alarm Plugin

To edit an existing Alarm Plugin, simply click the link in the Name column or open the menu from the "Actions" button and select "Edit".
Edit Action Button Menu Item
Example of the 'Edit' menu item in the Actions button.

Delete Alarm Plugin

To delete an existing Alarm Plugin, open the menu from the 'Actions' button and select 'Delete'.
Delete Action Button Menu Item
Example of the 'Delete' menu item in the 'Actions' button.

In the dialogue, either confirm or abort the requested action.
Confirm Delete Example of the confirmation dialog when deleting an Alarm Plugin.

Restore deleted Alarm Plugin

To restore a deleted Alarm Plugin, first check the "Include deleted Alarm Plugins" checkbox.

When checked, deleted Alarm Plugins are included in the list.
Deleted Alarm Plugin
Example of a deleted Alarm Plugin in the list.

Then open the menu from the "Actions" button and select "Restore".
Action Button Restore Menu Item
Click the 'Restore' menu item to restore a deleted Alarm Plugin.

In the dialogue, either confirm or abort the requested action.
Confirm Delete Example of the confirmation dialog when restoring a deleted Alarm Plugin.

Alarm Plugin Comparison

Choose the right alarm plugin for your monitoring strategy. Each plugin offers distinct authentication methods, stylesheet support, and use cases optimized for different integration scenarios.

Feature E-mail E-mail with Options Event Log HTTP Webhook
Authentication Options • SMTP Basic (username/password)
• Anonymous relay (IP whitelist)		 • SMTP Basic (username/password)
• OpenID Connect (OAuth 2.0) New 7.x
• Anonymous relay (IP whitelist)		 • None (Windows integrated security)
• Monitoring Service runs with appropriate permissions		 • None (public endpoints)
• Basic (username/password)
• OpenID Connect (OAuth 2.0) New 7.x
• Custom headers (e.g., x-api-key)
Stylesheet Type XSLT XSLT Liquid None (JSON payload only)
Primary Use Case Simple email notifications
• Basic alerts to users with email addresses
• Limited customization
• Legacy support		 Advanced email alerting
• Rich HTML formatting with XSLT
• Per-state monitoring (OK, Warning, Error)
• Custom recipients per Monitor View
• Alert recurrence configuration
• Recommended for most scenarios		 Windows Event Log integration
• SCOM/MOM integration
• Compliance and audit requirements
• 3rd party event log readers
• Custom event IDs and sources		 External system integration
• Jira, ServiceNow, Freshdesk tickets
• Azure Logic Apps, Power Automate
• Custom API endpoints
• Incident management automation
• Rich Custom Metadata in JSON payload
Alert Recurrence ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
Custom Metadata Support ✅ Full access via XSLT ✅ Full access via XSLT ✅ Full access via Liquid ✅ Full JSON payload
Typical Scenarios • Small teams with basic needs
• Legacy integrations
• Quick setup without customization		 • Operations teams requiring detailed alerts
• Distribution lists with rich formatting
• Executive summaries with SLA data
• Multi-state monitoring (OK confirmations)		 • Enterprise monitoring (SCOM/MOM)
• Compliance-driven organizations
• Centralized Windows event management
• Security information and event management (SIEM)		 • DevOps teams using Jira/ServiceNow
• Automated ticket creation
• Business process automation
• Multi-system orchestration
• Data warehouse integration
Configuration Complexity ⭐ Simple ⭐⭐ Moderate ⭐ Simple ⭐⭐⭐ Advanced
Recommended For Quick start - Get alerts flowing fast Production use - Most common choice for email alerts Enterprise monitoring - Integrate with existing monitoring infrastructure Automation - Trigger actions in external systems

Choosing the Right Alarm Plugin

Use this decision tree to select the appropriate alarm plugin:

  1. Need email alerts?

    • Yes → Go to step 2
    • No → Go to step 3

  2. Email requirements:

    • Simple text alerts to users → Use E-mail
    • Rich HTML formatting, custom recipients, per-state configuration → Use E-mail with Options (recommended)
    • Modern authentication (OAuth 2.0) → Use E-mail with Options New 7.x

  3. Need Windows Event Log integration?

    • Yes (SCOM/MOM/SIEM) → Use Event Log
    • No → Go to step 4

  4. Need external system integration?

    • Yes (Jira, ServiceNow, Logic Apps, etc.) → Use HTTP Webhook
    • No → Reconsider requirements or explore custom alarm plugins

Tip

Multi-channel alerting: You can configure multiple alarm plugins per Monitor View! For example:

  • E-mail with Options for operations team (rich HTML, per-state)
  • HTTP Webhook for Jira ticket creation (automation)
  • Event Log for SCOM integration (enterprise monitoring)

This ensures critical issues reach your team through multiple channels while automating incident management workflows.

Frequently Asked Questions / Troubleshooting

You can create, edit, and delete Alarm Plugins using the Nodinite Web Client.

How do I create a new Alarm Plugin?

Read and follow the instructions in this user guide: 'Add or Manage Alarm Plugin'.

Next Step

Add or manage Alarm Plugin

E-mail - Simple email alerts
E-mail with options - Advanced email alerts with rich formatting
Event Log - Windows Event Log integration for SCOM/MOM
HTTP Webhook - External system integration (Jira, ServiceNow, Logic Apps)
Time Intervals - Configure alert recurrence intervals
Log Views
Monitor Views
Access Management