Use Discord as your NEO Sense notification channel
In this article, we'll show you how to set up Discord as your NEO Sense notification channel
Do you use NEO Sense to monitor the performance of your website or web application? If so, you already know how important it is to stay informed about the status of your probes. NEO Sense makes it easy to set up notifications and alerts for your probes, so you can quickly take action if an incident occurs.
While NEO Sense offers a variety of notification channels, such as email, Slack, and SendGrid, did you know that you can also use Discord as your notification channel? Discord is a popular communication platform that's widely used by gamers, but it's also a great tool for a notification channel. In this article, we'll show you how to set up Discord as your NEO Sense notification channel, so you can receive real-time alerts and updates about your website's performance. So, without further ado:
Getting your Discord server webhook
To create your server webhook, you need to create a server first (if you haven’t yet). Navigate to the left sidebar of your Discord app, and click the Plus icon to create a new server. Answer the questions given, give your server a name, and click Create button.
Now that your server is created, click your server’s name at the top left of the app, and select Server Settings. Then, navigate to the Integrations menu.
After that, click the Create Webhook button. Then, click the New Webhook button. Enter the desired name for the webhook (e.g NEO Sense Webhook), select which channel (e.g #general), and click the Save Changes button. Now that you have created your webhook, click the Copy Webhook URL button and save the webhook URL somewhere else.
Integrate Discord with NEO Sense
Meet NEO Sense: The web application version of Monika. It simplifies the use of Monika through an easy-to-use dashboard interface. It provides a graphical user interface to create probes, set alerts and notifications, and check the validity of your TLS/SSL certificates.
Using NEO Sense, you can probe your websites and endpoints from multiple locations. Below is the list of available locations currently:
Jakarta, Indonesia
Banten, Indonesia
West Java, Indonesia
Singapore, Singapore
Tokyo, Japan
New Jersey, United States
Jakarta, Indonesia
Banten, Indonesia
West Java, Indonesia
Singapore, Singapore
Tokyo, Japan
New Jersey, United States
You can start using NEO Sense by navigating to https://neosense.bgnlab.id and creating an account. You will receive an email to confirm your account.
After confirming your email, log in to the website, and you will be redirected to the Create Organization page. Fill out the organization details and click Create.
You will be redirected to the Create Project page. Set your first project name, and select your time zone. By default, it will automatically use your current time zone. Click Continue to go to the dashboard.
In the dashboard, click Add New Probe button. Then, fill out the probe details such as probe protocol (HTTP/TCP), name, URL, and description. Then, save the probe by clicking the Add New Probe button.
You will be redirected to the probe configuration page. Click the Notifications tab and you should see that the default notification channel is your registered email. To add Discord as your notification channel, click the Add Notification channel button. Then, select Discord. Paste your copied webhook URL inside the URL input box and click Add.
When there are any incidents/recoveries happened to your probes, you will be notified through your Discord server.
Congratulations! You have successfully integrated Discord with NEO Sense!
Closing
In conclusion, using Discord as your NEO Sense notification channel can help you stay on top of your website's health and performance. By setting up real-time alerts and notifications, you can quickly respond to any incidents and ensure that your website is running smoothly.
Whether you're a website owner, a developer, or a DevOps professional, NEO Sense and Discord make it easy to monitor your website's uptime and performance. With a user-friendly interface and a variety of notification channels to choose from, NEO Sense is a powerful tool for website monitoring that can help you save time and improve the user experience.
So why wait? Give Discord a try as your NEO Sense notification channel and see how it can improve your website monitoring strategy. If you encounter any problems while using NEO Sense, be sure to create an issue on Monika’s Github Issue Page. We also encourage you to share this article with your friends and colleagues if you found it useful.
Thanks for reading, and we hope you found this information helpful. Until next time!
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