Configure the webhook in Lightstep Observability

Create a notification destination so that you can receive alerts in Incident Response.

Before you begin

Ensure you have generated a webhook endpoint for Lightstep Observability.

Role required: Responder, Manager, or Administrator

About this task

Note: While this integration with a third-party product is supported, the documentation here is based upon information provided by that third-party. More current information about the operation of that third-party’s system may be available from them directly.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Lightstep Observability.
  2. Select your project.
  3. From the navigation pane, click Alerts.
  4. Click the Notification destinations tab.
    The Notification destinations tab.
  5. Click Create a destination and select Webhook.
    Create a destination. Select webhook.
  6. In the Create a webhook destination form, fill in the fields:
    Field Description
    Name Name for the webhook destination.
    URL Webhook URL copied from LIR.
    Payload Template Select Lightstep Incident Response from the list.
    The Create a webhook destination form.
  7. Click Create.
  8. Optional: To test the connection with LIR, from the list of destinations, click Test for the destination you have created.
    An alert is created in Incident Response.
  9. Click Close.

What to do next

Add the webhook destination to the alerts that you want LIR to handle.

For detailed instructions on metric-based alerts, see Create alerts for metric data.

For detailed instructions on stream-based alerts, see Create alerts for span data.