diff --git a/content/v2.0/monitor-alert/send-email.md b/content/v2.0/monitor-alert/send-email.md index 4324a406f..9865f4452 100644 --- a/content/v2.0/monitor-alert/send-email.md +++ b/content/v2.0/monitor-alert/send-email.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Send an alert email using a third party service, such as SendGrid, AWS SES, or M To send an alert email, do the following: -1. [Create a check](/v2.0/monitor-alert/checks/create/#create-a-check-in-the-influxdb-ui) to identify the data to monitor and status to alert on. +1. [Create a check](/v2.0/monitor-alert/checks/create/#create-a-check-in-the-influxdb-ui) to identify the data to monitor and the status to alert on. 2. Set up your preferred email service: - **SendGrid**: See [Getting Started With the SendGrid API](https://sendgrid.com/docs/API_Reference/api_getting_started.html) and complete the prerequisites. - **AWS Simple Email Service (SES)**: See [Using the Amazon SES API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-email.html). @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ To send an alert email, do the following: 4. In the right panel, enter your **task script** with the **following detail**: - Import the [Flux HTTP package](/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/http/). - Specify the `_monitoring` bucket and `statuses` measurement. InfluxDB stores all [check](/v2.0/reference/glossary/#check) output data in this bucket and measurement. - - Specify the time range to monitor—use the same interval that the task is scheduled to run. + - Specify the time range to monitor; use the same interval that the task is scheduled to run. - Specify the `TARGET` as `EMAIL`. - Specify the `_field_` as `_message`. - Set the `_level` to alert on, for example, `crit`, `warn`, `info`, or `ok`. @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ numberOfCrits The example below uses the AWS SES API v2 to send an alert email when more than 3 critical statuses occur within 10 minutes. -{{% note}} Your AWS SES request, including the url (endpoint), authentication, and the structure of the request may vary. For more information, see [Amazon SES API requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-ses-api-requests.html), [Authenticating requests to the Amazon SES API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-ses-api-authentication.html), +{{% note %}} Your AWS SES request, including the url (endpoint), authentication, and the structure of the request may vary. For more information, see [Amazon SES API requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-ses-api-requests.html) and [Authenticating requests to the Amazon SES API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-ses-api-authentication.html). +{{% /note %}} We recommend signing your AWS API requests depend on https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/signing_aws_api_requests.html