topic Re: Difference between script alert action and custom alert action in Alerting

Difference between script alert action and custom alert action

rhobby — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:12:38 GMT

What is exactly the difference between a script alert action and a custom alert action?

On http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.0/Alert/ConfiguringScriptedAlerts I can read that script alert action are deprecated.

If I have a script alert action. What ist the way to create a custom alert action?

Best wishes,

Robert

Re: Difference between script alert action and custom alert action

rpille_splunk — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:47:17 GMT

Scripted alerts, now deprecated, were alerts that triggered scripts to run. Custom alert actions have replaced them and can do the same and more, with a better user experience. If you have a scripted alert that you want to convert, try following these docs to create an alert action using the script you already have. http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.1/AdvancedDev/ModAlertsIntro

Re: Difference between script alert action and custom alert action

rhobby — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:30:00 GMT

Thank you for your answer.

I tried to follow these steps. I have a script that tries to fetch the environment variables SPLUNK_ARG_X.

In the custom alert action they seem to be nonexistent. Unfortunately in the link, provided by you, is no mention of these variables.

Is it still possible to use these variables?

Re: Difference between script alert action and custom alert action

jef152 — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:33:02 GMT

I'm also looking for how to get the environment variables into my alert action script. Has anyone had success with this?

Re: Difference between script alert action and custom alert action

oddsve — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:30:19 GMT

It is documented in the following page here: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.3/AdvancedDev/CustomAlertConvertScripted

"For custom alert actions, use configuration file parameters to access and pass values to the configuration payload that the alert action receives."
Meaning you can't use SPLUNK_ARG_X arguments, these need to be called upon from a configuration file.