topic Re: how do I send an sms through alert options(run a script) in Dashboards & Visualizations

how do I send an sms through alert options(run a script)

mayurr98 — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:06:10 GMT

I want to send an sms alert through JAVA or SHELL script which will call HTTP API and pass the message into that API.

Thanks in advance

Re: how do I send an sms through alert options(run a script)

koshyk — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 07:52:56 GMT

Depends on the version of Splunk you are running. On all newer versions of Splunk, you have multiple options of sending alert

Use inbuilt options from Splunk (eg Webhook, Run a script)
Many SMS applications come with an App. Twilio is an excellent option. You just need to install app and it will do the rest
Write your own scripts and bundle into an app.

Re: how do I send an sms through alert options(run a script)

woodcock — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:12:37 GMT

Many companies use PagerDuty and xMatters and there sre apps for both of these on Splunkbase. If not then you can sign up for a free Twilio account and go that way (another app). If you do not have admin on your search head, then you can use the little-known and littler-used email-to-SMS gateways:

mfitzp.io/list-of-email-to-sms-gateways/

Re: how do I send an sms through alert options(run a script)

kamlesh_vaghela — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:18:16 GMT

You can use Twilio SMS Alerting.
Check out App: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2865

Refer Below Link for implementation.

https://www.splunk.com/blog/2015/09/22/sms-alerting-from-splunk-with-twilio.html

If you don't want to go with any app or TA, and you want to send sms from Splunk Custom Alerts then go with below link.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/6.6.3/Alert/CreateCustomAlerts

You can execute a custom shell script and call SMS API using custom alerts.

Thanks

Re: how do I send an sms through alert options(run a script)

a1bg503461 — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:39:52 GMT

is there any update on this topic as per 2025 ? Does anyone have an example script which sends SMS please?