# Settings

## Activation

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Alerting is turned **off** by default on the platform.
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To activate this feature

* Open tools menu

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* Click on **Global settings**

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* Then

<figure><img src="/files/XAZ9s17Lwf5WhSb1Op4r" alt=""><figcaption><p>Alerting Settings</p></figcaption></figure>

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You can opt for notifications regarding new problems **and/or** problem resolutions.
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## Notification types

You have the option to receive notifications in three different ways.

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Problems persistently appear on the UI after creation, remaining visible even without an active notification.
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### Email

Prior to email report delivery, configuring an [SMTP server](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/smtp.md) is necessary.

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### Webhook

A http **POST** request is sent to the specified url with a body containing the following fields

```json
{
        "event_time": "2022-10-05 10:19:27",
        "notification_type": "PROBLEM",
        "pg_instance": "server@crm-production",
        "check_name": "memory_usage",
        "check_state": "CRITICAL",
        "message": "Memory usage: 95% used (1730MB/1835MB) [>=95% - CRITICAL]",
        "extra_data": {
            "value": 96,
            "used": 2512,
            "total": 3000
        }
}
```

*The `extra_data` field can contain different fields depending on the check\_name*

### Custom Script

The script must be executable and present on the platform server. It is executed at each notification and receive the following parameters:

1. Event time
2. Notification type
3. PostgreSQL instance
4. Check name
5. State
6. Message

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A [GitHub repository](https://github.com/datasentinel/datasentinel_toolkit) with a comprehensive toolkit that includes usage examples is accessible.\
\
The toolkit comes pre-installed on the on-premises platform and can be found at the following directory: **`/datasentinel/soft/datasentinel_toolkit`**.
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