Your First Alert

Create an alert channel

Go to Settings > Alert Channels and click New Channel. Luxkern supports three channel types:

• Email — Sends alerts to one or more email addresses.
• Slack — Posts to a Slack channel via incoming webhook.
• Webhook — Sends a POST request to any URL you configure.

Example: Slack webhook

Create a Slack incoming webhook in your Slack workspace, then add it as a channel:

curl -X POST https://api.luxkern.com/v1/alerts/channels \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lxk_live_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "engineering-slack",
    "type": "slack",
    "config": {
      "webhook_url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00/B00/xxx"
    }
  }'

Attach the channel to a monitor

When creating or editing a CronSafe monitor, PingCheck check, or LogDrain alert rule, select your channel from the dropdown. You can attach multiple channels to a single monitor.

Test the channel

Click Send Test on the channel page to verify delivery. You should receive a test notification within a few seconds.