# Receive Alert Notifications via Opsgenie

> Set up Opsgenie as a notification channel and receive alert notifications from Last9.

Source: https://last9.io/docs/opsgenie-integration/

## Getting started

Last9 can send alert notifications and resolutions to Opsgenie using an Opsgenie API key. This page covers setting up the channel and the JSON payload Last9 sends.

## Setting up a notification channel in Last9

1. In [Notification Channels](https://app.last9.io/alerting/notification-channels/), click **Add Channel** and choose **Opsgenie**.
2. Enter the Opsgenie **API key** in the API key field.
3. Save the channel. Assign it to an [Alert Group](/docs/alert-rules/#alert-groups-view) to start receiving notifications.

## Notification Payload

Use these JSON fields for custom incident details, automation, alert enrichment, or integrating with other tools.

| Opsgenie field | Type             | Description                                                                                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| message        | string           | Title for the incident                                                                                                               |
| alias          | string           | Dedup key for the incident                                                                                                           |
| description    | string           | Description of the alert. If a description is provided while configuring the rule, it appears here. Otherwise, this field is omitted |
| tags           | array of strings | Tags associated with the entity                                                                                                      |
| actions        | array of strings | ["Debug"]                                                                                                                            |
| details        | object           | Described below                                                                                                                      |
| entity         | string           | null                                                                                                                                 |
| source         | string           | Last9 Dashboard                                                                                                                      |
| note           | string           | A string description of the alert, along with the health dashboard link for the alert                                                |
| responders     | array of objects | Not used                                                                                                                             |
| visibleTo      | array of objects | Not used                                                                                                                             |
| priority       | string           | Not used                                                                                                                             |
| user           | string           | Not used                                                                                                                             |

### Details

- `alert_condition`: Condition set on alert. Static alerts, it is of the
  format.`expr > 10` based on the threshold configured. For anomaly alerts, it
  is of the format `algo_name(tunable, expr)`. For example, for a high spike
  alert set with tunable 3, this would be `high_spike(3, expr)`
- `algorithm`: Type of alert (`static_threshold`, `increasing_changepoint`
  etc)
- `component`: `null`
- `last9_dashboard`: Link to the health dashboard for this alert
- `expression`: Name of the indicator
- `service`: Name and type of the entity
- `source`: Dedup key for this incident
- `entity_name`: Entity name
- `entity_type`: Entity type
- `entity_team`: Entity team. Is `None` if not assigned
- `entity_tier`: Entity tier. Is `None` if not assigned
- `entity_workspace`: Entity workspace. Is `None` if not assigned
- `entity_namespace`: Entity namespace. Is `None` if not assigned
- `severity`: Severity of the alert (`breach`/ `threat`)
- `notification_call`: Whether this alert is sent for the first time or
  repeated (`first`/ `repeat`)
- `runbook`: Link to the runbook for this alert (has to be configured while
  setting up alert). This key is omitted if the runbook isn’t configured

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## Troubleshooting

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