2. Click on ADD NEW ALERT button.
Solarwinds NPM - SMS & voice calls integration manual
Here we describe how to setup SolarWinds NPM (Network Performance Monitoring) with SMSEagle for SMS & voice call (wake-up calls, text-to-speech calls) alerts. Integration is easy and should take 5-10 minutes to complete.
Software suite for SolarWinds NPM includes Advanced Alert Manager tool that allows to configure alerts and actions on these alerts.
SMSEagle is an offline hardware SMS gateway. Therefore no external connection to 3rd party system is required. All notifications are generated on-premise and sent directly to a cellular network. This solution can be used in secure installations without Internet access.
SMSEagle Setup
- Create a new user in SMSEagle (menu Users > + Add Users) with access level “User”.
- Grant API access to the created user:
- click Access to API beside the newly created user
- Enable APIv1
- Generate new token (copy it for later use)
- Add access permissions in section APIv1 Permission for: send_sms, send_tocontact, send_togroup
- Add access permissions in section APIv1 Permission for: ring_call, tts_adv_call (only if you plan to use calls)
- Save settings
SolarWinds Setup
1. From web interface open Alerts & Activity -> Alerts
3. Start configuring your new alert
4. Select Trigger Actions Tab, and take Add action. Then select Send a GET or POST Request to a Web Server. Click Configure action.
SMS Setup
5. Select USE HTTP GET, and insert HTTP API command:
http://url-of-smseagle/index.php/http_api/send_sms?access_token=your-api-token&to=1234567&message=test+alert+message
url-of-smseagle: actual IP or domain name of your SMSEagle device
your-api-token: your API token created in the step above
to: receipient telephone number
message: your SMS alert message
Wake-up Calls Setup (optional)
SMSEagle device allows you to setup wake-up (ring only) calls as a notification. This is an efficient way to draw someone’s attention, for example, in the middle of the night.
5. Select USE HTTP GET, and insert HTTP API command:
http://url-of-smseagle/index.php/http_api/ring_call?access_token=your-api-token&to=1234567&duration=30
url-of-smseagle: actual IP or domain name of your SMSEagle device
your-api-token: your API token created in the step above
to: receipient telephone number
Voice Calls Setup (optional)
For more informative method voice calls with offline text-to-speech conversion can be used as an emergency alert.
5. Select USE HTTP GET, and insert HTTP API command:
http://url-of-smseagle/index.php/http_api/tts_adv_call?access_token=?access_token=your-api-token&to=1234567&duration=30&voice_id=2&message=test+voice+alert+message
url-of-smseagle: actual IP or domain name of your SMSEagle device
your-api-token: your API token created in the step above
to: receipient telephone number
voice_id: voice model ID (can be found in SMSEagle webGUI > Calls > TTS Voice models)
message: text message that will be converted to voice call
Notice: Wake-up Calls and Text-to-Speech Calls are only available to users who have purchased the VOICE add-on for their SMSEagle device.
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