API Gateway 10.3 | Using API Gateway | Policies | Managing Threat Protection Policies | Configuring Alert Settings
 
Configuring Alert Settings
You can configure the alert settings to control the following aspects of alerts that API Gateway sends when a request violates a rule:
*Whether API Gateway issues an alert for a rule violation.
*How often API Gateway issues the alert.
*The method API Gateway uses to send the alert.
*Whether a rule uses the default alert options or its own customized alert options.
*To configure alert settings
1. Click Policies in the title navigation bar.
2. Select Global Policies > Alert settings.
3. Select one or both the alert destination types:
*Email. This sends email alerts.
*Type the email ids to which the email has to be sent.
*Flow Service. This invokes a flow service to alert you of a rule violation.
*Type pub.security.enterpriseGateway:alertSpec that is used as the signature of the flow service.
*Provide Administrator as the user type.
4. Select one of the following conditions depending on when you want the alert to be sent.
*On rule violation to send an alert every time a request violates a rule,
*Every and specify the time interval (in minutes) to send to send alerts at specified intervals.
5. Click Save.