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Aggregating Device Alerts in a Dashboard

ellr16 · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:31 · permalink

I have numerous devices that send alerts via email (UPS, KVM, alarms, etc.). What tool do you use to aggregate these alerts? Perhaps in a dashboard? Thanks!

Kudryandelb · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:33 · permalink

I've used zabbix and PRTG- both were great.

Sununununun · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:35 · permalink

Kuma

jrv4020 · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:35 · permalink

Don’t aggregate mail. Use a monitoring tool like prtg, zabbix, etc

AwzmChriss · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:40 · permalink

Send all the alerts to Teams, Slack, or Zulip Channels?

Ar4ikoffc · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:43 · permalink

Free zullip chat with email Integration works great. Make chat channels and have your devices email to them. Nice mobile app that alerts you of inkomming mail alerts. You can even mute specific channels when they are too noisy. https://zulip.com/integrations/email

smailasltu · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:47 · permalink

Zabbix and PagerDuty

SkyTheDragon_Dev · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:51 · permalink

We've been using PRTG forever, we're just a lil nonprofit, and the pricing and sensor limits on our plan is killing us. I deployed an Ubuntu box with Zabbix and holy hell was it easy to set up. Learning to USE the thing is a steep learning curve but it's incredibly robust for a free open source monitoring solution.

ellr16 · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:56 · permalink

Some older devices only send mails

ellr16 · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:57 · permalink

They both require an agent. What if i only need to monitor a remote UPS?

ellr16 · 6 Sep 2026 at 20:59 · permalink

It’s hard to keep track of whats actually down/at fault

xDiamondHell · 6 Sep 2026 at 21:03 · permalink

Why not just have it set to email your helpdesk?

Then a ticket is created for you automatically and also allows you to track consistent problems reported

ellr16 · 6 Sep 2026 at 21:03 · permalink

PagerDuty / AlertOps seem to be the only products suitable for my situation. You create a “service,” and they generate a unique email address to which notifications are sent. But I was looking for something more affordable or open source.