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Add or manage Alarm Plugins

Nodinite Alarm Plugins deliver automated, actionable alerts and notifications to your end-users. This guide shows you how to add, configure, test, and manage Alarm Plugins—including the new reusable alarm entries introduced in Nodinite 7.2.0.

✅ Create shared alarm entries – Reuse configurations across multiple Monitor Views ^{New 7.x}
✅ Inheritance model – Override only what you need, inherit the rest from global plugins ^{New 7.x}
✅ Flexible overrides – Check override boxes per section to customize behavior
✅ Test and validate – Execute test alarms before going live
✅ Centralized management – Update once, applies to all Monitor Views using that entry

Accessing Alarm Plugin Management

Navigate to Administration → Settings → Alarm Plugins in the Nodinite Web Client. Click an existing alarm plugin or create a new one to access the configuration interface.

Example of the Alarm Plugin configuration page showing the General and Configuration tabs.

^{New 7.x} Understanding Global Plugins vs. Specific Entries

Global alarm plugins are the 4 base alarm types shipped with Nodinite:

Email – Send to all users with Monitor View access
Email with Options – Send to specified recipients
Event Log – Write to Windows Event Log
HTTP Webhook – POST JSON to HTTP endpoint

These global plugins define default settings for all alarms of that type.

Specific alarm entries ^{New 7.x} are reusable configurations that:

Inherit all settings from a global plugin (e.g., Email)
Override only the sections you need (e.g., change recipients, SMTP server)
Can be shared across multiple Monitor Views
Simplify management – Update the entry once, applies to all Monitor Views using it

Example:
Create a specific entry "Production Support" that inherits from "Email with Options" global plugin but overrides:

Recipients → support@acme.com, oncall@acme.com
SMTP Server → smtp.acme.com (different from global)
Subject → "[PRODUCTION ALERT] "

All other settings (monitoring state triggers, recurrence, authentication) inherit from the global "Email with Options" plugin.

Configuration Tabs and Override Checkboxes ^{New 7.x}

When configuring a specific alarm entry, each tab has an "Override [Section] options" checkbox at the top. This controls inheritance:

Unchecked (default) – Inherits all settings from the global alarm plugin
Checked – Allows customization of that section's settings

This ensures you only override what's necessary, reducing configuration errors and simplifying maintenance.

Example Tabs (vary by alarm plugin type):

Tab	Email	Email with Options	Event Log	HTTP Webhook	Override Checkbox
Basic	✅	✅	✅	✅	Override Basic options
Recipients	❌	✅	❌	❌	Override Recipients options
Monitoring State	✅	✅	✅	❌	Override Monitoring state options
SMTP Options	✅	✅	❌	❌	Override SMTP Settings options
Authentication	❌	❌	❌	✅	Override Authentication options
Recurrence	✅	✅	✅	✅	Override Recurrence options

Basic Tab

The Basic tab contains core alarm entry properties.

Example: "Override Basic options" checkbox at the top of the Basic tab.

When override checkbox is UNCHECKED:
Inherits Name, Description, Website, and Stylesheet from global alarm plugin (read-only fields).