Configure WatchGuard Cloud Platform Notification Rules

In WatchGuard Cloud, you can configure notification rules to generate alerts and send email notifications for events in your WatchGuard Cloud account, such as updates to operator accounts and inventory allocation.

WatchGuard Cloud Platform Notification Types

For each WatchGuard Cloud Platform notification rule you add in WatchGuard Cloud, you select the action or event that causes the rule to generate an alert. For WatchGuard Cloud rules, you can select one of these notification types:

Add Operator

Generates an alert when a new operator is added to your account.

Edit Operator

Generates an alert when an operator is edited in your account.

Delete Account

Generates an alert when an operator is removed from your account.

Allocation

Generates an alert when a device, user, or endpoint is allocated to your account.

Inventory Added

Generates an alert when a license is activated and added to your account.

Inventory Removed

Generates an alert when a license is removed from your account.

Add a Notification Rule for Platform Events

Your operator role determines what you can see and do in WatchGuard Cloud. Your role must have the Configure Notification Rules permission to view or configure this feature. For more information, go to Manage WatchGuard Cloud Operators and Roles.

To add a new notification rule for events in your WatchGuard Cloud account, from WatchGuard Cloud:

1. Select Administration > Notifications.
2. Select the Rules tab.

3. Click Add Rule.
4. On the Add Rule page, in the Name text box, type a name for your rule to help you identify it.
5. From the Notification Source drop-down list, select WatchGuard Cloud.
   
6. From the Notification Type drop-down list, select the action or event that causes this rule to generate an alert.
7. (Optional) Type a description for your rule.
8. From the Delivery Method drop-down list, select one of these options:
   • None — The rule generates an alert that appears on the Alerts page in WatchGuard Cloud.
   • Email — The rule generates an alert that appears on the Alerts page in WatchGuard Cloud and sends a notification email to the specified recipients.
9. If you select Email for the delivery method:
   1. From the Frequency drop-down list, configure how many email messages the rule can send per day:
      • To send an email message for each alert the rule generates, select Send All Alerts.
      • To restrict how many email messages the rule sends each day, select Send At Most. In the Alerts Per Day text box, type the maximum number of email messages this rule can send each day. You can specify a value up to 20,000 alerts per day.
   2. In the Subject text box, type the subject line for the email message this rule sends when it generates an alert. You can type a maximum of 78 characters.
   3. In the Recipients text box, type the email address for each person you want to receive an email message when this rule generates an alert. You can type multiple email addresses. Press Enter after each email address or separate the email addresses with a space, comma, or semicolon.

   

10. Click Add Rule.

To delete a notification rule, clicknext to the rule you want to delete.

For more information on how to manage alerts, go to Manage WatchGuard Cloud Alerts.

Related Topics

Configure Rules for Notifications

See Audit Logs