How we manage IT Alerts in GitLab
Aug 3, 2020Sarah Waldner

Summary
This post introduces GitLab's alert and incident management capabilities, focusing on centralizing IT alerts and incident response within a single interface. It details current features such as aggregating alerts via a generic webhook receiver, list view triaging, ownership indication, alert assignment, promotion to GitLab issues for incidents, and direct investigation of metrics within alerts. It also outlines upcoming features like embedded logs, linked runbooks, a custom integration builder, and an incident dashboard. The post emphasizes the benefit of having these tools integrated within the existing GitLab DevOps lifecycle for faster remediation.
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