File Activity Alerts
File Activity Alerts notify you when file operations occur in Couchdrop.
Overview
Couchdrop can send alerts when file activity or transfer failures occur.
File activity alerts can be configured globally across your Couchdrop account or for a specific folder. Depending on the event, notifications can be delivered by email or webhook.
Webhook delivery
Couchdrop expects notification webhook endpoints to return an HTTP 200 response.
If Couchdrop does not receive an HTTP 200 response, it retries the webhook up to 15 times using exponential backoff.
For more advanced webhook-based workflows, use File Actions.
Global or folder alerts
Use Global File Activity Alerts when you want visibility across the account.
Use Folder File Activity Alerts when notifications should only apply to a particular folder or directory structure.
You can use both where required. For example, you might configure global failure alerts for operational monitoring while sending upload notifications from a specific customer folder to another recipient.
Supported file activity events
Couchdrop supports alerts for the following file events:
Upload
Yes
Yes
Download
Yes
Yes
Failure
Yes
Yes
Deletion
No
Yes
Rename
No
Yes
Storage Failure
Yes
No
The available events depend on whether you configure the alert globally or on a specific folder.
Upload
Upload alerts notify you when a file is uploaded to Couchdrop.
They can be configured:
Globally by email
Globally by webhook
On an individual folder by email
On an individual folder by webhook
Global upload alerts
Navigate to Admin Mode > Alerting.
Under Email Notifications, enable Send email on Upload and enter the required Recipient Email Address.
To send upload events to a webhook instead, enable Send notification on Upload under Webhooks and enter the Recipient Webhook URI.
Folder upload alerts
In the File Browser, open Manage Folder > Notifications.
Under Email Notifications, enable Send email on Upload and enter the required Email Address.
For webhook notifications, enable Send notification on Upload and enter the Webhook URI.
Folder notifications apply to the selected folder and its children.
Download
Download alerts notify you when a file is downloaded.
They can be configured:
Globally by email
Globally by webhook
On an individual folder by email
On an individual folder by webhook
Global download alerts
Navigate to Admin Mode > Alerting.
Under Email Notifications, enable Send email on Download and enter the required Recipient Email Address.
For webhook notifications, enable Send notification on Download and enter the Recipient Webhook URI.
Folder download alerts
In the File Browser, open Manage Folder > Notifications.
Enable Send email on Download for email notifications, or Send notification on Download for webhook notifications.
Configure the corresponding Email Address or Webhook URI.
Failure
Failure alerts notify you when an event fails.
They can be configured globally or against an individual folder.
Global failure alerts
Navigate to Admin Mode > Alerting.
Under Email Notifications, enable Send email on Failure.
For webhook notifications, enable Send notification on Failure.
Configure the required recipient email address or webhook endpoint.
Folder failure alerts
In the File Browser, open Manage Folder > Notifications.
You can enable:
Send email on Failure
Send notification on Failure
Enter the appropriate Email Address or Webhook URI.
File deletion
Couchdrop can send a webhook notification when a file is deleted.
Navigate to Admin Mode > Alerting.
Under Webhooks, enable Send notification on Deletion and enter the Recipient Webhook URI.
Deletion alerts are available through global webhook notifications.
File rename
Couchdrop can send a webhook notification when a file is renamed.
Navigate to Admin Mode > Alerting.
Under Webhooks, enable Send notification on Rename and enter the Recipient Webhook URI.
Rename alerts are available through global webhook notifications.
Storage failure
Storage failure alerts notify you when Couchdrop detects a storage failure.
Navigate to Admin Mode > Alerting and enable Send email on Storage Failure.
The recipient for storage failure alerts is automatically determined by Couchdrop.
Storage failure notifications are available through email.
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