What is a default API integration?

A Default API integration is provided in your account. This integration can be used for configuring users as well as alerts, however, we recommend adding a separate API Integration for each of your monitoring systems.

Purpose of Default API integration is to have control over default features like alerts created via Forwarding & Web UI.

Features

• Have all the features of API Integration.

• Alerts created via Web Application are processed by Default API, can be changed on "advanced" section, alerts can be modified or ignored.

• User actions acknowledge, close, and add note are processed by Default API, actions can be modified.

• Forwarding and other internal alerts are processed by Default API, alerts can be modified or ignored.

• Configuration objects can be read & write by using Default API.

Tags for Built-in Alerts

• Tags added so that builtin alerts can be modified or ignored from Default Api Integrations settings.

• Forwarding Rules: forwarding.

• Amazon CloudWatch Integration confirmation: CloudWatch, Confirmation.

• New Relic (Legacy) Integration confirmation: NewRelic, Confirmation.

Restrictions

• Default API integration name can not be changed.

• Default API integration can not be disabled & deleted.