In Watcher is it possible to create an alert that informs us when there is no data being collected regardless is logstash is running or not

I think taking a look at that watch is the best you can do it from a concrete use-case point of view. In order to get a first feel on how to write and debug watches and shorten the feedback loop until you know what the watch is doing, I'd recommend this blogpost Watching the watches . This should he…

Ability to alert when no data is being recieved

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Christian_Dahlqvist (Christian Dahlqvist) February 19, 2018, 12:16pm 2

Are you looking for something similar to what is described in this example?

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Ability to alert when no data is being recieved

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