# Alert when no messages are recieved

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-no-messages-are-recieved/144283>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 14, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-no-messages-are-recieved/144283 "2018-08-14T06:53:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cowensel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@cowensel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cowensel)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-no-messages-are-recieved/144283/1 "2018-08-14T06:53:16Z")

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I am currently looking at the possibility of being alerted when no messages being received from the heartbeat input from logstash. Has anyone got any suggestion on how to do it without paying for x-pack or installing elastalert.

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**Author:** ![thiago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thiago/32/32096_2.png) [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-no-messages-are-recieved/144283/2 "2018-08-15T00:53:39Z")

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Some automated process needs to query Elasticsearch and notify based on the described logic. If not using Elastic Watcher nor any other third-party solution, then you need to build your own custom application (which will just be another third-party solution anyway)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-no-messages-are-recieved/144283/3 "2018-09-12T00:53:55Z")

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