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For general information about alerting, see our docs on email alerts and alerting with Checkly.
Use Email Alert Channels to send email notifications when checks fail or recover. 
import { EmailAlertChannel } from "checkly/constructs"

const emailChannel = new EmailAlertChannel("email-channel-1", {
  address: "alerts@acme.com",
})
If you need to reference existing alert channels that were created outside of your CLI project, use fromId().

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Configuration

Configure Email-specific settings:
ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
addressstring✅-Email address to send notifications to

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Email Alert Channel Options

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address
string
required
Email address to send notifications to. Each EmailAlertChannel supports only one email address, do not use multiple addresses separated by a comma.

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General Alert Channel Options

These options are valid for all alert channels types.
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sendRecovery
boolean
Whether to send notifications when checks recover from a failed or degraded state. Default value is true.
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sendFailure
boolean
Whether to send notifications when checks fail. Default value is true.
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sendDegraded
boolean
Whether to send notifications when checks become degraded. Default value is false.
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sslExpiry
boolean
Whether to send notifications when a SSL/TLS certificate is about to expire. Default value is false.
new EmailAlertChannel("email-channel-1", {
  address: "alerts@acme.com",
  sslExpiry: true,
  sslExpiryThreshold: 30, // Alert 30 days before expiry
})
Learn more about SSL alerts.
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sslExpiryThreshold
number
Number of days before the SSL/TLS certificate expiry date to send notifications. Only relevant when sslExpiry is enabled. Default value is 30.
new EmailAlertChannel("email-channel-1", {
  address: "alerts@acme.com",
  sslExpiry: true,
  sslExpiryThreshold: 30, // Alert 30 days before expiry
})
Learn more about SSL alerts.