SNS alerts

Use SNS when you want kwatch incidents delivered to this channel. This page is generated from the current provider catalog and lists every field accepted by the installed release.

Credentials, tokens, keys, passwords, and webhook URLs must be mounted from a Kubernetes Secret. Use an exact ${file:/absolute/path} reference for every field marked Secret.

Configuration

Field	Type	Required	Secret	Validation	Default	Description
accessKeyId	string	yes	yes	—	—	AWS access key ID
secretAccessKey	string	yes	yes	—	—	AWS secret access key
region	string	no	no	—	us-east-1	AWS region (default: us-east-1)
topicArn	string	no	no	—	—	SNS topic ARN (or targetArn)
targetArn	string	no	no	—	—	SNS target ARN (alternative to topicArn).
subject	string	no	no	—	—	Optional subject (email subscriptions)
routes	json	no	no	json	—	Optional JSON route filters.
retry.maxAttempts	integer	no	no	integer	—	Optional maximum retry attempts.
retry.delay	string	no	no	—	—	Optional retry delay, for example 5s.
fallback	string	no	no	—	—	Optional fallback provider name.

Minimal example

alert:
  sns:
    accessKeyId: "${file:/config/sns-accessKeyId}"

Add routes, retry, and fallback when you need delivery filtering or recovery. See the channels overview for guidance, or the complete provider reference for the catalog-wide view.