Settings View Source Alerting

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• When error logs are reported via YourGear.Logger.error/1 function, the errors are sent to developers as alerts.
• It is also possible to send alerts without logging, by calling YourGear.AlertManager.notify/1 function from any part of your gear code.
• Currently, only email alerting interface is defined as a behaviour AntikytheraEal.AlertMailer.
  • Slack and Twillio are candidates for alternative notification channels to support. Requests and contributions are welcomed.

Alert behavior and configurations

• To prevent excessive number of alerts from being sent, alert handlers have a built-in buffering mechanism.
• Occasional errors will be sent in shorter period of buffering (called fast_interval, 1 minute by default).
• If errors keep occurring beyond fast_interval, they will be buffered for longer period (called delayed_interval, 30 minutes by default) before sent.
• These intervals are configured per alert methods.
• Required and optional settings (such as addresses for email alert), along with intervals above, can be configured in :alerts field of gear config.