In any cloud cost management system, notification channels play a vital role in ensuring users stay informed about important updates, alerts, and cost-related activities. They serve as the bridge between the platform and its users, helping teams respond quickly to potential issues and manage cloud costs more effectively.
Within Octo, the Channel Management feature provides this capability by allowing you to receive alerts through three main channels: Email, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. This ensures that no matter what communication tool your team prefers, you’ll always stay on top of critical notifications and updates related to your cloud management.
How to navigate Channel Management?
Accessing and configuring your notification channels in Octo is simple.
📝Here’s how you can do it:
Log in to your Octo account.
From your dashboard, click the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
Under the “NOTIFICATION” section, select “Channel Management.”
Create a channel
Before you can set up and use alerts, you’ll need to configure your notification channels. This is done through the Channel Management page.
💡 Note: Channel Management is a foundational step. Without it, alerts cannot be properly delivered.
Setting up channels ensures that notifications are organized, reliable, and reach you through the platforms you use most—helping you stay informed and manage your cloud services effectively.
📝How to Get Started
Navigate to Channel Management.
Configure your preferred notification channels. Supported platforms include:
Slack
Follow the steps to create a Slack channel.
Microsoft Teams
Follow the steps to create an MS Teams channel.
Follow the steps to create an email channel.
💡You can add multiple channels for each platform, ensuring alerts always reach you through your preferred methods.
Editing and Deleting Channel
Just like creating a channel, editing and deleting them is very straightforward. It can be done on the same interface.
Edit a channel
📝Follow these steps to edit a channel.
Deleting a channel
📝Follow these steps to delete a channel.