Alert emails to multiple addresses?
Looking to make sure that any reboot alert goes to a couple of places, not only the main account holder, so I created a "-alert" user with a second address and gave it Read Only access to the linodes.
Just tried it but the event still only went to the main account email. Is there any way to have alerts go to more than one user?
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Just want to note multiple accounts can apparently receive invoice emails (under User Permissions | Billing Access) but there does not seem to be any equivalent for the operational alerts.
rgerke
Linode Staff
I tested the configuration on my end to see if I could replicate your results. I have three users: An unrestricted and two restricteds.
The alerts on my account are going to two of them, the main unrestricted user and the other user to whom I gave read/write access on the Linodes that I wanted them to be alerted about. The other user had read only status, and receives no alerts.
My recommendation is to give the "-alert" account read/write status on any Linode you want that user to get alerted on, and it should work for you.
If you're concerned about the access that the user will have, I suggest playing around with the 'Global Permissions" as you don't have to have all of them enabled for that user in order for them to receive alerts. (I have about half of my read/write user's permissions turned off).
To help out further, here's our guide on users and permissions which gives a good overview of how they work: