{"id":"servercentral-elastalert","name":"elastalert","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/servercentral/elastalert","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/servercentral/elastalert","category":"monitoring","subcategories":[],"tags":["monitoring","alerting","elasticsearch","open-source","devops","observability","rules-engine"],"what_it_does":"ElastAlert is an open-source alerting system that matches events from Elasticsearch (and some other sources via custom connectors) against alerting rules, then sends notifications (e.g., email, Slack, webhook) when conditions are met.","use_cases":["Alert on Elasticsearch log/search events using flexible rule conditions","Detect spikes/anomalies or threshold breaches over time windows","Route alerts to incident channels (email/Slack/webhooks) from Elasticsearch data"],"not_for":["Use as a generic event-processing platform without Elasticsearch-centric workflows (unless heavily customized)","Real-time streaming at very high throughput without careful tuning of queries/rule frequency","As a managed SaaS with guaranteed SLAs"],"best_when":"You already have Elasticsearch data and want rule-based alerting with customizable match logic and notification targets.","avoid_when":"You need a turnkey, fully managed alerting service with enterprise-grade operational guarantees and documented API contracts; or you require strict multi-tenant security boundaries out of the box.","alternatives":["Elasticsearch Watcher (if available in your deployment)","Elastic-native alerting rules (Kibana alerting)","OpenSearch alerting","Log-based alerting tools like Grafana Alerting/OnCall (depending on data source)","Datadog/New Relic alerting (hosted services)"],"af_score":32.8,"security_score":44.5,"reliability_score":33.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:33:14.121165+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":true},"auth":{"methods":["Basic Elasticsearch credentials via username/password (and/or cloud/auth mechanisms depending on deployment)","API key / token authentication for Elasticsearch (commonly supported depending on ES client configuration)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"ElastAlert is typically authenticated indirectly to Elasticsearch via your ES connection settings; there is no standalone first-party auth model for ElastAlert itself beyond its runtime configuration."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source; costs are primarily infrastructure and engineering time."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":32.8,"security_score":44.5,"reliability_score":33.8,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":50.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":20.0,"tls_enforcement":70.0,"auth_strength":55.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":45.0,"secret_handling":40.0,"security_notes":"Security is largely inherited from Elasticsearch connection security and notification endpoints. ElastAlert itself is config/runtime-based; secret handling and transport security depend on how you set up ES credentials and notification integrations (e.g., ensuring TLS for Elasticsearch and outbound webhooks). There is no evidence here of fine-grained authorization scopes or strong built-in auth for ElastAlert operations.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":50.0,"breaking_changes_history":40.0,"error_recovery":45.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["ElastAlert is rule/config driven (YAML); agent integration depends on filesystem/config generation rather than calling a stable API.","Operational behavior depends heavily on Elasticsearch query performance and time window settings; tuning mistakes can cause missed/duplicate alerts.","Notification deduplication/throttling behavior is controlled by rule settings; agents must respect those to avoid alert storms."]}}