How to put the alert name into the subject of an Ambari Alert

[#1]

Hi,

I want to put the alert name in the subject of the email alert

I followed the example in https://github.com/apache/ambari/blob/branch-2.1/ambari-server/src/main/resources/alert-templates.xm... but the following does not fill in the  variables and I just the the variable names in the email.

<![CDATA[Ambari: [$alert.getAlertState()]-[$alert.getAlertName()]-[$alert.getAlertText()]]]>

If I use the template as it is, the email populates with the summary variables, ie:

<![CDATA[Alert Summary: OK[$summary.getOkCount()], Warning[$summary.getWarningCount()], Critical[$summary.getCriticalCount()], Unknown[$summary.getUnknownCount()]]]>

Is there a trick to get the subject to show the $alert variables to the subject?

Thanks in advance!

Eric

[#2 · Accepted solution]

1. On the Abari server host, locate the `alert-templates.xml` file. By default, it is located in the `/etc/ambari-server/conf` directory.
2. Open the `alert-templates.xml` file and search for the `` section.
3. Within the `` section, locate the `` tag and modify its content.

4. Save the changes to the `alert-templates.xml` file.
5. Restart Ambari server for the changes to take effec