Customize google cloud alerting

Question

I am using google cloud alerts to send emails in the event that a particular log is generated in google cloud logging. Now, the emails do arrive properly. But, every-time the cloud alert triggers, we receive two emails 1) alert firing 2) alert recovery. Can I somehow customize this behavior to get only one email? Any leads will be helpful. If needed, I can describe the above situation in more detail.

Answer 1

You can deactivate notification (email in your case) on incident closure. You can do this using the Cloud Console.

1. Go to Alerting under Monitoring service
2. Click on the policy you want to modify
3. Click the EDIT button on top of the page
4. Click NEXT to land on Who should be notified? (optional)
5. Uncheck Notify on incident closure check box (as shown in green in the capture)
6. Click SAVE