The consolidated view
The AlertKick dashboard is built around one assumption: when something is wrong, the on-call wants to know what, where, and who is handling it, without opening five tabs. This guide walks through the layout and explains what each panel is telling you.
Servers, alerts, security events, and on-call status on one screen
Why a single view
Section titled “Why a single view”The consolidated view is AlertKick’s central dashboard. It removes the need to switch between separate tools for infrastructure health, alert management, and security monitoring, and puts the answers to the questions that matter during an incident on one screen:
- Server status - every monitored server at a glance
- Alert assignment - who is responsible for each alert
- Escalation status - how far each alert has climbed its escalation chain
- On-call status - who is currently on the hook
- Real-time updates - alert status changes appear as they happen
The top strip
Section titled “The top strip”Across the top of every page are four counters: servers, active alerts, security events (24h), and on-call. The numbers are colour-coded so a glance is enough - red means something needs attention, green means quiet. Click any of them to jump to the filtered list.
Servers
Section titled “Servers”The default view groups servers by status:
- Online - agent has checked in within the last 60 seconds
- Stale - last check-in 1-10 minutes ago
- Offline - no check-in for more than 10 minutes
- Pending - agent registered but has not reported yet
Each row carries the hostname, vendor (Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky, Alpine and so on), agent version, and a quick-status chip for each enabled check (CPU, memory, disk, docker, eBPF). Hover the chip to see the current value; click the hostname to open the server detail page with full graphs and event history.
Active alerts
Section titled “Active alerts”Alerts are grouped by host and then by check, so the same disk-full event across three servers reads as three lines rather than thirty. Each alert shows:
- The check that triggered it and its current value
- Its status - open, acknowledged, or resolved
- How long it has been firing
- The escalation level it has reached (see escalation policies)
- Who is currently on the hook for it
Click an alert to open the detail page with the full escalation timeline, assignment history, and action buttons.
Security events
Section titled “Security events”The security panel surfaces only events that the AI verdict ranked above
info. The full firehose is one click away, but the dashboard keeps it
focused on what the on-call needs to act on - critical, high, and
unverified events that have not been triaged yet. MITRE ATT&CK tactic chips
appear next to each event (see the MITRE ATT&CK overview).
What is not on the dashboard, on purpose
Section titled “What is not on the dashboard, on purpose”- Per-metric graphs - these live on the server detail page, not on the overview. Tens of small graphs at the top level mostly add noise.
- Compliance score trend - moves slowly enough that a daily email is more useful than a dashboard tile.
- Long historical alert lists - only the active ones are shown here; the search page is for digging into resolved history.
- Use the Acknowledge button to silence further escalation while you investigate. Acknowledgement is recorded with your name and the time, and shows up on the alert’s audit trail.
- The dashboard auto-refreshes every 10 seconds. If you need a fixed snapshot for a screenshot, click the pause icon in the top right.
- The layout is responsive. Mobile and tablet layouts collapse the side panels into bottom tabs so the same four counters and the active alerts list are one tap away.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”Dashboard not loading
- Check browser compatibility and clear the browser cache
- Verify network connectivity
- Contact support if the problem persists
Missing alerts
- Check the active filters
- Verify the server’s agent is checking in (see the Servers panel)
- Review the alert’s configuration and the user’s permissions
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- Configure escalation policies so alerts route to the right person.
- Set up roster management to share the on-call load across the team.
- Add servers with server monitoring.
- Turn on eBPF security monitoring and read the MITRE ATT&CK overview.
Need help with the consolidated view? Contact support at support [at] alertkick [dot] com.