Secret Server - Receive Notifications on Individual Secrets

Summary

This guide instructs users on activating notifications on a single secret.

Body

Objective

Notifications can be applied to individual secrets to notify users of any activity for shared credentials. This guide will instruct users on activating notifications on a single secret.

 

Audience

 

Before You Begin

Notifications can only be set on secrets that a user has View access or higher. If a user loses access to a particular secret, they will no longer receive notifications for it.

 

Instructions

  1. In a Secret's Details view, select the Settings tab.
  2. Click Edit on the upper-right side of the page, then select the checkbox to any of the relevant notifications to receive. Options are as follows:
    • Send email when viewed
    • Send email when changed
    • Send email when heartbeat fails
  3. After selecting the notifications, click Save in the center to save these settings.
NOTE:
Notification settings are applied on a per-user basis. Notifications will not be sent to other users who have View, Edit, or Owner permissions on the secret.

 

A notification that is received from a secret will look similar to the image below:

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Article ID: 429
Created
Tue 11/12/24 5:39 PM
Modified
Wed 11/13/24 2:14 PM

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