Retrieve a DigitalOcean droplet after a Coda incident page update
Put current server facts beside the incident notes immediately.
Trigger
Specific Coda Page Updated Trigger
Triggers when a specific page within a Coda document is updated.
Action
Retrieve Existing Droplet
Tool to show information about an individual droplet by id. use when you have a droplet id and need detailed status.
Why this helps
Responders lose time switching between incident notes and cloud details during an outage.
- Reduce incident context switching
- Provide current droplet identifiers and status
- Make response notes more actionable
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Coda and DigitalOcean in Notis.
- 2Create an automation for the incident page.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve the droplet identified by id on the page and summarize status, region, size, image, and networking details.
- 4Pick the Specific Coda Page Updated trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one incident page update containing a valid droplet id.
Questions about this workflow
What if the page names only a droplet name?
Have Notis report that the retrieve action needs a valid droplet id unless the action supports another identifier.
Does retrieval change the server?
No, it only fetches current droplet information.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Coda triggers
Digital ocean actions
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