Nobody wants to sit and stare at a dashboard all day just to make sure their server is healthy. With Notification Rules, you can configure Fern to ping you exactly when and where you want whenever something important happens. Whether it's a server crash, low credits, or just a friend joining the game, we've got you covered.

Alert Channels: How We Reach You

You can choose different ways for us to notify you depending on how urgent the event is:

Realtime: Instant alerts sent straight to your active device the second an event triggers.
Digest: A clean summary sent daily to keep you informed without spamming your inbox.
Email: Great for billing warnings or critical issues that you need to resolve.
Discord: Connect a webhook to send notifications directly to your community or admin Discord server.
In-App (RSS): Read logs and alerts in a feed directly within Mission Control.

Event Triggers: What Can Ping You?

You can customize rules for individual events:

Server Incidents

Server Crashed: If your Java process stops unexpectedly (due to a mod conflict or out-of-memory error), we can notify you instantly so you can get back online.
Server Recovered: A friendly ping to confirm your server is back up and running smoothly.
CPU / Memory High: Get a heads-up if your server starts running hot, allowing you to upgrade your tier before the game starts to lag.

Billing & Wallet

Low Credit Warning: Sent when your credit balance drops below your set warning threshold.
Grace Period Started: Let's you know when your balance hits zero and the low-balance safety grace period kicks in.
Low Credit Auto-Stopped: Sent if your server had to be automatically stopped because you ran out of credits.

Backups & Security

Backup Completed / Failed: Know immediately if your automated daily backup succeeded or if it failed to save.
Collaborator Events: Keep track of permissions changing, new invites being sent, or server ownership transfers.
Player Activity (Join/Leave): Receive alerts when players log in or out of your server. (Great for seeing who's building when you're offline!)

Setting Up Your Rules

Configuring your alerts is simple:

Open your server dashboard in Mission Control.
Click the Notifications tab in the sidebar.
You'll see a catalog of all supported events.
Toggle the switches for the channels you want to enable (e.g., enable Discord and Email for Server Crashed, but only In-App for Player Joined).
For resource alerts (like CPU or Memory usage), you can choose the Minimum Severity (Info, Warning, Critical) to trigger the notification.
Click Save Rules to lock in your changes.