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title: AlertSite
description: "## What is AlertSite? SmartBear AlertSite is a web monitoring tool that monitors the performance of websites, web applications, APIs, email servers, and other resources. AlertSite monitors at the browser level, collecting metrics that reflect the user's experience. ## Why…"
url: "https://lucidum.io/docs/alertsite/"
updated: "2024-07-09"
category: Connectors / List of Connectors / A
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# AlertSite

## What is AlertSite?

SmartBear AlertSite is a web monitoring tool that monitors the performance of websites, web applications, APIs, email servers, and other resources. AlertSite monitors at the browser level, collecting metrics that reflect the user's experience.

## Why Should You Use the AlertSite Connector?

The AlertSite connector provides visibility into the assets in your environment. You can use this visibility to:

- ensure assets are managed per your security policies
- derive relationships between assets, users, applications, and data

## How Does This Connector Work?

Lucidum executes read-only requests to the AlertSite REST API and ingests only meta-data about AlertSite assets. Lucidum does not retrieve any data stored on your assets.

## Configuring the Connector in Lucidum

| **Field** | **Description** | **Example** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| URL | The URL for the AlertSite API. | https://www.alertsite.com/alertsite-restapi |
| Username | User name for a AlertSite account with a read-only role. |  justynmutts |
| Password | The password for the lertSite account with a read-only role. |  ************ |
| Verify SSL. | For future use. | N/A |

## Source Documentation

### Creating Credentials

To create a user account for use with the AlertSite connector:

[https://support.smartbear.com/alertsite/docs/account/users.html](https://support.smartbear.com/alertsite/docs/account/users.html)

### Required Permissions

The API user requires the Read-Only role.

[https://support.smartbear.com/alertsite/docs/account/user-roles.html](https://support.smartbear.com/alertsite/docs/account/user-roles.html)

### API Documentation

[https://support.smartbear.com/alertsite/docs/api/json-api/index.html](https://support.smartbear.com/alertsite/docs/api/json-api/index.html)