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hello, I am having some trouble with the Teams config that is available on this documentation: • https://docs.elementary-data.com/oss/guides/alerts/send-teams-alerts#teams-config-as-in-config-yml In the CLI parameters part, it works fine, but the part of using it with the config.yml doesn't work. In my case, there was no config.yml file available, so I created it with the available instructions. After creating it, I have this message:
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File "/Users/_info_/lib/python3.9/site-packages/elementary/config/config.py", line 280, in validate_monitor
    raise InvalidArgumentsError(
elementary.exceptions.exceptions.InvalidArgumentsError: Either a Slack token and a channel, a Slack webhook or a Microsoft Teams webhook is required.
Is it possible to get an explanation/instructions on how to get this to work?
k
A message from kapa.ai
The error means 
edr monitor
isn’t picking up your Teams webhook from 
config.yml
at all, so it behaves as if no Slack/Teams config exists. From the docs, for Teams the 
config.yml
must look like this and live under 
HOME_DIR/.edr/config.yml
(or be passed via 
--config-dir
): [[Teams alerts](https://docs.elementary-data.com/oss/guides/alerts/send-teams-alerts); [Teams setup](https://docs.elementary-data.com/oss/deployment-and-configuration/teams)]
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yaml teams:   teams_webhook: <your_teams_webhook_url>
Key things to check: 1. Location of 
config.yml
 - Default: 
~/.edr/config.yml
(i.e., a 
.edr
directory inside the home directory of the user running 
edr
). [[Slack setup](https://docs.elementary-data.com/oss/deployment-and-configuration/slack); [Teams alerts](https://docs.elementary-data.com/oss/guides/alerts/send-teams-alerts)] - To override, point 
edr
to the directory (not the file) with `--config-dir`:
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bash      edr monitor --config-dir /path/to/.edr
(Notice in similar Slack/Send‑report issues the fix was to pass the directory, without 
config.yml
at the end.) [[Slack send-report issue](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1700569729527469); [Config-dir usage](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1683176836347909)] 2. File name and YAML structure - The file must be exactly 
config.yml
. - Ensure there is no extra indentation or top‑level keys wrapping 
teams:
and that 
teams_webhook
is nested under 
teams
, like the snippet above. - Don’t mix in partial/empty Slack config; in multiple threads, a misconfigured or unread config caused the same 
InvalidArgumentsError
until the YAML was corrected and read from the right directory. [[Slack config YAML](https://docs.elementary-data.com/oss/deployment-and-configuration/slack); [Config placement](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1683176836347909)] 3. Verify 
config.yml
is being read From the same environment where you run `edr`:
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bash    ls ~/.edr | grep config.yml
- If this returns nothing, your file isn’t in the default path (move/copy it there or use 
--config-dir
as above). [[Config location check](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1683176836347909)] - If it’s there but you still get the error, try explicitly passing 
--config-dir
to rule out path issues. 4. Sanity check with CLI arg Since 
edr monitor --teams-webhook <url>
already works for you, if the same URL in 
config.yml
+ 
edr monitor --config-dir <dir>
still fails, it strongly indicates a path or YAML structure issue, not the webhook itself. Similar behavior is documented for Slack and send‑report. [[Slack monitor config issues](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1689095621150099); [Send-report config-dir](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1700569729527469)] If you’d like, paste (sanitized) your 
config.yml
contents and the exact 
edr monitor
command you’re running, and I can point out what’s likely wrong based on these patterns.
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