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fieldju/pibrella-pagerduty-pager

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2018-02-11

JavaAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · hard

TLDR

Turns a Raspberry Pi with a Pibrella add-on into a physical light-and-sound alert device for PagerDuty incidents.

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    What it does
      Watches PagerDuty account
      Triggers Pibrella lights
      Plays sound on incident
    Tech stack
      Java
      Raspberry Pi
      Pibrella board
    Use cases
      Physical incident alerts
      On call notification
      Office alert device
    Audience
      On call engineers
      DevOps teams
    Notes
      Minimal README
      No setup instructions given

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Get a physical light and sound alert in your office when a PagerDuty incident fires.

USE CASE 2

Give on-call engineers a hard-to-ignore backup notification when their phone is on silent.

USE CASE 3

Build a dedicated incident-alert device out of a Raspberry Pi and Pibrella board.

What is it built with?

JavaRaspberry PiPibrella

How does it compare?

fieldju/pibrella-pagerduty-pagerabhishek-kumar09/configurateabhishek-kumar09/orekit
LanguageJavaJavaJava
Last pushed2018-02-112020-09-302020-11-15
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyhardeasymoderate
Complexity3/52/54/5
Audienceops devopsdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1h+

README lacks installation, configuration, and PagerDuty connection details.

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Prompt 1
Help me figure out how to connect this Java service to my PagerDuty account, since the README doesn't detail it.
Prompt 2
Explain how a Pibrella board's lights and sounds could be triggered from a PagerDuty incident webhook.
Prompt 3
Walk me through setting up this service to run continuously in the background on a Raspberry Pi.
Prompt 4
Suggest what configuration file or credentials this project likely needs to authenticate with PagerDuty.

Frequently asked questions

What is pibrella-pagerduty-pager?

Turns a Raspberry Pi with a Pibrella add-on into a physical light-and-sound alert device for PagerDuty incidents.

What language is pibrella-pagerduty-pager written in?

Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java, Raspberry Pi, Pibrella.

Is pibrella-pagerduty-pager actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2018-02-11).

How hard is pibrella-pagerduty-pager to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is pibrella-pagerduty-pager for?

Mainly ops devops.

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