Adding event rules

To add an event rule

1. Click Services and then click Create New Service. 
2. Provide a service definition for a service.
   For more information, see Defining-a-service. 
3. Click Events and then click the service (for example, Billing & Payment) for which you want to add the event rule.
4. In the Define Event Service processing pane, click Add Event Rule.
   1. Enter a rule name.

   2. To be able to select events for health score computation, click Add Filter and select an attribute, operator, and value from the following available options:

      Attribute	Operator	Value
      Host	Equals	Enter a host name (case sensitive) for which you want to create this rule.
      	Matches	Enter a host name in a regex expression format. Note: Only asterisk * and period . wildcard characters are supported.   Examples: hostname.abc: Host name contains hostname.abc hostname.abc.*: Host name starts with hostname.abc .*hostname.abc: Host name ends with hostname.abc hostname.*com: Host name starts with the term hostname and ends with com
      Message	Equals	Enter an event message (case sensitive).
      	Matches	Specify a value in a regex expression format.  Note: Only asterisk * and period . wildcard characters are supported.   Examples: alarm: Message contains alarm  alarm.*: Message starts with alarm .*alarm: Message ends with the term alarm alarm.*memory: Message starts with the term alarm  and ends with memory
      Severity		Select a severity level.

   3. Click Add.
   4. (Optional) To add more filters, click Add Filter.
      You can add each attribute only once in a rule. For example, after you add Severity as a filter, you can only add Host and Message attributes in the rule.
      In the following example, rules are specified to consider all critical events on all hosts that start with host-aus.
      
      
5. Click Save and Close.
6. To add another rule, click Add Event Rule. 
   You can only add up to two rules for a service. 

1. Click Save and Close.
   The count of event rules is shown as part of the Billing & Payment service.
   

To edit an event rule

1. Click Services and then click a service name for which you want to edit event rules.
2. From the action menu , select Edit Service. 
3. On the Edit Service page, click Events and select a service.
4. In the Define Event Service processing pane, click the Action menu for an event rule, and select Edit.

5. Edit the rule as required.

   Important

   If you add any CIs, the health score computation for the newly added CIs begins 15 minutes after the service is updated. 

6. Click Save and Close.

To delete an event rule

If you delete event rules, all events impacting a service are considered for computing the health score. 

1. Click Services and then click a service name for which you want to delete the rule. 
2. From the action menu, select Edit Service.
3. On the Edit Service page, click Events and then click a service that has rules. 
   The Define Event Service processing pane shows the rules defined for the service.
4. From the Action menu for the rule, click Delete. 
5. Click Save and Close.

Where to go from here

Based on what you want to configure for your services, perform the following optional tasks:

• Add health indicators
• Add balancing profiles
• Customize health score and health status