Chapter 16. Event Notifications

16.1. Configuring Event Notifications

Summary
You want to be emailed when an event happens in your Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. You need to set up a mail transfer agent to deliver messages.

Procedure 16.1. Configuring Event Notifications

  1. Ensure you have set up the MTA agent with the appropriate variables.
  2. Use the Users resource tab, tree mode, or the search function to find and select the user.
  3. Click the Event Notifier tab in the details pane to list events for which the user will be notified. This list will be blank if the user does not have event notification configured.
  4. Click Manage Events to open the Add Event Notification window.
    The Add Events Notification Window

    Figure 16.1. The Add Events Notification Window

  5. Use the Expand All button, or the subject-specific expansion buttons, to view the events.
  6. Select the appropriate check boxes.
  7. Enter an email address in the Mail Recipient field.
  8. Click OK to save changes and close the window.
  9. Add and start the ovirt-engine-notifier service on the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. This activates the changes you have made:
    # chkconfig --add ovirt-engine-notifier
    # chkconfig ovirt-engine-notifier on
    # service ovirt-engine-notifier restart
Result
You now receive emails based on events in your Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. The selected events display on the Event Notifier tab for the user.