Alert Server Downtime Using Custom Source Overview
Alert Server Downtime Using Custom Source Overview
In this lesson, you learn to create objects required for sending an alert when a service on a port is down. You learn to create a custom source.
Lesson Concepts
Source services connect to external systems to fetch data and publish the events on topics. You can create schedulable and listener source services.
In this lesson, you create a custom source called Monitor Server Port to retrieve data from an SQL source. You learn to create an advanced rule with a condition stating that when the service on a port is down, send an RTAM alert notifying that the server is down.
Lesson Objectives
In this lesson, you learn how to perform the following tasks:
Create a topic, port_monitor.
Create an SQL source, Monitor Server Port.
Create a schedule for the SQL source.
Create an RTAM responder.
Create an RTAM response.
Create an advanced rule.
Deploy objects and view events on dashboard.
Shut down the server.
View the RTAM alert.
Lesson Prerequisite
Before you start this lesson, you must place the created