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POST /events/notifications/{pusher_type}/subscriptions/{subscription_ID}/filters

Use this method to create an event filter for a specific subscription.

If you are logged in as a user with one of the following roles, information that is associated with all subscriptions is returned; otherwise, information associated with subscriptions for only the logged-in user is returned.
  • lxc-admin
  • lxc-supervisor
  • lxc-security-admin
  • lxc-sysmgr

Authentication

Authentication with username and password is required.

Request URL

POST https://{management_server_IP}/events/notifications/{pusher_type}/subscriptions/{subscription_ID}/filters
where
  • {pusher_type} is the type of push notification service. This can be one of the following values.

    • AndroidPusher. Google device push service
    • iOSPusher. Apple device push service
    • WebSocketPusher. WebSocket servic
    Tip
    Because the subscription ID is unique, specifying the type of push notification service is optional
  • {subscription_ID} is the UID of the subscription to be retrieved. To obtain the subscription UID, use the GET /events/notifications/subscriptions method.

Query parameters

None

Request body

AttributesRequired / OptionalTypeDefinition
eventFilterRequiredArray of objectsInformation about the types of events to filter
 filterRequiredObjectInformation about each event filter
  categoriesRequiredArray of stringsEvent categories. This can be one of the following values.
  • BULLETIN. Sends notification about new bulletins.
  • GENERAL. Sends notifications about audit events, based on the selected event classes and severities
  • STATUS_CHANGE. Sends notifications about changes in status.
  • STATUS_UPDATE
  • WARRANTY. Send notifications about warranties.
  componentIDsRequiredArray of stringsList of component IDs. If empty, all components are accepted.
  sourceIDsRequiredArray of stringsList of source IDs. If empty, all sources are accepted..
  typeSeverityRequiredArray of objectsEvent severity and type

If both sourceIDs and componentsIDs are empty, all events that match the typeSeverity filter is forwarded.

   severityRequiredStringEvent severity. This can be one of the following values.
  • Unknown. The severity is unknown.
  • Informational. Informational
  • Warning. User can decide if action is needed.
  • Minor. Action is needed, but the situation is not serious at this time.
  • Major. Action is needed now.
  • Critical. Action is needed now and the scope is broad (perhaps an imminent outage to a critical resource will result).
  • Fatal. A non-recoverable error has occurred.
   typeRequiredStringEvent type. This can be one of the following values.
  • Unknown
  • Audit
  • Cooling
  • Power
  • Disks. Storage
  • Memory
  • Processor
  • System. Rack or tower server
  • Test
  • Adaptor. Adapter card
  • Expansion. Expansion board
  • IOModule. Flex System switch
  • Blade. Flex System server
  • Switch. switch
eventFilterDescriptionRequiredStringEvent filter description
eventFilterNameRequiredStringEvent filter name
matchEveryCoreEventOptionalBooleanIndicates whether this event filter accepts all core events
matchEverySystemOptionalBooleanIndicates whether this event filter must match every event from every managed device
matchEverythingOptionalBooleanIndicates whether this event filter matches all events

The following example creates an event filter for a specific subscription.

{
"eventFilterName": "example2",
"eventFilterDescription": "Description",
"eventFilter": {
"filter": {
"componentIDs": ["FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF",
"500C0FF286F98000"],
"sourceIDs": ["FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF",
"500C0FF286F98000"],
"typeSeverity": [{
"severity": "fatal",
"type": "all"
},
...,
{
"severity": "informational",
"type": "audit"
}],
"categories": ["WARRANTY",
"GENERAL"]
}
},
"matchEverySystem": false,
"matchEveryCoreEvent": false
}

Response codes

CodeDescriptionComments
200OKThe request completed successfully.
400Bad RequestA query parameter or request attribute is missing or not valid, or the operation is not supported. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.
401UnauthorizedThe user cannot be authenticated. Authentication has not been provided or has failed. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.
500Internal Server ErrorAn internal error occurred. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.

Response body

None