Managing the Nodinite Event Log Alarm Plugin
Gain full control and visibility over your integration landscape with the Nodinite Event Log Alarm Plugin. This feature empowers you to send real-time, actionable alerts directly to the Windows Event Log, enabling seamless integration with monitoring tools like SCOM and MOM. Ensure compliance, traceability, and rapid incident response for your business-critical systems.
On this page, you will learn how to:
✅ Send Nodinite alerts to the Windows Event Log for robust monitoring
✅ Integrate with SCOM, MOM, or any third-party event log reader
✅ Customize alert content and event properties for compliance and traceability
✅ Streamline incident response with automated, real-time notifications
Send Nodinite alerts directly to the Windows Event Log for robust monitoring, compliance, and integration with third-party tools.
Diagram: How Nodinite alerts flow to the Windows Event Log and integrate with third-party monitoring tools.
The Nodinite Event Log Alarm Plugin sends alerts triggered by the Monitoring Service from Monitor Views to the Windows Server Event Log (Application). This enables seamless integration with monitoring tools like SCOM, MOM, or any third-party solution that reads Windows Event Logs.
Example: Windows Event Log entries from the Nodinite Event Log Alarm Plugin.
The Event Log Alarm Plugin comes pre-installed with Nodinite Core Services.
Configuring the Event Log Alarm Plugin
Configure the Alarm Plugin using the Nodinite Web Client by navigating to "Administration" > "Settings" > "Alarm Plugins" and selecting "Event Log". See Add or manage Alarm Plugin for generic details.
Within the Configuration tab, you will find two sub-tabs:
Example: Configuration tabs for the Event Log Alarm Plugin.
Basic tab
From the Basic tab, enter the essential information for the plugin:
| Property | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Web Client URL | Base URL for the Web Client (used to generate a link to the Monitor View that originated the alert) | |
| Event Id | The Event Id to use when writing events to the Windows Application Event Log (0-65535). Variables can be used, e.g., {Alarm.JsonPath:MonitorViews[0].Integrations[0].CustomMetaDatas[?(@.Name=='SLA')].CustomValues[0].Value}. Default is EventId=0 for configuration errors or invalid dynamic variables. |
|
| Event Source | See the Variables user guide for more info. Variables can be used, e.g., 'Nodinite: [{Customer} | {Environment}]' |
Example: Basic tab configuration.
Write options tab
From the Write options tab, configure the following properties:
| Option | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Split by Resource | When checked, each resource is written as a separate log event. NOT DEFAULT | |
| ✅ | Write event on evaluated state = 'OK' | Checked if alarms for Monitor Views with state change to 'OK' should be written to the event log |
| Write event on evaluated state = 'Warning' | Checked if alarms for Monitor Views with state change to 'Warning' should be written to the event log | |
| Write event on evaluated state = 'Error' | Checked if alarms for Monitor Views with state change to 'Error' should be written to the event log | |
| Write event on evaluated state = 'Unavailable' | Checked if alarms for Monitor Views with state change to 'Unavailable' should be written to the event log | |
| Write event on evaluated state = 'Connection Error' | Checked if alarms for Monitor Views with state change to 'Connection Error' should be written to the event log |
Specific Settings in Monitor Views
From any Monitor View where the Event Log Alarm Plugin is used, you can override the global settings and customize the configurable properties:
Stylesheet
You can fully customize the content written to the Windows Event Log. The Nodinite Event Log Alarm Plugin supports stylesheets of type Liquid.
Use the JSON below as a template to test your custom Stylesheet:
{
"SplitByResource": false,
"AlarmObject": --- PASTE JSON HERE ---
}
Example: Data structure sent to the Event Log plugin by Nodinite.
You can find an example of the JSON alert here.
With Nodinite, you gain traceability, compliance, and seamless integration with your existing monitoring infrastructure—empowering your team to respond quickly and confidently to any event.
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