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4 Enter an Instance Name.
This is the name that identies this instance that you select when you later congure notication rules.
5 Congure the SMTP options appropriate for your environment.
Option Description
Use Secure Connection
Enables secure communication encryption using SSL/TLS. If you select this
option, you must select a method in the Secure Connection Type drop-
down menu.
Requires Authentication
Enables authentication on the email user account that you use to congure
this SMTP instance. If you select this option, you must provide a password
for the user account.
SMTP Host
URL or IP address of your email host server.
SMTP Port
Default port SMTP uses to connect with the server.
Secure Connection Type
Select either SSL/TLS as the communication encryption method used in
your environment from the drop-down menu. You must select a
connection type if you select Use Secure Connection.
User Name
Email user account that is used to connect to the email server.
Password
Password for the connection user account. A password is required if you
select Requires Authentication.
Sender Email Address
Email address that appears on the notication message
Sender Name
Displayed name for the sender email address.
6 Click Save.
7 To start the outbound alert service for this plug-in, select the instance in the list and click Enable on the
toolbar.
This instance of the standard email plug-in for outbound SMTP alerts is congured and running.
What to do next
Create notication rules that use the standard email plug-in to send a message to your users about alerts
requiring their aention. See “User Scenario: Create a vRealize Operations Manager Email Alert
Notication,” on page 71.
Add a REST Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager Outbound Alerts
You add a REST Plug-In so that you can send vRealize Operations Manager alerts to another REST-enabled
application where you built a REST Web service to accept these messages.
The REST Plug-In supports enabling an integration, it does not provide an integration. Depending on your
target application, you might need an intermediary REST service or some other mechanism that will
correlate the alert and object identiers included in the REST alert output with the identiers in your target
application.
Determine which content type you are delivering to your target application. If you select application/json,
the body of the POST or PUT calls that are sent have the following format. Sample data is included.
{
"startDate":1369757346267,
"criticality":"ALERT_CRITICALITY_LEVEL_WARNING",
"Risk":4.0,
"resourceId":"sample-object-uuid",
"alertId":"sample-alert-uuid",
"status":"ACTIVE",
"subType":"ALERT_SUBTYPE_AVAILABILITY_PROBLEM",
"cancelDate":1369757346267,
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