When building a new VMware SDDC it takes some time before you can hand over management duties to an existing team. In the meantime you want to get notified when something breaks using tools which are already in place. In this blog post I will explain how to use the adapter instance in Aria Operations so you can easily filter notifications.
Lately I’ve been interacting a lot with REST APIs. I found that testing an API from within an application can sometimes cause some issues. For instance, when setting up a webhook notification instance using vROPS you only have a simple test button. But what if the application you want to access requires authentication and all you want to test is if you are able to access a URL via a HTTP proxy server?
The way in which you can customize notifications in vROPS has significantly improved in version 8.6. You now have the ability to use payload templates that can include all sorts of vROPS properties. This way you can make your alerts much more meaningful.