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products:cockpit:1.0:userguide:settings:servicenoweventmanager

ServiceNow Event Management

Purpose

  • Sends SAP alarms, metrics and configuration items to ServiceNow Event Management
  • Alarms and metrics are buffered and posted regularly, CIs are pushed directly to the CMDB
  • If alarm rules are active, only matching alarms are forwarded

Requirements

  • ServiceNow ITOM with Event Management enabled

Configuration

Parameter Description
Active Enable or disable the plugin
Name Plugin display name
Host ServiceNow instance URL (https://[INSTANCE].service-now.com)
User / Password ServiceNow API credentials
Config API URL Endpoint for CI sync (default: /api/now/identifyreconcile)
Events API URL Endpoint for alarms/events (default: /api/global/em/jsonv2)
Metrics API URL Endpoint for metrics (default: /api/global/em/jsonv2)
Chunk size Max items sent per request (default: 100)

Severity Mapping

RedPeaks ServiceNow EM Severity
CRITICAL 1
MAJOR 2
MINOR 3
WARNING 4
INFO 5
CLEAR 0

CMDB CI Auto-Discovery

  • The plugin automatically pushes SAP system metadata to the CMDB via /api/now/identifyreconcile.
  • Three CI types are created:
    • cmdb_ci_service_manual — Business services (one per organization)
    • cmdb_ci_appl_sap_system — SAP systems (one per SID)
    • cmdb_ci_hardware — Hosts (one per server)
  • Relations between CIs are set automatically (system → service, host → system).
  • CIs can be found in ServiceNow under Configuration > CMDB, filtered by discovery_source = “Other Automated”.
products/cockpit/1.0/userguide/settings/servicenoweventmanager.txt · Last modified: by jtbeduchaud