Webhook

You can install the Webhook integration to send events from a webhook client to Moogsoft Enterprise.

The integration allows you to POST JSON payloads to your instance via HTTP/HTTPS. The Webhook returns standard HTTP status codes. For more information, see Status Code Definitions.

When you use the integrations UI, you can only configure the visible properties. If you want to implement a more complex Webhook integration with custom settings, see Configure the Webhook LAM.

Before You Begin

Before you start to set up your Webhook integration, ensure you have met the following requirements:

If you are using an on-prem version of Moogsoft Enterprise, you have configured it with a valid SSL certificate.
Your webhook client can make requests to external endpoints over port 443.
The integration client is able to submit a JSON payload and supports basic auth.

Configure the Integration

Configure the Webhook integration in Moogsoft Enterprise as follows:

Navigate to the Integrations tab.
Click Webhook in the Monitoring section.
Provide a unique integration name. You can use the default name or customize the name according to your needs.
Set a Basic Authentication username and password.

Configure the Webhook

These instructions offer the basic information you need to configure a webhook integration. Different webhook clients may have different implementation options. Refer to the documentation of your webhook client for more information.

Enter the URL for this instance of Moogsoft Enterprise:
Field
Value
URL
<your webhook integration URL>
For example: https://example.moogsoftaiops.com/events/webhook_webhook1
Your basic authentication User ID and Password are:
Field
Value
User ID
Username generated in the Moogsoft Enterprise UI
Password
Password generated in the Moogsoft Enterprise UI
Depending on the webhook client, you can either use these user credentials directly or use a base64 encoder to encode them in 'username:password' format.

Field	Value
URL	<your webhook integration URL> For example: https://example.moogsoftaiops.com/events/webhook_webhook1

Field	Value
User ID	Username generated in the Moogsoft Enterprise UI
Password	Password generated in the Moogsoft Enterprise UI

Enter JSON as the body of the webhook event in the following format and edit the field values as appropriate:

{
    "source": "<source>",
    "source_id": "<source_id>",
    "external_id": "<external_id>",
    "agent_location": "<agent_location>", 
    "severity": "<severity>",
    "type": "<type>",
    "manager": "<manager>",
    "class": "<class>",
    "description": "<description>",
    "agent_time": "<agent_time>"
}

Note

Note that this format is only valid if your monitoring tool does not have a structured payload format. If it does, configure the payload on the Data Mapping tab.

Field	Input	Description
source	String	Hostname or FQDN of the source machine that generated the event.
source_id	String	Unique identifier for the source machine.
external_id	String	Unique identifier for the event source.
agent_location	String	Geographical location of the agent that created the event.
severity	Integer	Severity level of the event from 0-5 (clear - critical).
type	String	Level of classification for the event. Follows hierarchy class then type.
manager	String	General identifier of the event generator or intermediary.
class	String	Level of classification for the event. Follows hierarchy class then type.
description	String	Text description of the event.
agent_time	String	Timestamp of when the event occurred in Unix epoch time.

Add a header field with the content type. For the authorization type, enter 'Basic' followed by you basic auth User ID and Password in 'userid:password' format.
```
{
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Basic <base64 encoded credentials>"
}
```
Use a base64 encoder to encode 'userid:password' if required by your webhook client. For example, for 'myuser:mypassword' the encoded result would be: 'dXNlcmlkOnBhc3N3b3JkDQo='.
Connect the webhook as required in the client and turn it on.

Test the Webhook

You can run the following cURL command to send sample data to Moogsoft Enterprise.

Make sure to replace <userid>:<password> and <url> with the values entered previously.

curl -u <userid>:<password> <url> -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -v --data '
{
    "source_id":"198.51.100",
    "external_id":"id-1234",
    "manager":"my_manager",
    "source":"my_test_box",
    "class":"application",
    "agent_location":"my_agent_location",
    "type":"Network",
    "severity":3,
    "description":"high network utilization in application A",
    "agent_time":"1411134582"
}'

If successful, you should receive the following response:

{
    "response": {
        "processed": 1,
        "cached": 0,
        "received": 1
    },
    "success": true,
    "message": "Processed 1 event(s)"
}

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