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The Abiquo streaming API (M and outbound API) will be deprecated in Abiquo 6.2. You can replace this feature using polling to obtain events from the Abiquo REST API. For more details, please contact Abiquo Customer Service

The Abiquo Events Notifier is a Python application that uses the Abiquo Outbound API and the Abiquo API to monitor the Abiquo platform and send emails to notify users of events in Abiquo. You can configure the users, as well as the types of events that will trigger notification emails. By default, the Email Notifier accesses the Abiquo API every five seconds but you should tune this value for your installation. You can run the Abiquo Events Notifier on the Abiquo Server or on a separate server with access to Abiquo API.

Download the Abiquo Email Notifier script from the Abiquo Enterprise Support website.

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Abiquo Events Notifier require some additional python packages to run. You can get them from the default repository in CentOS6 or from a third party repository such as RPMforge in CentOS5 for example.

  • python-pycurl

  • python-dateutil

CentOS6 additional packages installation example:

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Set the polling interval, which is the amount of time between API checks. The default is 5 seconds and the recommended value is between 5 and 10 seconds, but you should tune the polling value for your installation.

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Polling Interval configuration in notifier.cfg file
Code Block
[main]
polling_interval = 5

Set the IP of Abiquo API Server, a valid Cloud Admin user account registered in Abiquo and change the port if this is required in your setup.

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Abiquo API configuration in notifier.cfg file
Code Block
[abiquo]
api_ip = 10.10.10.10
api_user = event-notifier
api_pwd = event-password
api_port = 80


Field

Description

api_ip

IP address of the Abiquo API Server

api_user

Cloud Admin username

api_pwd

Cloud Admin password

api_port

Abiquo API Server port


Code Block
[email]
from = events@abiquoserver
subject = New events have occurred in the Abiquo environment
body = The new events are:
smtp_ip = localhost
smtp_port = 25


Field

Description

from

Sender email address

subject

Subject

smtp_ip

Outgoing mail server IP address. The default is localhost

smtp_port

The default outgoing mail server port is 25

Initialize the rules database

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