This article explains about how to create Events in Instana.

Pre-Requisite
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The kubernetes based application is deployed in an OpenShift Container Platform or on Kubernetes Cluster.
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Application Perspective is already created in Instana for the above deployed application.
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Custom Payload is already created in Instana.
Objective
The Objective is to create / configure an Event based on JVM memory usage for a given Application Perspective.
- Application called
iLender is deployed in ilend-ns namespace.
- Application Perspective called
iLend is already created and available in the Instana.
- When the
JVM memory usage is more than 80% then an event named CreditScore memory high issue to be created.
Steps
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Choose the menu Events under the configuration section.
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Click on New Event button.

- Enter the values for the below fields as shown in the screenshot.
- Name
- Description
- Issue Severity
- Incident
- Grace Period

- Enter the values for the below fields as shown in the screenshot.
- Source
- Entity Type
- Metric
- Time Window
- Aggregation
- Operator
- Percentage
- Apply On
- Click on
Add Application Perspective link.

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Choose the iLend from the given list. You can choose any as per your need.
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Click on Add 1 Application Perspective button.

- Click on the
Create button to create an event.

- An event called
CreditScore memory high issue is created and displayed like the below.

Next Step
Event is created here. You can create Alert Channels and Alerts and etc to complete Instana with Watson AIOps Integration.
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