Fault Management API v1¶

The API supports alarm and event collection of the cloud platform itself.

The typical port used for the FM REST API is 18002. However, proper technique would be to look up the FM service endpoint in Keystone.

API versions¶

GET

Lists information about Fault Management API versions

Normal response codes

200, 300

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404)

{
   "default_version":{
      "id":"v1",
      "links":[
         {
            "href":"http://128.224.150.54:18002/v1/",
            "rel":"self"
         }
      ]
   },
   "versions":[
      {
         "id":"v1",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"http://128.224.150.54:18002/v1/",
               "rel":"self"
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "description":"Fault Management is an OpenStack project which provides REST API services for alarms and logs.",
   "name":"Fault Management API"
}

This operation does not accept a request body.

GET

/v1

Shows details for Fault Management API v1

Normal response codes

200, 203

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404)

{
    "media_types": [
        {
            "base": "application/json",
            "type": "application/vnd.openstack.fm.v1+json"
        }
    ],
    "links": [
        {
            "href": "http://127.168.204.2:18002/v1/",
            "rel": "self"
        },
        {
            "href": "https://docs.starlingx.io/api-ref/stx-fault/index.html",
            "type": "text/html",
            "rel": "describedby"
        }
    ],
    "event_log": [
        {
            "href": "http://127.168.204.2:18002/v1/event_log/",
            "rel": "self"
        },
        {
            "href": "http://127.168.204.2:18002/event_log/",
            "rel": "bookmark"
        }
    ],
    "alarms": [
        {
            "href": "http://127.168.204.2:18002/v1/alarms/",
            "rel": "self"
        },
        {
            "href": "http://127.168.204.2:18002/alarms/",
            "rel": "bookmark"
        }
    ],
    "event_suppression": [
        {
            "href": "http://127.168.204.2:18002/v1/event_suppression/",
            "rel": "self"
        },
        {
            "href": "http://127.168.204.2:18002/event_suppression/",
            "rel": "bookmark"
        }
    ],
    "id": "v1"
}

This operation does not accept a request body.

Alarms¶

These APIs allow the display of the Active Alarms in the system.

GET

/v1/alarms

Lists all active alarms based on specified query

The supported query options are alarm_id, entity_type_id, entity_instance_id, severity and alarm_type.

Normal response codes

200

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404)

Request parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
include_suppress (Optional)	query	xsd:boolean	This optional parameter when set to true (include_suppress=true) specifies to include suppressed alarms in output.
expand (Optional)	query	xsd:boolean	This optional parameter when set to true (expand=true) specifies that the response should contains the same response parameters as when querying for a specific alarm.

Response parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
ialarms (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	The list of active alarms based on the specified query.
alarm_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The alarm ID; each type of alarm has a unique ID. Note the alarm_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an alarm instance.
entity_instance_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The instance of the object raising alarm. A . separated list of sub-entity-type=instance-value pairs, representing the containment structure of the overall entity instance. Note the alarm_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an alarm instance.
reason_text (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The text description of the alarm.
severity (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The severity of the alarm; `critical`, `major`, `minor`, or `warning`.
timestamp (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time in UTC at which the alarm has last been updated.
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of the alarm.

http://192.168.204.2:18002/v1/alarms?q.field=severity&q.op=eq&q.type=&q.value=major&include_suppress=True

{
   "ialarms":[
      {
         "severity":"major",
         "timestamp":"2016-05-12T12:11:10.405609",
         "uuid":"25d28c97-70e4-45c7-a896-ba8e71a81f26",
         "alarm_id":"400.002",
         "entity_instance_id":"service_domain=controller.service_group=oam-services",
         "suppression_status":"suppressed",
         "reason_text":"Service group oam-services loss of redundancy; expected 1 standby member but no standby members available",
         "mgmt_affecting": "warning"
      },
      {
         "severity":"major",
         "timestamp":"2016-05-12T12:08:12.850730",
         "uuid":"63c94239-2d16-4a30-a910-60198de1c0a8",
         "alarm_id":"200.001",
         "entity_instance_id":"host=controller-1",
         "suppression_status":"unsuppressed",
         "reason_text":"controller-1 was administratively locked to take it out-of-service.",
         "mgmt_affecting": "warning"
      }
   ]
}

GET

/v1/alarms/{alarm_uuid}

Shows information about a specific alarm

Normal response codes

200

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404)

Request parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
alarm_uuid	URI	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of an existing active alarm.

Response parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
alarm_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The alarm ID; each type of alarm has a unique ID. Note the alarm_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an alarm instance.
entity_instance_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The instance of the object raising alarm. A . separated list of sub-entity-type=instance-value pairs, representing the containment structure of the overall entity instance. Note the alarm_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an alarm instance.
reason_text (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The text description of the alarm.
severity (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The severity of the alarm; `critical`, `major`, `minor`, or `warning`.
timestamp (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time in UTC at which the alarm has last been updated.
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of the alarm.
alarm_state (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The state of the alarm; `set` or `clear`
service_affecting (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	Indicates whether the alarm affects the service.
proposed_repair_action (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The proposed action to clear the alarm.
alarm_type (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The type of the alarm.
entity_type_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The type of the object raising the alarm. A . separated list of sub-entity-type, representing the containment structure of the overall entity type.
probable_cause (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The probable cause of the alarm.
suppression (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	Indicates whether suppression of the specific alarm is allowed.
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The universally unique identifier for this object.
links (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	For convenience, resources contain links to themselves. This allows a client to easily obtain rather than construct resource URIs. The following types of link relations are associated with resources: a self link containing a versioned link to the resource, and a bookmark link containing a permanent link to a resource that is appropriate for long term storage.
created_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was created.
updated_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was last updated.

{
    "alarm_state": "set",
    "service_affecting": "True",
    "proposed_repair_action": "contact next level of support",
    "alarm_type": "processing-error",
    "severity": "minor",
    "created_at": "2014-09-23T00:38:16.797155+00:00",
    "entity_type_id": "host",
    "probable_cause": "key-expired",
    "updated_at": "2014-09-24T00:38:17.403135+00:00",
    "alarm_id": "400.003",
    "entity_instance_id": "system=big_lab.host=controller-0",
    "suppression": "False",
    "timestamp": "2014-09-24T00:38:17.400169+00:00",
    "uuid": "2a88acd3-e9eb-432e-bc0a-4276e3537a40",
    "reason_text": "evaluation license key will exprire on 31-dec-2014",
    "mgmt_affecting": "critical"
}

This operation does not accept a request body.

DELETE

/v1/alarms/{alarm_uuid}

Deletes a specific alarm

NOTE Typically this command should NOT be used. I.e typically alarms will be and should be cleared by the system when the alarm condition clears. This command is only provided in the event that the alarm has cleared but for some reason the system has not removed the alarm.

Normal response codes

204

Request parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
alarm_uuid	URI	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of an existing active alarm.

This operation does not accept a request body.

SUMMARY

/v1/alarms/summary

Summarize all active alarms by severity

Normal response codes

200

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413)

Request parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
include_suppress (Optional)	query	xsd:boolean	This optional parameter when set to true (include_suppress=true) specifies to include suppressed alarms in the summations (default false).

Response parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
status (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	Overall system status based on alarms present; `critical`, `degraded`, or `OK`.
critical (Optional)	plain	xsd:integer	Count of critical alarms on the system
major (Optional)	plain	xsd:integer	Count of major alarms on the system
minor (Optional)	plain	xsd:integer	Count of minor alarms on the system
warnings (Optional)	plain	xsd:integer	Count of warnings on the system

{
    "status": "OK",
    "major": 0,
    "warnings": 0,
    "critical": 0,
    "minor": 0
}

Event Log¶

These APIs allow the display of the Event Log in the system. The Event log contains both historical alarms and customer logs.

GET

/v1/event_log

Lists all event logs (historical alarms and customer logs) based on specified query. The logs are returned in reverse chronological order

The supported query options are event_log_id, entity_type_id, entity_instance_id, severity, event_log_type, start and end.

Normal response codes

200

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404)

Request parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
q (Optional)	query	xsd:list	This parameter specifies filter rules for the logs to be returned.
limit (Optional)	query	xsd:int	This parameter specifies the maximum number of event logs to be returned.
alarms (Optional)	query	xsd:boolean	This optional parameter when set to true (alarms=true) specifies that only alarm event log records should be returned.
logs (Optional)	query	xsd:boolean	This optional parameter when set to true (logs=true) specifies that only customer log records should be returned.
include_suppress (Optional)	query	xsd:boolean	This optional parameter when set to true (include_suppress=true) specifies to include suppressed alarms in output.
expand (Optional)	query	xsd:boolean	This optional parameter when set to true (expand=true) specifies that the response should contains the same response parameters as when querying for a specific event log.

Response parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
event_log (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	The list of events log based on the specified query.
event_log_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The event log ID; each type of event log has a unique ID. Note the event_log_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an event log instance.
state (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The state of the event; `set`, `clear` or `log`
entity_instance_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The instance of the object generating the event log. A . separated list of sub-entity-type=instance-value pairs, representing the containment structure of the overall entity instance. Note the event_log_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an event log instance.
reason_text (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The text description of the event log.
severity (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The severity of the event log; `critical`, `major`, `minor` or `warning`.
timestamp (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time in UTC at which the event log has last been updated.
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of the event log.
next (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The next attribute is the request to use to get the next n items. It is used to paginate the event log list.

http://192.168.204.2:18002/v1/event_log?q.field=start&q.field=end&q.op=eq&q.op=eq&q.type=&q.type=&q.value=2014-11-28T16%3A56%3A44&q.value=2014-11-28T16%3A56%3A45&limit=2

{
    "event_log": [
    {
        "severity": "critical",
        "timestamp": "2014-11-28T16:56:44.814747",
        "uuid": "67f88971-d769-450e-9e8a-126dd8585187",
        "event_log_id": "400.005",
        "entity_instance_id": "host=controller-0.network=mgmt",
        "reason_text": "Communication failure detected with peer over port eth1 on host controller-0",
        "state": "log"
    },
    {
        "severity": "major",
        "timestamp": "2014-11-28T16:56:44.808965",
        "uuid": "1a259ab9-8ea2-4177-8053-ad7596509c66",
        "log_id": "400.002",
        "entity_instance_id": "service_domain=controller.service_group=cloud-services",
        "reason_text": "Service group cloud-services loss of redundancy; expected 1 standby member but no standby members available",
        "state": "set"
    }],
        "next": "http://192.168.204.2:18002/v1/event_log?sort_key=timestamp&sort_dir=desc&limit=2&marker=1a259ab9-8ea2-4177-8053-ad7596509c66"
}

GET

/v1/event_log/{log_uuid}

Shows information about a specific event log

Normal response codes

200

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404)

Request parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
log_uuid	URI	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of an event log.

Response parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
event_log_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The event log ID; each type of event log has a unique ID. Note the event_log_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an event log instance.
state (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The state of the event; `set`, `clear` or `log`
entity_instance_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The instance of the object generating the event log. A . separated list of sub-entity-type=instance-value pairs, representing the containment structure of the overall entity instance. Note the event_log_id and the entity_instance_id uniquely identify an event log instance.
reason_text (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The text description of the event log.
severity (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The severity of the event log; `critical`, `major`, `minor` or `warning`.
timestamp (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time in UTC at which the event log has last been updated.
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of the event log.
next (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The next attribute is the request to use to get the next n items. It is used to paginate the event log list.
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The universally unique identifier for this object.
links (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	For convenience, resources contain links to themselves. This allows a client to easily obtain rather than construct resource URIs. The following types of link relations are associated with resources: a self link containing a versioned link to the resource, and a bookmark link containing a permanent link to a resource that is appropriate for long term storage.
created_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was created.
updated_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was last updated.

{
    "state": "set",
    "service_affecting": "True",
    "proposed_repair_action":
    "Contact next level of support.",
    "event_log_type": "processing-error",
    "severity": "critical",
    "created_at": "2014-11-28T20:00:56.116251+00:00",
    "entity_type_id": "service_domain.service_group.host",
    "probable_cause": "underlying-resource-unavailable",
    "updated_at": null,
    "event_log_id": "400.001",
    "entity_instance_id":"system=1bcd6f11-8152-45f7-9d93-0960e1887afe.service_domain=controller.service_group=patching-services.host=controller-0",
    "suppression": "True",
    "timestamp": "2014-11-28T20:00:56.114060+00:00",
    "uuid": "8701d806-cae7-4f34-be8d-17fd11a0d25d",
    "reason_text": "Service group failure; patch-alarm-manager(disabled, failed)."
}

This operation does not accept a request body.

Event Suppression¶

These APIs allow the display of the Event Suppression state in the system.

GET

/v1/event_suppression

Lists suppressed event id’s

Normal response codes

200

Error response codes

computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404)

Response parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
event_suppression (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	The list of suppressed event types.
alarm_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The alarm ID type (event ID type) that can be suppressed or unsuppressed.
description (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The text description of the event type.
suppression_status (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The suppression status for the event ID type; `suppressed` or `unsuppressed`
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The universally unique identifier for this object.
links (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	For convenience, resources contain links to themselves. This allows a client to easily obtain rather than construct resource URIs. The following types of link relations are associated with resources: a self link containing a versioned link to the resource, and a bookmark link containing a permanent link to a resource that is appropriate for long term storage.
created_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was created.
updated_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was last updated.

{
   "event_suppression":[
      {
         "alarm_id":"100.101",
         "suppression_status":"unsuppressed",
         "description":"Platform CPU threshold exceeded; threshold x%, actual y% .",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/v1/event_suppression/494af09d-6810-4cf2-a57b-528f570f0511",
               "rel":"self"
            },
            {
               "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/event_suppression/494af09d-6810-4cf2-a57b-528f570f0511",
               "rel":"bookmark"
            }
         ],
         "uuid":"494af09d-6810-4cf2-a57b-528f570f0511"
      },
      {
         "alarm_id":"100.102",
         "suppression_status":"unsuppressed",
         "description":"VSwitch CPU threshold exceeded; threshold x%, actual y% .",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/v1/event_suppression/b140b479-10a3-430f-9aba-a9a46b3fc03f",
               "rel":"self"
            },
            {
               "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/event_suppression/b140b479-10a3-430f-9aba-a9a46b3fc03f",
               "rel":"bookmark"
            }
         ],
         "uuid":"b140b479-10a3-430f-9aba-a9a46b3fc03f"
      },

      ...

      {
         "alarm_id":"900.003",
         "suppression_status":"suppressed",
         "description":"Patch host install failure.",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/v1/event_suppression/72285cc6-07ad-47ef-8b39-2e4482895533",
               "rel":"self"
            },
            {
               "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/event_suppression/72285cc6-07ad-47ef-8b39-2e4482895533",
               "rel":"bookmark"
            }
         ],
         "uuid":"72285cc6-07ad-47ef-8b39-2e4482895533"
      }
   ]
}

This operation does not accept a request body.

PATCH

/v1/event_suppression/{event_suppression_uuid}

Modifies the value of an event suppression

Normal response codes

200

Error response codes

badMediaType (415)

Request parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
event_suppression_uuid	URI	csapi:UUID	The unique identifier of an event suppression.
suppression_status (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The suppression status of an event suppression; `suppressed` or `unsuppressed`

Response parameters

Parameter	Style	Type	Description
event_suppression (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	URIs to the modified event suppression.
alarm_id (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The alarm ID type (event ID type) that can be suppressed or unsuppressed.
description (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The text description of the event type.
suppression_status (Optional)	plain	xsd:string	The suppression status for the event ID type; `suppressed` or `unsuppressed`
uuid (Optional)	plain	csapi:UUID	The universally unique identifier for this object.
links (Optional)	plain	xsd:list	For convenience, resources contain links to themselves. This allows a client to easily obtain rather than construct resource URIs. The following types of link relations are associated with resources: a self link containing a versioned link to the resource, and a bookmark link containing a permanent link to a resource that is appropriate for long term storage.
created_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was created.
updated_at (Optional)	plain	xsd:dateTime	The time when the object was last updated.

[
   {
      "path":"/suppression_status",
      "value":"unsuppressed",
      "op":"replace"
   }
]

{
   "description":"Service group loss of redundancy; expected <num> standby member<s> but only <num> standby member<s> available.ORService group loss of redundancy; expected <num> standby member<s> but only <num> standby member<s> available.ORService group loss of redu ...",
   "links":[
      {
         "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/v1/event_suppression/eb54eb1a-6314-4818-8fe7-83bdb6fe5b80",
         "rel":"self"
      },
      {
         "href":"http://192.168.204.2:6385/event_suppression/eb54eb1a-6314-4818-8fe7-83bdb6fe5b80",
         "rel":"bookmark"
      }
   ],
   "created_at":"2016-05-09T11:25:22.436412+00:00",
   "updated_at":"2016-05-12T12:38:51.524402+00:00",
   "alarm_id":"400.002",
   "suppression_status":"unsuppressed",
   "id":37,
   "uuid":"eb54eb1a-6314-4818-8fe7-83bdb6fe5b80"
}

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API versions¶

Alarms¶

Event Log¶

Event Suppression¶

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