# salt.states.victorops

## Create an Event in VictorOps

New in version 2015.8.0.

This state is useful for creating events on the VictorOps service during state runs.

    webserver-warning-message:
      victorops.create_event:
        - message_type: 'CRITICAL'
        - entity_id: 'webserver/diskspace'
        - state_message: 'Webserver diskspace is low.'

salt.states.victorops.create_event(name, message_type, routing_key='everyone', **kwargs)

  Create an event on the VictorOps service

      webserver-warning-message:
        victorops.create_event:
          - message_type: 'CRITICAL'
          - entity_id: 'webserver/diskspace'
          - state_message: 'Webserver diskspace is low.'

      database-server-warning-message:
        victorops.create_event:
          - message_type: 'WARNING'
          - entity_id: 'db_server/load'
          - state_message: 'Database Server load is high.'
          - entity_is_host: True
          - entity_display_name: 'dbdserver.example.com'

  The following parameters are required:

  name

    This is a short description of the event.

  message_type

    One of the following values: INFO, WARNING, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, CRITICAL, RECOVERY.

  The following parameters are optional:

  > routing_key

  >   The key for where messages should be routed. By default, sent to 'everyone' route.

  > entity_id

  >   The name of alerting entity. If not provided, a random name will be assigned.

  > timestamp

  >   Timestamp of the alert in seconds since epoch. Defaults to the time the alert is received at VictorOps.

  > timestamp_fmt

  >   The date format for the timestamp parameter. Defaults to ''%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'.

  > state_start_time

  >   The time this entity entered its current state (seconds since epoch). Defaults to the time alert is received.

  > state_start_time_fmt

  >   The date format for the timestamp parameter. Defaults to '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'.

  > state_message

  >   Any additional status information from the alert item.

  > entity_is_host

  >   Used within VictorOps to select the appropriate display format for the incident.

  > entity_display_name

  >   Used within VictorOps to display a human-readable name for the entity.

  > ack_message

  >   A user entered comment for the acknowledgment.

  > ack_author

  >   The user that acknowledged the incident.