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# IBM Cloud Event Notifications

Use Event Notifications to streamline incident management with the communication tools that you already use. The service offers key features like centralized event alert routing, incoming event filtering, and broad distribution.

## Get started

- [Getting started with Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-getting-started&format=markdown)
- [What is Event Notifications?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-about&format=markdown)
- [Your responsibilities with IBM Cloud Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-responsibilities&format=markdown)
- [How does Event Notifications calculate pricing?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-new-pricing&format=markdown)
- [Release notes for Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-release-notes&format=markdown)

## Tutorials

- Route notifications to destinations
   - [Route notifications to destinations with filters and subscriptions](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-create-en-topic&format=markdown)
   - [Create a topic](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-route-create-topic&format=markdown)
   - [Create event filters](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-route-create-filters&format=markdown)
   - [Create subscriptions](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-route-create-subscriptions&format=markdown)
   - [Review and complete](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-route-review&format=markdown)
- [Monitoring Secrets Manager certificates and secrets expiry](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-tutorial-en-monitor-secret&format=markdown)
- [Integrating IBM Cloud Logs alerts with Event Notifications and raising PagerDuty alerts](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-tutorial-en-icl-pd-integration&format=markdown)
- [Migrating from PagerDuty to On Call Manager with Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-tutorial-en-pd-ocm-migration&format=markdown)
- [Migrating your apps from Push Notifications to Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-migrate-apps&format=markdown)

## How to

- Event sources
   - [Working with IBM Cloud Resource lifecycle events](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-resource-lifecycle-events&format=markdown)
   - [Adding an Event Notifications source](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-add-source&format=markdown)
   - [Registering event sources](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-source&format=markdown)
   - [Event source, Event types, and Event Notifications payload details](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-map-source-with-notification&format=markdown)
   - [Viewing payloads of notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-view-notification-payloads&format=markdown)
- Event destinations
   - [Working with event destinations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destination&format=markdown)
   - [Creating an Event Notifications destination](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-create-en-destination&format=markdown)
   - Email destinations
      - [Email Destinations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-email&format=markdown)
      - [IBM Cloud Inbuilt Email Service](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destination-email-destination-default&format=markdown)
      - [IBM Cloud Email Service with Custom domain](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-custom-email&format=markdown)
      - [Tracking Email Status](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destination-email-custom-domain-status&format=markdown)
      - [Custom Domain Email Opt-out functionality](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-custom-domain-opt-out&format=markdown)
   - SMS destinations
      - [IBM Cloud SMS service](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-sms&format=markdown)
      - [IBM Cloud SMS and MMS service with Custom SMS](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-sms-custom&format=markdown)
   - Push notifications destinations
      - [Push notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-push&format=markdown)
      - [Creating and sending push notifications to Android mobile using Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-push-fcm&format=markdown)
      - [Creating and sending push notifications to iOS mobile using Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-push-apns&format=markdown)
      - [Creating and sending push notifications to Chrome web by using Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-push-chrome&format=markdown)
      - [Creating and sending push notifications to Firefox web by using Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-push-firefox&format=markdown)
      - [Creating and sending push notifications to Safari web by using Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-push-safari&format=markdown)
      - [Creating push notifications to Huawei using Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-push-huawei&format=markdown)
   - [Slack](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-slack&format=markdown)
   - [Microsoft Teams](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-msteams&format=markdown)
   - [PagerDuty](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-pagerduty&format=markdown)
   - [Webhooks](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-webhook&format=markdown)
   - [ServiceNow](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-servicenow&format=markdown)
   - [Code Engine](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-codeengine&format=markdown)
   - [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-cloud-object-storage&format=markdown)
   - [Event Streams](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destinations-event-streams&format=markdown)
   - [IBM Cloud App Configuration](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-destination-app-configuration&format=markdown)
   - [Testing destinations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-test-destination&format=markdown)
- [Collecting failed events](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-cfe-integrations&format=markdown)
- Event Notifications Templates
   - [Creating an Event Notifications template](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-create-en-template&format=markdown)
   - [Pre-defined templates](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-predefinedTemplates&format=markdown)
   - [Email Templates](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-email-templates&format=markdown)
   - [Webhook Notification Template](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-webhook-notifications-template&format=markdown)
   - [Slack Notification Template](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-slack-notification-template&format=markdown)
   - [PagerDuty Notification Template](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-pagerduty-notification-template&format=markdown)
   - [Event Streams Notification Template](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-event-streams-notification-template&format=markdown)
   - [Code Engine Notification Template](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-code-engine-notification-template&format=markdown)
   - [App Configuration Notification Template](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-app-configuration-notification-template&format=markdown)
- [Markdown formatting](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-markdown-formatted-notifications&format=markdown)
- [Advanced Filtering using JSONPath](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-advanced-filtering&format=markdown)
- [Creating an Event Notifications subscription](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-create-en-subscription&format=markdown)
- [Integrating Event Notifications with other IBM Cloud services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-integrations&format=markdown)
- [Using the Event Notifications SMTP Interface](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-smtp-configurations&format=markdown)
- Observability
   - [Logging for Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-logging&format=markdown)
   - [Monitoring metrics for Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-monitoring&format=markdown)
   - [Monitor IBM Cloud® Event Notifications metrics for email notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-manage-monitor-metrics&format=markdown)
- Enhancing security
   - [Managing IAM access for Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-service-access-management&format=markdown)
   - [Assigning access to individual topics and subscriptions](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-assign-access-to-topics-subscriptions&format=markdown)
   - [Authorizing Event Notifications to access other services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-using-s2s-authorization&format=markdown)
   - [Managing access with context-based restrictions](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-access-control-cbr&format=markdown)
   - [Activity tracking events for Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-at_events&format=markdown)
   - [Data security and compliance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-data-security-and-compliance&format=markdown)
   - [Securing your data in Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-mng-data&format=markdown)
   - [Managing encryption](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-managing-encryption&format=markdown)
   - [TLS cipher support](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-cipher-support&format=markdown)
   - [Authenticating with service credentials](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-service-credentials&format=markdown)
   - [Email Best Practices](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-email-bestpractices&format=markdown)
   - Privately connecting to Event Notifications
      - [Using service endpoints to privately connect to Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-service-connection&format=markdown)
- Scheduling Events
   - [Periodic Timer](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-cron-periodic-timer&format=markdown)

## Reference

- High availability and disaster recovery
   - [High availability](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-high-availability&format=markdown)
   - [Disaster recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-bc-dr&format=markdown)
- API Reference
   - [Event Notifications API](https://{DomainName}/apidocs/event-notifications)
- CLI Reference
   - [Event Notifications CLI](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-event-notifications-cli&format=markdown)
- SDKs
   - [Go Admin SDK](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-go-admin-sdk#ibm-cloud-event-notifications-go-admin-sdk-018)
   - [Node Admin SDK](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-node-admin-sdk#ibm-cloud-event-notifications-nodejs-sdk)
   - [Java Admin SDK](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-java-admin-sdk#java-server-sdk-for-ibm-cloud-event-notifications-service-version-018)
   - [Python Admin SDK](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-python-admin-sdk#ibm-cloud-event-notifications-python-admin-sdk-018)
   - [Android Client SDK](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-destination-android-sdk#android-destination-sdk-for-ibm-cloud-event-notifications-service-version-001)
   - [iOS Client SDK](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-destination-ios-sdk#ios-destination-sdk-for-ibm-cloud-event-notifications-service-version-0041)
- Terraform Reference
   - [Event Notification Terraform Reference](https://registry.terraform.io/modules/terraform-ibm-modules/event-notifications/ibm/latest)
- [Regions and endpoints](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-regions-endpoints&format=markdown)
- [Virtual Private Endpoint](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-vpe&format=markdown)
- [Understanding data portability for IBM Cloud Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-data-portability&format=markdown)
- [Event Notifications payload](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-spec-payload&format=markdown)
- [Transforming messages with notification payloads for destinations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-map-notificationpayload-destination-params&format=markdown)
- [Event Notifications notices](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-notices&format=markdown)

## Help

- [Getting help and support for Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-getting-help-and-support&format=markdown)
- [FAQs for Event Notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-faqs-operations&format=markdown)
- Troubleshooting
   - [Why don't I have permissions to integrate an Event Notifications instance?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-troubleshoot-integrate&format=markdown)
   - [Why don't I have permissions to create a destination or send notifications?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-troubleshoot-create-destination&format=markdown)
   - [Why can't I create email (SMTP_IBM) and SMS (SMS_IBM) destinations?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-troubleshoot-email-destination&format=markdown)
   - [Why can't I write rules for the topic?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-troubleshoot-rules-topic&format=markdown)
   - [Why is the notification absent from the destinations?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-troubleshoot-notification-topic&format=markdown)
   - [Why can't I perform an action when working with Event Notifications?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/event-notifications?topic=event-notifications-en-ip-address-not-allowed&format=markdown)