Message Subscription Settings

Message subscription settings customize notifications for resource changes, including create, delete, resize, password change, operation failure, and expiration release.

Message subscription settings customize notifications for resource changes. Supported operations include create, delete, resize, password change, operation failure, expiration release, scheduled tasks, automatic snapshots, and scaling policies. You can configure recipients or bots for resource messages.

Note: All message subscriptions notify the admin role for global resources by default.

Entry: In the cloud management platform, click the navigation menu in the upper left, then click “Monitoring & Operations / Monitoring / Message Center / Message Subscription Settings” in the left menu to open Message Subscription Settings.

Message Subscription Settings list

List fields

FieldDescription
Message nameSubscription name, such as resource sync notice, resource release, or password expiration; click to open details
Message typeAutomation workflow, resource message, or security message
StatusEnabled or disabled

Recipient management

Manage recipients or bots that receive notifications. Click “Recipient management” in the row actions to open details — Recipient management.

Recipient management list fields

FieldDescription
Resource scopeScope of resources that trigger notifications: global, domain (domain name shown), or project (project name shown)
StatusRecipient enabled status
TypeRecipient, role, or bot
Receiving objectUser name for recipients; role name and scope for roles; bot name for bots
Message silence periodIdentical resource notifications are not resent within the silence period (for example 5 minutes or 1 hour)

Create a recipient

Create a recipient, role, or bot that receives notifications.

  1. On the message subscription details — Recipient management page, click “Create” above the list to open the create dialog.
  2. Configure the following:
ParameterDescription
Resource scopeLimit which resources send notifications. System: all resource changes in the system; Domain with a specified domain: only that domain; Project with a specified project: only that project
TypeRecipient, role, or bot
RecipientsWhen type is Recipient, select one or more users
Role scopeWhen type is Role: global, domain, or project
RoleWhen type is Role, select the role. Global notifies matching-role users system-wide; domain notifies matching-role users in the resource’s domain; project notifies matching-role users in the resource’s project
BotWhen type is Bot, select the bot
Message silence periodSilence window for identical resource messages; the first notice is sent immediately. Options: 5, 10, 15, 30 minutes; 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24 hours
Create recipient dialog
  1. Click “OK”.

Edit a recipient

Edit a recipient configured under recipient management.

  1. On the message subscription details — Recipient management page, click “Edit” in the row actions.
  2. Resource scope and type cannot be changed; you can edit recipients, roles, bots, and silence period.
  3. Click “OK”.

Enable / disable recipients

Enable or disable recipients. Disabled recipients do not receive resource notifications.

ActionSingleBatch
EnableFor a disabled recipient, “More”“Enable”Select one or more, then “More”“Enable” above the list
DisableFor an enabled recipient, “More”“Disable”Select one or more, then “More”“Disable” above the list

Click “OK” in the confirmation dialog.

Delete recipients

Delete recipients from recipient management.

ActionSteps
Delete one“More”“Delete”, then “OK”
Delete manySelect one or more, “More”“Delete” above the list, then “OK”

Enable message subscriptions

Enable disabled messages. When a message is disabled, all of its receiving objects stop getting related resource notifications.

Note: Only the admin console (system admin) can enable message subscriptions.

ActionSteps
Enable oneFor a disabled message, click “Enable” in the row actions, then “OK”
Enable manySelect one or more disabled messages, click “Enable” above the list, then “OK”

Disable message subscriptions

Disable enabled messages. When a message is disabled, all of its receiving objects stop getting related resource notifications.

Note: Only the admin console (system admin) can disable message subscriptions.

ActionSteps
Disable oneFor an enabled message, click “Disable” in the row actions, then “OK”
Disable manySelect one or more enabled messages, click “Disable” above the list, then “OK”

View message subscription details

View message details.

  1. On Message Subscription Settings, click the message name to open details.
  2. Review:
TabDescription
Basic informationID, message name, name, message type, status, creation time, update time
Resource listResource types that send this message

View operation logs

View operation logs for the message subscription.

  1. On Message Subscription Settings, click the message name to open details.
  2. Open the “Operation logs” tab.
ActionDescription
Load more logsThe list shows 20 logs by default; click “Load more” for more
View log detailsClick “View” in the row actions; you can copy the details
View logs for a time rangeSet start and end dates in the upper right of the list
Export logsOnly the current page is exported. Click in the upper right, choose columns, and click “OK”