SolarWinds

SolarWinds' flagship product, Orion platform, is a comprehensive network management solution offering real-time monitoring and performance optimization for IT infrastructures. It enables IT professionals to quickly identify and resolve issues, optimize resource utilization, and ensure smooth network operation.

Prerequisites

Item	Description
SolarWinds Account	Account with the Administrator role
Set up SolarWinds over HTTPS data source	In SolarWinds Observability, click Add Data at the top. In the Add Data dialog, click Logs. Click Manual Configuration. Create or select an API ingestion token to use when sending your logs by doing either of the following: Select Generate New Token and enter an Ingestion Token Name, and then click Next. Select Use Existing Token and select an ingestion token from the list, and then click Next. Select HTTPS and click Next. Copy the Endpoint and Token

Item

Description

SolarWinds Account

Account with the Administrator role

Set up SolarWinds over HTTPS data source

In SolarWinds Observability, click Add Data at the top.

In the Add Data dialog, click Logs.

Click Manual Configuration.

Create or select an API ingestion token to use when sending your logs by doing either of the following:

Select Generate New Token and enter an Ingestion Token Name, and then click Next.
Select Use Existing Token and select an ingestion token from the list, and then click Next.
Select HTTPS and click Next.

Copy the Endpoint and Token

Create the webhook

On the Webhooks page, click Add Webhook. The Add Webhook page appears.
Enter a unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly Name for identifying this webhook.
Click the Status toggle to Active.
From the Method dropdown menu, select POST.
In the URL field, enter the data source endpoint.
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The webhook URL must adhere to the following requirements:
- Uses the HTTPS protocol
- Does not specify any custom ports

In the Body Template field, enter the JSON payload data for the webhook.
```
{
   "apono_event":"{{event_type}} request event from Apono made by {{data.requester.name}} - {{data.requester.email}}"
}
```
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Click View event's payload schema to reveal the payload schema and available data fields. You can also refer to the Webhook Payload Schema Reference to read the descriptions of each data field.

Under Headers, use the following Key and Value to set the headers. Be sure to replace the <TOKEN> and <X-OTEL-RESOURCE-ATTR> placeholders.

Key Value
Authorization Bearer <TOKEN>
X-Otel-Resource-Attr <X-OTEL-RESOURCE-ATTR>

This is part of the subdomain of the SolarWinds account preceding cloud.solarwinds.com.

Key	Value
Authorization	Bearer <TOKEN>
X-Otel-Resource-Attr	<X-OTEL-RESOURCE-ATTR> This is part of the subdomain of the SolarWinds account preceding cloud.solarwinds.com.

From the Triggers dropdown menu, select one or more of the following event triggers, which correspond to Apono access request statuses:
- RequestCreated
- RequestApproved
- RequestRejected
- RequestGranted
- RequestExpired
- RequestFailed
- Manual
Under Filters, define one or several filter from the listed dropdown menus.
Click Test to generate a test event to trigger your webhook. A Test successful or Test failed response status will appear at the bottom of the page. A successful test will send logs to SolarWinds with mock data.
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For more information about the test, click View Invocation Data. A panel opens revealing the request, response, and other relevant details.
Should your test fail, view these tips to troubleshoot your webhook.

Click Save Webhook.

Results

Your webhook should now start sending logs in the webhook SolarWinds account once triggered: