Introduction to LayerX Integration PowerPack

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This section describes the event policies found in this PowerPack.

Use the following menu options to navigate the SL1 user interface:

  • To view a pop-out list of menu options, click the menu icon ().
  • To view a page containing all of the menu options, click the Advanced menu icon ().

What is the LayerX Integration PowerPack?

The LayerX Integration PowerPack contains event policies that:

  • Match alerts sent by VOSS Insights to SL1 via the API and generates an event for each VOSS Insights event.

The PowerPack also includes dashboards that integrate with LayerX and displays information about your LayerX devices.

Available Event Policies

The LayerX IntegrationPowerPack includes several pre-defined event policies for VOSS Insights events:

Event Policy Name Description Event Source Severity
LayerX Critical Alert This event policy matches alerts sent from LayerX with critical severity. API Critical
LayerX Major Alert This event policy matches alerts sent from LayerX with a major severity. API Major
LayerX Minor Alert This event policy matches alerts sent from LayerX with a minor severity. API Minor
LayerX Informational Alert This event policy matches alerts sent from LayerX with an informational severity. API Notice

VOSS Insights Event Severity to SL1 Event Severity Mapping

The following table lists the different names for the aligned events in VOSS Insights and SL1:

VOSS Insights Event Severity SL1 Event Severity
Critical Critical
Major Major
Minor Minor
Informational Notice

Installing the LayerX Integration PowerPack

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.

Configuring VOSS Insights for SL1 Event Policies

For steps on how to configure LayerX to send alerts to SL1, see the Administration Guide on the LayerX Arbitrator documentation site.