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6. Create a runbook policy

3.1: Overview

In this lab, you will create a new AIOps policy to associate specific alerts with our newly created runbook.

3.2: Create a runbook policy

Use the following steps to set up the new runbook policy:

Log in to the AIOps console
Select Automations from the Quick navigation menu or Operate → Automations from the main menu

Select the Policies tab
Click the Create policy button to create a new policy
Find the Assign a runbook to alerts policy type and click Create
Enter a Policy name for the policy: Branched example
Leave the Execution order as the default value
Under Policy triggers: check After an alert is created
Under Policy triggers: uncheck After an alert has been updated

Scroll down to Condition sets
Click the Add condition button to add a condition for this policy
Select Alert property from the drop-down menu
Set: Property to: Value of: alert.summary by choosing summary from the pop-up list
Set: Operator to: contains
Set: Matches to: only
Type into Value box: Branched example and select String: Branched example from the popup

Scroll down to Assign Runbook(s)
Check: Branched example from the list of available runbooks

note

Multiple runbooks can be assigned to an alert but we will only be assigning one in this lab.

Scroll down to Hostname to set the value for our runbook parameter
Set: Select mapping type to: Choose from alert
Click on the selection box and select: alert.resource.name to set the mapping to: Value of: alert.resource.name:

Scroll back to the top, checking your settings as you go
Click the Create policy button to save your new runbook:

If you type Branched into the search box, you should see your newly created policy:

3.1: Overview
3.2: Create a runbook policy