3.17. Example: Check System Events
The
start action for the vm1 creates several entries in the events collection. This example lists the events collection and identifies events specific to the API starting a virtual machine.
Example 3.20. List the events collection
Request:
GET /api/events HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml
cURL command:
# curl -X GET -H "Accept: application/xml" -u [USER:PASS] \
--cacert [CERT] \
https://[RHEVM Host]:443/api/events
Result:
<events>
...
<event id="103" href="/api/events/103">
<description>User admin logged out.</description>
<code>31</code>
<severity>normal</severity>
<time>2011-06-29T17:42:41.544+10:00</time>
<user id="80b71bae-98a1-11e0-8f20-525400866c73"
href="/api/users/80b71bae-98a1-11e0-8f20-525400866c73"/>
</event>
<event id="102" href="/api/events/102">
<description>vm1 was started by admin (Host: hypervisor).</description>
<code>153</code>
<severity>normal</severity>
<time>2011-06-29T17:42:41.499+10:00</time>
<user id="80b71bae-98a1-11e0-8f20-525400866c73"
href="/api/users/80b71bae-98a1-11e0-8f20-525400866c73"/>
<vm id="6efc0cfa-8495-4a96-93e5-ee490328cf48"
href="/api/vms/6efc0cfa-8495-4a96-93e5-ee490328cf48"/>
<host id="0656f432-923a-11e0-ad20-5254004ac988"
href="/api/hosts/0656f432-923a-11e0-ad20-5254004ac988"/>
</event>
<event id="101" href="/api/events/101">
<description>User admin logged in.</description>
<code>30</code>
<severity>normal</severity>
<time>2011-06-29T17:42:40.505+10:00</time>
<user id="80b71bae-98a1-11e0-8f20-525400866c73"
href="/api/users/80b71bae-98a1-11e0-8f20-525400866c73"/>
</event>
...
</events>
The following events occur:
id="101"- The API authenticates with theadminuser's user name and password.id="102"- The API, acting as theadminuser, startsvm1on thehypervisorhost.id="103"- The API logs out of theadminuser account.
