The alarm service responsibility is to listen for alarms, store and provide access to alarms and alert of received alarms.The alarm service listens to alarms sent to the repository's alarm topic. Upon reception of an alarm the following will happen:
- The alarm will be stored in the database for later retrieval and archiving.
- If configured, e-mails will be sent to the listed recipients containing the alarm for notification.
Alarm archive
Received alarms are stored in the service database backend, and the service provides access to them through the web interface. It is possible to apply various filters for example date interval, type and component.