Open and close your tickets with ServiceNow
From Zebrix Control, you can create and close tickets in your favorite ITSM.
To do so, follow the steps below:
In ServiceNow:
1. Create a service account.
2. Assign the following roles to this account:
- `rest_api_explorer`
- `sn_incident_write`
In Zebrix Control:
1. Navigate to: Configuration → Incidents → Notification Channels
2. Add a new channel
Click the ➕ Add button to create a new notification channel.
3. Fill in the channel information:
- Name: Provide a descriptive name for the channel.
- Type: Select Service Now.
- Instance URL: Paste the URL of your ServiceNow instance.
- User: The name of the service account.
- Password: The password of the service account.
4. Alert level mapping:
Match the Zebrix Control alert level with the corresponding urgency level in ServiceNow.
5. Additional configuration settings:
- Close Code: The code used to close incidents in ServiceNow (by default, Zebrix uses code `6`).
- Cmdb Id: The name of the equipment attributes identifying the affected object in Service Now.
- Caller: The identifier of the Zebrix Control service in ServiceNow.
- If your ServiceNow instance is behind an HTTP proxy, provide the proxy server address and port.
6. Custom fields:
You can also provide additional custom fields specific to your integration. These will be sent to ServiceNow.




