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Creating rules that react to events in Amazon EventBridge

To take action on events received by Amazon EventBridge, you can create rules. When an event matches the event pattern defined in your rule, EventBridge sends the event to the specified target and triggers the action defined in the rule.

The following video explores creating different kinds of rules, and how to test them:

The following steps walk you through how to create a rule that EventBridge uses to match events as they are sent to the specified event bus.

Define the rule

First, enter a name and description for your rule to identify it. You must also define the event bus where your rule looks for events to match to an event pattern.

To define the rule detail

  1. Open the Amazon EventBridge console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Rules.

  3. Choose Create rule.

  4. Enter a Name and, optionally, a Description for the rule.

    A rule can't have the same name as another rule in the same AWS Region and on the same event bus.

  5. For Event bus, choose the event bus to associate with this rule. If you want this rule to match events that come from your account, select AWS default event bus. When an AWS service in your account emits an event, it always goes to your account’s default event bus.

  6. For Rule type, choose Rule with an event pattern.

  7. Choose Next.

Build the event pattern

Next, build the event pattern. To do this, specify the event source, choose the basis for the event pattern, and define the attributes and values to match on. You can also generate the event pattern in JSON and test it against a sample event.

To build the event pattern

  1. For Event source, choose AWS events or EventBridge partner events.

  2. (Optional) In the Sample events section, choose a Sample event type against which you want to test your event pattern.

    The following sample event types are available:

    • AWS events – Select from events emitted from supported AWS services.

    • EventBridge partner events – Select from events emitted from third-party services that support EventBridge, such as Salesforce.

    • Enter my own – Enter your own event in JSON text.

      You can also use an AWS or partner event as the starting point for creating your own custom event.

      1. Select AWS events or EventBridge partner events.

      2. Use the Sample events dropdown to select the event you want to use as a starting point for your custom event.

        EventBridge displays the sample event.

      3. Select Copy.

      4. Select Enter my own for Event type.

      5. Delete the sample event structure in the JSON editing pane, and paste the AWS or partner event in its place.

      6. Edit the event JSON to create your own sample event.

  3. Choose a Creation method. You can create an event pattern from an EventBridge schema or template, or you can create a custom event pattern.

    Existing schema

    To use an existing EventBridge schema to create the event pattern, do the following:

    1. In the Creation method section, for Method, select Use schema.

    2. In the Event pattern section, for Schema type, select Select schema from Schema registry.

    3. For Schema registry, choose the dropdown box and enter the name of a schema registry, such as aws.events. You can also select an option from the dropdown list that appears.

    4. For Schema, choose the dropdown box and enter the name of the schema to use. For example, aws.s3@ObjectDeleted. You can also select an option from the dropdown list that appears.

    5. In the Models section, choose the Edit button next to any attribute to open its properties. Set the Relationship and Value fields as needed, then choose Set to save the attribute.

      Note

      For information about an attribute's definition, choose the Info icon next to the attribute's name. For a reference on how to set attribute properties in your event, open the Note section of the attribute properties dialog box.

      To delete an attribute's properties, choose the Edit button for that attribute, then choose Clear.

    6. Choose Generate event pattern in JSON to generate and validate your event pattern as JSON text.

    7. (Optional) To test the sample event against your test pattern, choose Test pattern.

      EventBridge displays a message box stating whether your sample event matches the event pattern.

      You can also choose any of the following options:

      • Copy – Copy the event pattern to your device's clipboard.

      • Prettify – Makes the JSON text easier to read by adding line breaks, tabs, and spaces.

    Custom schema

    To write a custom schema and convert it to an event pattern, do the following:

    1. In the Creation method section, for Method, choose Use schema.

    2. In the Event pattern section, for Schema type, choose Enter schema.

    3. Enter your schema into the text box. You must format the schema as valid JSON text.

    4. In the Models section, choose the Edit button next to any attribute to open its properties. Set the Relationship and Value fields as needed, then choose Set to save the attribute.

      Note

      For information about an attribute's definition, choose the Info icon next to the attribute's name. For a reference on how to set attribute properties in your event, open the Note section of the attribute properties dialog box.

      To delete an attribute's properties, choose the Edit button for that attribute, then choose Clear.

    5. Choose Generate event pattern in JSON to generate and validate your event pattern as JSON text.

    6. (Optional) To test the sample event against your test pattern, choose Test pattern.

      EventBridge displays a message box stating whether your sample event matches the event pattern.

      You can also choose any of the following options:

      • Copy – Copy the event pattern to your device's clipboard.

      • Prettify – Makes the JSON text easier to read by adding line breaks, tabs, and spaces.

    Event pattern

    To write a custom event pattern in JSON format, do the following:

    1. In the Creation method section, for Method, choose Custom pattern (JSON editor).

    2. For Event pattern, enter your custom event pattern in JSON-formatted text.

    3. (Optional) To test the sample event against your test pattern, choose Test pattern.

      EventBridge displays a message box stating whether your sample event matches the event pattern.

      You can also choose any of the following options:

      • Copy – Copy the event pattern to your device's clipboard.

      • Prettify – Makes the JSON text easier to read by adding line breaks, tabs, and spaces.

      • Event pattern form – Opens the event pattern in Pattern Builder. If the pattern can't be rendered in Pattern Builder as-is, EventBridge warns you before it opens Pattern Builder.

  4. Choose Next.

Select targets

Choose one or more targets to receive events that match the specified pattern. Targets can include an EventBridge event bus, EventBridge API destinations, including SaaS partners such as Salesforce, or another AWS service.

To select targets

  1. For Target type, choose one of the following target types:

    Event bus

    To select an EventBridge event bus, select EventBridge event bus, then do the following:

    API destination

    To use an EventBridge API destination, select EventBridge API destination, then do one of the following:

    • To use an existing API destination, select Use an existing API destination. Then select an API destination from the dropdown list.

    • To create a new API destination, select Create a new API destination. Then, provide the following details for the destination:

      • Name – Enter a name for the destination.

        Names must be unique within your AWS account. Names can have up to 64 characters. Valid characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and . _ - (hyphen).

      • (Optional) Description – Enter a description for the destination.

        Descriptions can have up to 512 characters.

      • API destination endpoint – The URL endpoint for the target.

        The endpoint URL must start with https. You can include the * as a path parameter wildcard. You can set path parameters from the target's HttpParameters attribute.

      • HTTP method – Select the HTTP method used when you invoke the endpoint.

      • (Optional) Invocation rate limit per second – Enter the maximum number of invocations accepted for each second for this destination.

        This value must be greater than zero. By default, this value is set to 300.

      • Connection – Choose to use a new or existing connection:

        • To use an existing connection, select Use an existing connection and select the connection from the dropdown list.

        • To create a new connection for this destination select Create a new connection, then define the connection's Name, Destination type, and Authorization type. You can also add an optional Description for this connection.

    For more information, see API destinations as targets in Amazon EventBridge.

    AWS service

    To use an AWS service, select AWS service, then do the following:

    1. For Select a target, select an AWS service to use as the target. Provide the information requested for the service you select.

      Note

      The fields displayed vary depending on the service selected. For more information about available targets, see Event bus targets available in the EventBridge console.

  2. For many target types, EventBridge needs permissions to send events to the target. In these cases, EventBridge can create the IAM role needed for your rule to run.

    For Execution role, do one of the following:

    • To create a new execution role for this rule:

      1. Select Create a new role for this specific resource.

      2. Either enter a name for this execution role, or use the name generated by EventBridge.

    • To use an existing execution role for this rule:

      1. Select Use existing role.

      2. Enter or select the name of the execution role to use from the dropdown list.

  3. (Optional) For Additional settings, specify any of the optional settings available for your target type:

    Event bus

    (Optional) For Dead-letter queue, choose whether to use a standard Amazon SQS queue as a dead-letter queue. EventBridge sends events that match this rule to the dead-letter queue if they are not successfully delivered to the target. Do one of the following:

    • Choose None to not use a dead-letter queue.

    • Choose Select an Amazon SQS queue in the current AWS account to use as the dead-letter queue and then select the queue to use from the drop-down list.

    • Choose Select an Amazon SQS queue in an other AWS account as a dead-letter queue and then enter the ARN of the queue to use. You must attach a resource-based policy to the queue that grants EventBridge permission to send messages to it.

      For more information, see Granting permissions to the dead-letter queue.

    API destination

    1. (Optional) For Configure target input, choose how you want to customize the text sent to the target for matching events. Choose one of the following:

      • Matched events – EventBridge sends the entire original source event to the target. This is the default.

      • Part of the matched events – EventBridge only sends the specified portion of the original source event to the target.

        Under Specify the part of the matched event, specify a JSON path that defines the part of the event you want EventBridge to send to the target.

      • Constant (JSON text) – EventBridge sends only the specified JSON text to the target. No part of the original source event is sent.

        Under Specify the constant in JSON, specify the JSON text that you want EventBridge to send to the target instead of the event.

      • Input transformer – Configure an input transformer to customize the text you want EventBridge send to the target. For more information, see Amazon EventBridge input transformation.

        1. Select Configure input transformer.

        2. Configure the input transformer following the steps in Configuring an input transformer when creating a rule in EventBridge.

    2. (Optional) Under Retry policy, specify how EventBridge should retry sending an event to a target after an error occurs.

      • Maximum age of event – Enter the maximum amount of time (in hours, minutes, and seconds) for EventBridge to retain unprocessed events. The default is 24 hours.

      • Retry attempts – Enter the maximum number of times EventBridge should retry sending an event to the target after an error occurs. The default is 185 times.

    3. (Optional) For Dead-letter queue, choose whether to use a standard Amazon SQS queue as a dead-letter queue. EventBridge sends events that match this rule to the dead-letter queue if they are not successfully delivered to the target. Do one of the following:

      • Choose None to not use a dead-letter queue.

      • Choose Select an Amazon SQS queue in the current AWS account to use as the dead-letter queue and then select the queue to use from the drop-down list.

      • Choose Select an Amazon SQS queue in an other AWS account as a dead-letter queue and then enter the ARN of the queue to use. You must attach a resource-based policy to the queue that grants EventBridge permission to send messages to it.

        For more information, see Granting permissions to the dead-letter queue.

    AWS service

    Note that EventBridge may not display all of the following fields for a given AWS service.

    1. (Optional) For Configure target input, choose how you want to customize the text sent to the target for matching events. Choose one of the following:

      • Matched events – EventBridge sends the entire original source event to the target. This is the default.

      • Part of the matched events – EventBridge only sends the specified portion of the original source event to the target.

        Under Specify the part of the matched event, specify a JSON path that defines the part of the event you want EventBridge to send to the target.

      • Constant (JSON text) – EventBridge sends only the specified JSON text to the target. No part of the original source event is sent.

        Under Specify the constant in JSON, specify the JSON text that you want EventBridge to send to the target instead of the event.

      • Input transformer – Configure an input transformer to customize the text you want EventBridge send to the target. For more information, see Amazon EventBridge input transformation.

        1. Select Configure input transformer.

        2. Configure the input transformer following the steps in Configuring an input transformer when creating a rule in EventBridge.

    2. (Optional) Under Retry policy, specify how EventBridge should retry sending an event to a target after an error occurs.

      • Maximum age of event – Enter the maximum amount of time (in hours, minutes, and seconds) for EventBridge to retain unprocessed events. The default is 24 hours.

      • Retry attempts – Enter the maximum number of times EventBridge should retry sending an event to the target after an error occurs. The default is 185 times.

    3. (Optional) For Dead-letter queue, choose whether to use a standard Amazon SQS queue as a dead-letter queue. EventBridge sends events that match this rule to the dead-letter queue if they are not successfully delivered to the target. Do one of the following:

      • Choose None to not use a dead-letter queue.

      • Choose Select an Amazon SQS queue in the current AWS account to use as the dead-letter queue and then select the queue to use from the drop-down list.

      • Choose Select an Amazon SQS queue in an other AWS account as a dead-letter queue and then enter the ARN of the queue to use. You must attach a resource-based policy to the queue that grants EventBridge permission to send messages to it.

        For more information, see Granting permissions to the dead-letter queue.

  4. (Optional) Choose Add another target to add another target for this rule.

  5. Choose Next.

Note that EventBridge may not display all of the following fields for a given AWS service.

Configure tags and review rule

Finally, enter any desired tags for the rule, then review and create the rule.

To configure tags, and review and create the rule

  1. (Optional) Enter one or more tags for the rule. For more information, see Tagging resources in Amazon EventBridge.

  2. Choose Next.

  3. Review the details for the new rule. To make changes to any section, choose the Edit button next to that section.

    When satisfied with the rule details, choose Create rule.