Setting up EventBridge rules - MediaConvert
Tutorial: Email alertsStep 1: Create a topic in Amazon SNSStep 2: Specify an event pattern in EventBridgeStep 3: Add the Amazon SNS topic and finish your ruleStep 4: Test your rule
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Setting up EventBridge rules

To set up Amazon EventBridge rules: Create a rule that links the event from AWS Elemental MediaConvert and the target service that responds to your job status change, such as Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) or Amazon Lambda.

For a tutorial on setting up an EventBridge rule with AWS Elemental MediaConvert, see Tutorial: Setting up email notifications for failed jobs.

For a list of the events that MediaConvert sends in the EventBridge event stream, see List of MediaConvert EventBridge events.

For more general information about using EventBridge, see the Amazon EventBridge User Guide.

For troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting Amazon EventBridge in the Amazon EventBridge User Guide.

Tutorial: Setting up email notifications for failed jobs

In this tutorial, you configure an EventBridge event rule that captures events when a job status changes to ERROR and then notifies you about the event. To do this, you first create a topic in Amazon SNS that will send you an email notification about the failed job. Next, you create a rule in EventBridge by defining an event source and referencing the Amazon SNS topic (the "target").

Step 1: Create a topic in Amazon SNS

The first part of setting up an EventBridge rule is preparing the rule target. In this case, that means creating and subscribing to an Amazon SNS topic.

To create an Amazon SNS topic

  1. Open the Amazon SNS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/sns/v3/home.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Topics, and then choose Create topic.

  3. For Type, choose Standard.

  4. For Name, enter MediaConvertJobErrorAlert, and then choose Create topic.

  5. Choose the topic Name for the topic that you just created to view the Topic details.

  6. On the MediaConvertJobErrorAlert Topic details page, in the Subscriptions section, choose Create subscription.

  7. For Protocol, choose Email. For Endpoint, enter the email address that you want Amazon SNS to send the notification to.

  8. Choose Create subscription.

  9. You will receive a notification email from Amazon SNS. When you receive it, choose the Confirm subscription link in the email.

Step 2: Specify an event pattern in an EventBridge rule

This step shows how to specify your event pattern in an EventBridge rule. This rule will capture events sent by MediaConvert when a job status changes to ERROR.

To set up an event pattern in an EventBridge rule

  1. Open the Amazon EventBridge console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/events/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Rules. Keep the default Event bus and then choose Create rule.

  3. For Name, enter MediaConvertJobStateError, and then choose Next.

  4. In the Event pattern section, starting with Event source choose the following settings:

    • Event source: Amazon services

    • Amazon service: MediaConvert

    • Event type: MediaConvert Job State Change

    • Event type, Specific state(s): ERROR

  5. An Event pattern box will look like the following example. 

    {
  "source": ["aws.mediaconvert"],
  "detail-type": ["MediaConvert Job State Change"],
  "detail": {
    "status": ["ERROR"]
  }
}

    This code defines an EventBridge event rule that matches any event where the job status changes to ERROR. For more information about event patterns, see Events and event patterns in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

  6. Choose Next.

Step 3: Add the Amazon SNS topic and finish your rule

Add the Amazon SNS topic that you created in step 1 to the EventBridge rule that you started in step 2.

To add the Amazon SNS topic and finish the EventBridge rule

  1. In the Select target(s) section, under Select a target, choose SNS topic.

  2. For Topic, choose MediaConvertJobErrorAlert.

  3. Choose Next.

  4. Optionally add tags. Then choose Next.

  5. Review your settings. Then choose Create rule.

Step 4: Test your rule

To test your rule, submit a job that you know will cause an error. For example, specify an input location that does not exist. If you configured your event rule correctly, you should receive an email with the event text message in a few minutes.

To test the rule

  1. Open the AWS Elemental MediaConvert console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconvert.

  2. Submit a new MediaConvert job. For more information, see Tutorial: Configuring job settings.

  3. Check the email account that you specified when you set up your Amazon SNS topic. Confirm that you received an email notification for the job error.