Services

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Services in Nobl9 are organized under projects. A service can represent a logical service endpoint like an internal or external API, a database, or anything else you care about setting an SLO for, such as a user journey. Put differently, a service in the Nobl9 platform is something that you want to test for reliability.

A service may also include other services. For example, in a service desk application, one service might create a new ticket. That service might rely on a user service, a queue, a notification service, and a database service, all of which could be defined as additional services in Nobl9.

Follow these steps to add a service in the Nobl9 UI:

1. Go to Catalog > Services.
2. Click .
3. Select a Project.
   Project is a way to organize your Nobl9 resources and manage access to them.
   When Project is skipped, Nobl9 uses the default project.
4. Enter a Display Name.
   You can enter a user-friendly name with spaces in this field.
5. Enter a Name.
   The name is mandatory and can only contain lowercase, alphanumeric characters, and dashes (for example, my-project-1). Nobl9 duplicates the display name here, transforming it into the supported format, but you can edit the result.
6. Select or add Labels.
   Labels have a specific format and must conform to the following rules:
   

   • key: value format
   • key can contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters, underscores, and dashes; must start with a letter and end with an alphanumeric character; maximum length 63 characters
   • value can contain Unicode characters; maximum length 200 characters
   • Maximum of 20 labels attached
7. You can add Description to your resource, providing extra details about it, its purpose, responsible persons, etc.
   Up to 1050 characters.
8. Click Create Service.

SLOs in services

A service can have one or more SLOs defined for it. Every SLO created in Nobl9 must be tied to a service.

Useful links

For a more in-depth look, consult additional resources:

Service YAMLYAML guideService Terraform configurationNobl9 Terraform providerEssentials: tips on service naming and structuringSLOcademyService level objectivesNobl9 resourcesService Health DashboardNobl9 features