Step 2: Create a service

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See how to create a service.

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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.

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

You can use sloctl to move SLOs to another service as long as they belong to the same project.

Configuration

To create a service in the Nobl9 UI:

1. Go to Catalog > Services.
2. Click .
3. Select a Project.
   Specifying a project is helpful when multiple users are spread across multiple teams or projects. When the Project field is left blank, 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. Enter a Description.
   Here you can add details such as who is responsible for the integration (team/owner) and the purpose of creating it.
8. Click Create service.

Check out the configuration video:

Video 1: Creating a service

Well done! You're ready to define a data source!