diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index cf6286389..b4032ae02 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ VITRAGE_USE_MOD_WSGI=${VITRAGE_USE_MOD_WSGI:-${ENABLE_HTTPD_MOD_WSGI_SERVICES}}
 # Toggle for deploying Vitrage with/without nagios
 VITRAGE_USE_NAGIOS=$(trueorfalse False VITRAGE_USE_NAGIOS)
 
-VITRAGE_DEFAULT_DATASOURCES=${VITRAGE_DEFAULT_DATASOURCES:-nova.host,nova.instance,nova.zone,nagios,static_physical,aodh,cinder.volume,neutron.network,neutron.port,heat.stack}
+VITRAGE_DEFAULT_DATASOURCES=${VITRAGE_DEFAULT_DATASOURCES:-nova.host,nova.instance,nova.zone,nagios,static_physical,aodh,cinder.volume,neutron.network,neutron.port,heat.stack,doctor}
 
 
 # Tell Tempest this project is present
diff --git a/etc/vitrage/policy.json b/etc/vitrage/policy.json
index 051c69f40..e1d8ec4b3 100644
--- a/etc/vitrage/policy.json
+++ b/etc/vitrage/policy.json
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
   "get rca:all_tenants": "role:admin",
   "template validate": "",
   "template list": "",
-  "template show": ""
+  "template show": "",
+  "event post": ""
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vitrage/api/controllers/v1/event.py b/vitrage/api/controllers/v1/event.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49fa9997d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrage/api/controllers/v1/event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Copyright 2017 - Nokia Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import pecan
+
+from oslo_log import log
+from pecan.core import abort
+
+from vitrage.api.controllers.rest import RootRestController
+from vitrage.api.policy import enforce
+from vitrage.i18n import _LI
+
+
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class EventController(RootRestController):
+
+    @pecan.expose('json')
+    def post(self, **kwargs):
+        LOG.info(_LI('Post event called with args: %s') % kwargs)
+
+        enforce("event post", pecan.request.headers,
+                pecan.request.enforcer, {})
+
+        event_time = kwargs['time']
+        event_type = kwargs['type']
+        details = kwargs['details']
+
+        self.post_event(event_time, event_type, details)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def post_event(event_time, event_type, details):
+        try:
+            pecan.request.client.call(pecan.request.context,
+                                      'post',
+                                      event_time=event_time,
+                                      event_type=event_type,
+                                      details=details)
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception('Failed to post an event', e)
+            abort(404, str(e))
diff --git a/vitrage/api/controllers/v1/root.py b/vitrage/api/controllers/v1/root.py
index cd50744dc..148712030 100644
--- a/vitrage/api/controllers/v1/root.py
+++ b/vitrage/api/controllers/v1/root.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 from vitrage.api.controllers.v1 import alarm
+from vitrage.api.controllers.v1 import event
 from vitrage.api.controllers.v1 import rca
 from vitrage.api.controllers.v1 import resource
 from vitrage.api.controllers.v1 import template
@@ -23,3 +24,4 @@ class V1Controller(object):
     alarm = alarm.AlarmsController()
     rca = rca.RCAController()
     template = template.TemplateController()
+    event = event.EventController()
diff --git a/vitrage/api_handler/apis/event.py b/vitrage/api_handler/apis/event.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18f709ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrage/api_handler/apis/event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Copyright 2017 - Nokia Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from datetime import datetime
+import json
+from oslo_log import log
+import oslo_messaging
+from oslo_utils import uuidutils
+import socket
+
+from vitrage.api_handler.apis.base import EntityGraphApisBase
+from vitrage.common.constants import EventProperties
+from vitrage.messaging import get_transport
+
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class EventApis(EntityGraphApisBase):
+
+    def __init__(self, conf):
+        self.conf = conf
+        self._init_oslo_notifier()
+
+    def post(self, ctx, event_time, event_type, details):
+        try:
+            event = {EventProperties.TYPE: event_type,
+                     EventProperties.TIME: event_time,
+                     EventProperties.DETAILS: json.loads(details)}
+
+            self.oslo_notifier.info(
+                ctxt={'message_id': uuidutils.generate_uuid(),
+                      'publisher_id': self.publisher,
+                      'timestamp': datetime.utcnow()},
+                event_type=event_type,
+                payload=event)
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.warn('Failed to post event %s. Exception: %s',
+                     event_type, e)
+
+    def _init_oslo_notifier(self):
+        self.oslo_notifier = None
+        try:
+            self.publisher = 'api_%s' % socket.gethostname()
+
+            self.oslo_notifier = oslo_messaging.Notifier(
+                get_transport(self.conf),
+                driver='messagingv2',
+                publisher_id=self.publisher,
+                topic='vitrage_notifications')
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.info('Failed to initialize oslo notifier %s', str(e))
diff --git a/vitrage/api_handler/service.py b/vitrage/api_handler/service.py
index 970e360b1..c139cca48 100644
--- a/vitrage/api_handler/service.py
+++ b/vitrage/api_handler/service.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import oslo_messaging
 from oslo_service import service as os_service
 
 from vitrage.api_handler.apis.alarm import AlarmApis
+from vitrage.api_handler.apis.event import EventApis
 from vitrage.api_handler.apis.rca import RcaApis
 from vitrage.api_handler.apis.template import TemplateApis
 from vitrage.api_handler.apis.topology import TopologyApis
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ class VitrageApiHandlerService(os_service.Service):
         endpoints = [TopologyApis(self.entity_graph, self.conf),
                      AlarmApis(self.entity_graph, self.conf),
                      RcaApis(self.entity_graph, self.conf),
-                     TemplateApis(self.scenario_repo.templates)]
+                     TemplateApis(self.scenario_repo.templates),
+                     EventApis(self.conf)]
 
         server = vitrage_rpc.get_server(target, endpoints, transport)
 
diff --git a/vitrage/common/constants.py b/vitrage/common/constants.py
index c28d47cc6..c38ae0e5d 100644
--- a/vitrage/common/constants.py
+++ b/vitrage/common/constants.py
@@ -129,3 +129,10 @@ class TopologyFields(object):
     RELATIONSHIP_TYPE = 'relationship_type'
     SOURCE = 'source'
     TARGET = 'target'
+
+
+class EventProperties(object):
+    TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f'
+    TYPE = 'type'
+    TIME = 'time'
+    DETAILS = 'details'
diff --git a/vitrage/datasources/doctor/driver.py b/vitrage/datasources/doctor/driver.py
index 5996a6fd6..edef76b1b 100644
--- a/vitrage/datasources/doctor/driver.py
+++ b/vitrage/datasources/doctor/driver.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from oslo_log import log
 
 from vitrage.common.constants import DatasourceAction
 from vitrage.common.constants import DatasourceProperties as DSProps
+from vitrage.common.constants import EventProperties as EventProps
 from vitrage.datasources.alarm_driver_base import AlarmDriverBase
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor import DOCTOR_DATASOURCE
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor.properties import DoctorDetails
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class DoctorDriver(AlarmDriverBase):
         return DOCTOR_DATASOURCE
 
     def _alarm_key(self, alarm):
-        return self.AlarmKey(alarm_name=alarm[DoctorProps.TYPE],
+        return self.AlarmKey(alarm_name=alarm[EventProps.TYPE],
                              hostname=get_detail(alarm,
                                                  DoctorDetails.HOSTNAME))
 
@@ -49,12 +50,12 @@ class DoctorDriver(AlarmDriverBase):
             get_detail(alarm, DoctorDetails.STATUS) != DoctorStatus.UP
 
     def _is_valid(self, alarm):
-        if not alarm or DoctorProps.TIME not in alarm or \
-                DoctorProps.TYPE not in alarm or \
-                DoctorProps.DETAILS not in alarm:
+        if not alarm or EventProps.TIME not in alarm or \
+                EventProps.TYPE not in alarm or \
+                EventProps.DETAILS not in alarm:
             return False
 
-        details = alarm[DoctorProps.DETAILS]
+        details = alarm[EventProps.DETAILS]
         return DoctorDetails.STATUS in details and \
             DoctorDetails.SEVERITY in details and \
             DoctorDetails.HOSTNAME in details
@@ -91,17 +92,21 @@ class DoctorDriver(AlarmDriverBase):
 
         """
 
+        LOG.debug('Going to enrich event: %s', str(event))
+
         event[DSProps.EVENT_TYPE] = event_type
 
         old_alarm = self._old_alarm(event)
         if old_alarm and not self._status_changed(old_alarm, event):
             event[DoctorProps.UPDATE_TIME] = old_alarm[DoctorProps.UPDATE_TIME]
         else:
-            event[DoctorProps.UPDATE_TIME] = event[DoctorProps.TIME]
+            event[DoctorProps.UPDATE_TIME] = event[EventProps.TIME]
 
         event = self._filter_and_cache_alarm(event, old_alarm,
                                              self._filter_get_erroneous,
-                                             event[DoctorProps.TIME])
+                                             event[EventProps.TIME])
+
+        LOG.debug('Enriched event: %s', str(event))
 
         if event:
             return DoctorDriver.make_pickleable([event], DOCTOR_DATASOURCE,
diff --git a/vitrage/datasources/doctor/properties.py b/vitrage/datasources/doctor/properties.py
index 582f218c8..a69fa3b1d 100644
--- a/vitrage/datasources/doctor/properties.py
+++ b/vitrage/datasources/doctor/properties.py
@@ -12,15 +12,13 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+from vitrage.common.constants import EventProperties as EventProps
+
 
 class DoctorProperties(object):
-    TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f'
     HOST_DOWN = 'compute.host.down'
     HOST_TYPE = 'nova.host'
-    TYPE = 'type'
-    TIME = 'time'
     UPDATE_TIME = 'update_time'
-    DETAILS = 'details'
 
 
 class DoctorDetails(object):
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ class DoctorStatus(object):
 
 
 def get_detail(alarm, detail):
-    return alarm[DoctorProperties.DETAILS][detail] if \
-        alarm and DoctorProperties.DETAILS in alarm and \
-        detail in alarm[DoctorProperties.DETAILS] \
+    return alarm[EventProps.DETAILS][detail] if \
+        alarm and EventProps.DETAILS in alarm and \
+        detail in alarm[EventProps.DETAILS] \
         else None
diff --git a/vitrage/datasources/doctor/transformer.py b/vitrage/datasources/doctor/transformer.py
index 4e267a72d..8ba2431a4 100644
--- a/vitrage/datasources/doctor/transformer.py
+++ b/vitrage/datasources/doctor/transformer.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from oslo_log import log as logging
 from vitrage.common.constants import DatasourceProperties as DSProps
 from vitrage.common.constants import EdgeLabel
 from vitrage.common.constants import EntityCategory
+from vitrage.common.constants import EventProperties as EventProps
 from vitrage.common.constants import VertexProperties as VProps
 from vitrage.datasources.alarm_transformer_base import AlarmTransformerBase
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor import DOCTOR_DATASOURCE
@@ -44,9 +45,9 @@ class DoctorTransformer(AlarmTransformerBase):
     def _create_update_entity_vertex(self, entity_event):
         self._unify_time_format(entity_event)
 
-        details = entity_event.get(DoctorProps.DETAILS, {})
-        details[VProps.NAME] = entity_event[DoctorProps.TYPE]
-        details[DoctorProps.TIME] = entity_event[DoctorProps.TIME]
+        details = entity_event.get(EventProps.DETAILS, {})
+        details[VProps.NAME] = entity_event[EventProps.TYPE]
+        details[EventProps.TIME] = entity_event[EventProps.TIME]
 
         return graph_utils.create_vertex(
             self._create_entity_key(entity_event),
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ class DoctorTransformer(AlarmTransformerBase):
         return tbase.build_key((
             EntityCategory.ALARM,
             entity_event[DSProps.ENTITY_TYPE],
-            entity_event[DoctorProps.TYPE],
+            entity_event[EventProps.TYPE],
             get_detail(entity_event, DoctorDetails.HOSTNAME)))
 
     def get_type(self):
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class DoctorTransformer(AlarmTransformerBase):
     @staticmethod
     def _unify_time_format(entity_event):
         DoctorTransformer._unify_prop_time_format(entity_event,
-                                                  DoctorProps.TIME)
+                                                  EventProps.TIME)
         DoctorTransformer._unify_prop_time_format(entity_event,
                                                   DoctorProps.UPDATE_TIME)
 
@@ -97,5 +98,5 @@ class DoctorTransformer(AlarmTransformerBase):
     def _unify_prop_time_format(entity_event, prop):
         entity_event[prop] = change_time_str_format(
             entity_event[prop],
-            DoctorProps.TIME_FORMAT,
+            EventProps.TIME_FORMAT,
             tbase.TIMESTAMP_FORMAT)
diff --git a/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_driver.py b/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_driver.py
index 1297946c3..494d26d73 100644
--- a/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_driver.py
+++ b/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_driver.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from oslo_config import cfg
 
 from vitrage.common.constants import DatasourceProperties as DSProps
+from vitrage.common.constants import EventProperties as EventProps
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor.driver import DoctorDriver
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor.properties import DoctorDetails
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor.properties import DoctorProperties \
@@ -107,9 +108,9 @@ class DoctorDriverTest(base.BaseTest):
         if status:
             details[DoctorDetails.STATUS] = status
 
-        update_vals = {DoctorProps.DETAILS: details}
+        update_vals = {EventProps.DETAILS: details}
         if time:
-            update_vals[DoctorProps.TIME] = time
+            update_vals[EventProps.TIME] = time
 
         generators = mock_driver.simple_doctor_alarm_generators(
             update_vals=update_vals)
@@ -125,9 +126,9 @@ class DoctorDriverTest(base.BaseTest):
                             expected_update_date):
         self.assertIsNotNone(event, 'No event returned')
         self.assertEqual(expected_hostname,
-                         event[DoctorProps.DETAILS][DoctorDetails.HOSTNAME])
+                         event[EventProps.DETAILS][DoctorDetails.HOSTNAME])
         self.assertEqual(expected_status,
-                         event[DoctorProps.DETAILS][DoctorDetails.STATUS])
-        self.assertEqual(expected_sample_date, event[DoctorProps.TIME])
+                         event[EventProps.DETAILS][DoctorDetails.STATUS])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_sample_date, event[EventProps.TIME])
         self.assertEqual(expected_update_date, event[DoctorProps.UPDATE_TIME])
         self.assertEqual(expected_event_type, event[DSProps.EVENT_TYPE])
diff --git a/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_transformer.py b/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_transformer.py
index ddabd24ce..00521e407 100644
--- a/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_transformer.py
+++ b/vitrage/tests/unit/datasources/doctor/test_doctor_transformer.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 from vitrage.common.constants import DatasourceProperties as DSProps
+from vitrage.common.constants import EventProperties as EventProps
 from vitrage.common.constants import UpdateMethod
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor import DOCTOR_DATASOURCE
 from vitrage.datasources.doctor.properties import DoctorDetails
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ class DoctorTransformerTest(BaseAlarmTransformerTest):
 
     def _validate_vertex_props(self, vertex, event):
         self._validate_alarm_vertex_props(vertex,
-                                          event[DoctorProps.TYPE],
+                                          event[EventProps.TYPE],
                                           DOCTOR_DATASOURCE,
                                           event[DSProps.SAMPLE_DATE])
 
@@ -106,9 +107,9 @@ class DoctorTransformerTest(BaseAlarmTransformerTest):
         if status:
             details[DoctorDetails.STATUS] = status
 
-        update_vals = {DoctorProps.DETAILS: details}
+        update_vals = {EventProps.DETAILS: details}
         if time:
-            update_vals[DoctorProps.TIME] = time
+            update_vals[EventProps.TIME] = time
             update_vals[DoctorProps.UPDATE_TIME] = time
 
         generators = mock_transformer.simple_doctor_alarm_generators(
diff --git a/vitrage_tempest_tests/tests/api/event/__init__.py b/vitrage_tempest_tests/tests/api/event/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf9f61d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrage_tempest_tests/tests/api/event/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2017 - Nokia
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+__author__ = 'stack'
diff --git a/vitrage_tempest_tests/tests/api/event/test_events.py b/vitrage_tempest_tests/tests/api/event/test_events.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d81cbdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrage_tempest_tests/tests/api/event/test_events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Nokia
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
+from vitrage.common.constants import DatasourceProperties as DSProps
+from vitrage.common.constants import EntityCategory
+from vitrage.common.constants import EventProperties as EventProps
+from vitrage.common.constants import VertexProperties as VProps
+from vitrage_tempest_tests.tests.api.base import BaseApiTest
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class TestEvents(BaseApiTest):
+    """Test class for Vitrage event API"""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super(TestEvents, cls).setUpClass()
+
+    def test_send_doctor_event(self):
+        """Sending an event in Doctor format should result in an alarm"""
+        try:
+            # post an event to the message bus
+            event_time = datetime.now().isoformat()
+            event_type = 'compute.host.down'
+            details = {
+                'hostname': 'host123',
+                'source': 'sample_monitor',
+                'cause': 'another alarm',
+                'severity': 'critical',
+                'status': 'down',
+                'monitor_id': 'sample monitor',
+                'monitor_event_id': '456',
+            }
+
+            self.vitrage_client.event.post(event_time, event_type, details)
+
+            # list all alarms
+            api_alarms = self.vitrage_client.alarms.list(vitrage_id=None)
+
+            # expect to get a 'host down alarm', generated by Doctor datasource
+            self.assertIsNotNone(api_alarms, 'Expected host down alarm')
+            self.assertEqual(1, len(api_alarms), 'Expected host down alarm')
+            alarm = api_alarms[0]
+
+            self._wait_for_status(2,
+                                  self._check_alarm,
+                                  alarm=alarm,
+                                  event_time=event_time,
+                                  event_type=event_type,
+                                  details=details)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception(e)
+            raise
+        finally:
+            # do what?
+            LOG.warning('done')
+
+    def _check_alarm(self, alarm, event_time, event_type, details):
+        LOG.info('alarm = %s', str(alarm))
+        self.assertEqual(EntityCategory.ALARM, alarm[VProps.CATEGORY])
+        self.assertEqual(event_type, alarm[VProps.NAME])
+        self.assertEqual(event_time, alarm[EventProps.TIME])
+        self.assertEqual(event_type, alarm[DSProps.ENTITY_TYPE])
+        self.assertEqual(details['status'], alarm[VProps.STATE])
+        self.assertFalse(alarm[VProps.IS_DELETED])
+        self.assertFalse(alarm[VProps.IS_PLACEHOLDER])