A NetConf client registers to receive event notifications from a NetConf server by creating a subscription. The NetConf server begins notifications as events occur within the system if the subscription is successful. These event notifications will continue to be sent until either the NetConf session is terminated or the subscription terminates for some other reason.

There are four types of events supported in NetConf:

By default the notification will not be received by the client unless the client is not subscribed.