diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateIpForwardingRuleCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateIpForwardingRuleCmd.java
index d9a5377d89c..78e0c57d39f 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateIpForwardingRuleCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateIpForwardingRuleCmd.java
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ public class CreateIpForwardingRuleCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd implements Por
 
     @Override
     public String getEventDescription() {
-        return  ("Creating an ipforwarding 1:1 NAT rule for "+ipAddressId+" with virtual machine:"+ getVirtualMachineId());
+        IpAddress ip = _networkService.getIp(ipAddressId);
+        return  ("Applying an ipforwarding 1:1 NAT rule for Ip: "+ip.getAddress()+" with virtual machine:"+ getVirtualMachineId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreatePortForwardingRuleCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreatePortForwardingRuleCmd.java
index c7f6fbd73ef..a2762162c9a 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreatePortForwardingRuleCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreatePortForwardingRuleCmd.java
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ public class CreatePortForwardingRuleCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd  implements
 
     @Override
     public String getEventDescription() {
-        return  ("Creating an port forwarding  rule for "+ipAddressId+" with virtual machine:"+virtualMachineId);
+        IpAddress ip = _networkService.getIp(ipAddressId);
+        return  ("Applying port forwarding  rule for Ip: "+ip.getAddress()+" with virtual machine:"+virtualMachineId);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
index e086305900c..e4d2a5ce6e2 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import com.cloud.deploy.DeployDestination;
 import com.cloud.deploy.DeploymentPlan;
 import com.cloud.domain.Domain;
 import com.cloud.domain.dao.DomainDao;
+import com.cloud.event.ActionEvent;
 import com.cloud.event.EventTypes;
 import com.cloud.event.UsageEventVO;
 import com.cloud.event.dao.EventDao;
@@ -484,8 +485,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl implements NetworkManager, NetworkService, Manag
         return _networksDao.listBy(owner.getId(), zoneId, GuestIpType.Virtual);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    @DB
+    @Override @DB @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_NET_IP_ASSIGN, eventDescription="allocating Ip", create=true)
     public IpAddress allocateIP(AssociateIPAddrCmd cmd) throws ResourceAllocationException, InsufficientAddressCapacityException, ConcurrentOperationException {
         String accountName = cmd.getAccountName();
         long domainId = cmd.getDomainId();
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl implements NetworkManager, NetworkService, Manag
         return ip;
     }
 
-    @Override
+    @Override @DB @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_NET_IP_ASSIGN, eventDescription="associating Ip", async=true)
     public IpAddress associateIP(AssociateIPAddrCmd cmd) throws ResourceAllocationException, ResourceUnavailableException, InsufficientAddressCapacityException, ConcurrentOperationException {
         Account caller = UserContext.current().getCaller();
         Account owner = null;
@@ -1196,8 +1196,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl implements NetworkManager, NetworkService, Manag
         return profiles;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    @DB
+    @Override @DB @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_NET_IP_RELEASE, eventDescription="disassociating Ip")
     public boolean disassociateIpAddress(DisassociateIPAddrCmd cmd) throws PermissionDeniedException, IllegalArgumentException {
 
         Long userId = UserContext.current().getCallerUserId();
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/rules/RulesManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/rules/RulesManagerImpl.java
index f545ee2a13e..e1959badf32 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/rules/RulesManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/rules/RulesManagerImpl.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.PortForwardingRuleTO;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.ListPortForwardingRulesCmd;
+import com.cloud.event.ActionEvent;
 import com.cloud.event.EventTypes;
 import com.cloud.event.UsageEventVO;
 import com.cloud.event.dao.EventDao;
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ public class RulesManagerImpl implements RulesManager, RulesService, Manager {
     }
 
 
-    @Override @DB
+    @Override @DB @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_NET_RULE_ADD, eventDescription="creating forwarding rule", create=true)
     public PortForwardingRule createPortForwardingRule(PortForwardingRule rule, Long vmId, boolean isNat) throws NetworkRuleConflictException {
         UserContext ctx = UserContext.current();
         Account caller = ctx.getCaller();
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ public class RulesManagerImpl implements RulesManager, RulesService, Manager {
         txn.commit();
     }
     
-    @Override
+    @Override @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_NET_RULE_DELETE, eventDescription="revoking forwarding rule", async=true)
     public boolean revokePortForwardingRule(long ruleId, boolean apply) {
         UserContext ctx = UserContext.current();
         Account caller = ctx.getCaller();
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ public class RulesManagerImpl implements RulesManager, RulesService, Manager {
         return _forwardingDao.searchNatRules(ipId, id, vmId, start, size);
     }
     
-    @Override
+    @Override @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_NET_RULE_ADD, eventDescription="applying forwarding rule", async=true)
     public boolean applyPortForwardingRules(long ipId, Account caller) throws ResourceUnavailableException {
         return applyPortForwardingRules(ipId, false, caller);
     }