1. A method comprising: receiving, at an event handler executing on a distributed computing system, a plurality of events from a plurality of sources executing on the distributed computing system; consolidating, at an event consolidator executing on the distributed computing system, the plurality of events into a consolidated event; and determining, at a script executor executing on the distributed computing system, that a script is configured to be executed in response to receiving the consolidated event and, in response, executing the script; wherein consolidating the plurality of events comprises determining that each event of the plurality of events is configured to trigger a same remedial action; wherein receiving the plurality of events comprises receiving a plurality of scale-out events from a plurality of virtual machines of a same application executing on the distributed computing system, and wherein determining that each event of the plurality of events is configured to trigger the same remedial action comprises determining that each of the scale-out events was received from the same application.