Script to change a node polling method via the API

I needed to update thousands of nodes from SNMP to ICMP. Obviously doing this through the web console would have been tedious. I wrote this script to make this change in bulk via the API.

Hope this helps anyone else out there who needs to do something similar.

Line: 37 - Update this with your Orion hostname or IP
Line: 46 - You'll want to make sure you craft your own SWQL here. Right now it is set to move ALL nodes currently being monitored via SNMP over to ICMP.
Line: 49 - This is what actually makes the change. uncomment this line when you are ready to proceed

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Vinx

Hey !

Will try it to change from ICMP to Agent

chad.every

Haven't tried going the agent route but there are a handful of other verbs associated with Orion Agents in Orion.AgentManagement.Agent. My Guess you you might have to do a combo of a few APIs calls.

Vinx

Actually our nodes are provisioned with Terraform, but agent is installed with puppet once OS is ready

The goal is to provide customers to set variables in Terraform tf file such as custom properties for node, templates list to associate to the node, custom properties for application monitors.

For an existing node, no problem, you can add template, set custom properties, etc because you have a nodeid

But for new server, as agent is installed 30 mn after Terraform execution (and nodeid is created at this moment) I need to have immediately a nodeid to execute template deployment and custom properties.

So I wanted to create a node with ICMP pooling method to get that nodeid, then deploy templates, set custom properties. And once puppet execute agent installation, change the polling method to Agent

I hope it will works

Vinx

Not already tested, but I just realized that I need it to be available as a API REST

maybe with BULK ?

Vinx

Tested this morning, it works in rest api/sdk !

- Create an icmp node (ip/caption)

- Install agent on that node

- Switch polling method from ICMP to Agent (agent is linked to the correct nodeid)

- add templates, CP, etc