Powershell Script to pull information from text file and import into Node Custom Property via Solarwinds API

ericbrooks

I have a python script that will run once this powershell script is triggered. The python script connects to Silver Peak Orchestrator and pulls the nodes BGP state and saves it to a text file. Powershell script then will read the text file and update the corresponding node inside solarwinds to update the custom property field. I am decent with python and know that script works as intended but I haven't really wrote any powershell scripts and was wondering if this would work as intended or should I make any alterations. The end goal would be to have a computer or server run this powerhsell script every 10 minutes or so via task scheduler. This way I can use the custom property filed to create a dashboard widget, run reports, alerting etc if BGP state goes down.

Here is the script:

Invoke-Expression "python \tools\Silver_Peak_REST_APIs\BGPStatusUsingNodeID.py"

# SolarWinds credentials

$swUsername = 'username'

$swPassword = 'password'

$swHostname = 'solarwinds.example.com'

# Dictionary to map node names to their NodeID in SolarWinds

$nodeIdMap = {

    '/bgp/state/23.NE' = 3985

    '/bgp/state/45.NE' = 4138

}

# Iterate over the nodes in the text file

foreach ($node in Get-Content 'BGPState.txt') {

    # Get the NodeID for the current node from the dictionary

    $nodeId = $nodeIdMap[$node]

    # Connect to SolarWinds API

    $swUri = "https://$swHostname/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/Invoke/Orion.Nodes/UpdateCustomProperties"

    $swSession = New-PSSession -ComputerName $swHostname -Credential (Get-Credential -UserName $swUsername -Password $swPassword)

    # Update the custom property field for the node in SolarWinds

    Invoke-Command -Session $swSession -ScriptBlock {

        Param($nodeId, $bgpState)

        # Update the custom property field for the node

        $swApiArgs = {

            Entity = "Orion.Nodes"

            Arguments = {

                Nodes = ($nodeId)

                Properties = {

                    BGP_State = $bgpState

                }

            }

        }

        $swApiJson = $swApiArgs | ConvertTo-Json

        $swApiResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $args[0] -Body $swApiJson -ContentType 'application/json'

        $swApiResponse

    } -ArgumentList $nodeId, $bgpState, $swUri

    # Disconnect from SolarWinds API

    Remove-PSSession $swSession

}