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Set Device Template with API/SDK

spacemancw over 4 years ago

I'm brand new to Solarwinds and NCM.

My task is to build a powershell script that deploys and configures Palo Alto Firewalls (virtual machines) and then add to NCM as a node.

I have been able to get most of this done, and I found scripts on GitHub to add nodes to Solarwinds.

In the Solarwinds GUI under Edit Node, there is a YES/NO toggle for "Manage node(s) with NCM". I manage to set that to YES with the API

However, below that there are sections for Connection Profile, Communication and CLI Device Template.

Device Template is set to Auto Determine.

I want to set that to "Palo Alto Firewall" with the API. How do I do that?

Same for Connection Profile settings and Communication settings.

Also How do I GET all those properties, assuming I know the nodeID.

thanks

Roger

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spacemancw over 4 years ago in reply to spacemancw +4 verified

All the while I've been posting to this thread, it hasn't even been approved for posting. " Please note: your content was added successfully, but a moderator needs to approve it before it can be posted…

0 spacemancw over 4 years ago

This is how far I got:
Get-SwisData $swis "SELECT ID,TemplateName FROM Cli.DeviceTemplates WHERE TemplateName = 'Palo Alto Firewall'"
ID TemplateName
-- ------------
77 Palo Alto Firewall
So the ID is 77.
$newNodeID = "1823"
$paTemplateID = '77'
$templateProps = @{
TemplateID = $paTemplateID;
}
$URI = "swis://localhost/Orion/Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes/NodeId=$newNodeID"
Set-SwisObject $swis -Uri $URI -Properties $templateProps
However this Set-swisObject fails to do anything for node 1823. I even tried putting all the properties in $templateprops.
When I look at one I set manually, node 1817, I see this:
Get-SwisData $swis "SELECT TemplateID,NodeID,DisplayName,Description,InstanceType,Uri,InstancesiteID FROM Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes WHERE nodeid='1817'"
TemplateID     : 77
NodeID         : 1817
DisplayName    :
Description    :
InstanceType   : Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes
Uri            : swis://myinstance/Orion/Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes/NodeId=1817
InstancesiteID : 0
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0 spacemancw over 4 years ago in reply to spacemancw

So I discovered that if the Device Template is set to Auto Determine, then running "Set-SwisObject $swis -Uri $URI -Properties $templateProps" does nothing.
But if I manually set the device template to something, then this command does work. I can use the command to set it to any template.
I need to be able to set device template from "Auto Determine" to the one I want, which is ID 77.
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0 spacemancw over 4 years ago in reply to spacemancw

All the while I've been posting to this thread, it hasn't even been approved for posting.
"Please note: your content was added successfully, but a moderator needs to approve it before it can be posted."
Anyway, in case it ever does get approved. I solved this issue. Instead of set-swisobject, I need to create the object first with new-swisobject.
$newNodeID = "1823"
$paTemplateID = '77'
$templateProps = @{
TemplateID = $paTemplateID;
NodeID = $newNodeID;
}
New-SwisObject $swis -Entitytype 'Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes' -Properties $templateProps
then to check that it was created:
PowerCLI C:\kits> Get-SwisData $swis "SELECT TemplateID,NodeID,DisplayName,Description,InstanceType,Uri,InstancesiteID FROM Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes WHERE nodeid='1823'"
TemplateID     : 77
NodeID         : 1823
DisplayName    :
Description    :
InstanceType   : Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes
Uri            : swis://localhost/Orion/Cli.DeviceTemplatesNodes/NodeId=1823
InstancesiteID : 0
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