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Feature Requests API Verb to Change Polling Method

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over 4 years ago

API Verb to Change Polling Method

Please provide native support in the SDK for changing the polling method of an existing node. (Including changing an existing node to Agent-based polling on a pre-deployed Agent)

zackm

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HerrDoktor over 6 years ago +1

Very good point. would make migrations and additions easier. When implementing SAM, many tend to change to agent based polling.

chad.every over 2 years ago in reply to dsimpkins

Not sure when this was introduced but you can change the polling method of a node in Orion. I wrote this quick script to solve an issue i was facing of needing to change thousands of nodes from SNMP to ICMP.

https://thwack.solarwinds.com/product-forums/the-orion-platform/f/orion-sdk/91012/script-to-change-a-node-polling-method-via-the-api
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lgetz01 over 3 years ago in reply to mtalas

Hi. Did you ever get a response to your inquiry? I am looking for the same thing.
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sum_giais over 3 years ago

Please support this, would be very helpful in simple node changes and updates in bulk. Doing this through the manage nodes / manage entities and then 'Edit Properties' page is painful and prone to trouble.
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Vinx over 3 years ago in reply to dsimpkins

aaah i was looking for a sdk/rest to change polling method, and found that FR...

It's a problem for us, because we will use terraform for node provisioning, and puppet for agent installation.
But as agent installation came 30 mn after terraform provisioning, it's a deferred configuration.
I wanted to create icmp node (to retrieve nodeid), deploy template this nodeid, then switch to agent polling method once agent is ready to be installed

But seems not to be possible... Anyone have a solution ? We need a strong automation process (nearly 10k agents)
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mtalas over 4 years ago in reply to dsimpkins

Hello
is there any update on this one ?
thanks
Mark
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