SolarWinds Add/Delete Node

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Installation Prerequisites
• Requirements
• Features
• How to Install
• How to Run

Overview

This Pre-Built Automation consist of three (3) workflows and two (2) forms that serve as templates for creating and deleting nodes in the SolarWinds Orion server. This Pre-Built was designed and tested on a SolarWinds Orion live server and the SolarWinds Adapter was utilized to connect to a live instance.

This Pre-Built consists of the following:

• Operations Manager (SolarWinds-Orion-AddNode)
• Operations Manager (SolarWinds-Orion-DeleteNodes)
• Create WorkFlow (SolarWinds-Orion-AddNode)
• Load Nodes WorkFlow (SolarWinds-Orion-LoadNodes)
• Delete Nodes WorkFlow (SolarWinds-Orion-DeleteNodes)
• JSON Add Node Form (SolarWinds-Orion-AddNode)
• JSON Delete Node Form (SolarWinds-Orion-DeleteNode)
• JST (Filter-NodeData-for-Uri)

Estimated Run Time: 1 mins

Main Workflows

Pictured below are the main workflows for creating and deleting a node.

Create Node

Below is a payload example required for creating a node.

  {
  "IPAddress":"10.16.201.45",
  "EngineID":1,
  "ObjectSubType":"SNMP",
  "SNMPVersion":2,
  "Community":"public",
  "DNS":"googledns.lab.local",
  "SysName":"googledns01.lab.local"
  }

Delete Node

The workflow to delete a node has two parts:

1. The nodes to delete from the Orion server are loaded.

2. A node list form is loaded by manual task. From this form, select and confirm the nodes for deletion.

Installation Prerequisites

Users must satisfy the following pre-requisites:

• Itential Automation Platform
  • ^2021.1

Requirements

This Pre-Built requires the following:

• SolarWinds Adapter

How to Install

To install the Pre-Built:

• Verify you are running a supported version of Itential Automation Platform (IAP) as listed above in the Prerequisites section in order to install the Pre-Built.
• The Pre-Built can be installed from within App-Admin_Essential. Simply search for the name of your desired Pre-Built and click the install button.

How to Run

Use of this Pre-Built assumes you have met the necessary requisites listed in the Requirements section above.

Create Node

1. Complete all required fields for Node Payload on the Create Node input form.

2. After running the Create Node automation, login to the SolarWinds Orion Server.
3. Go to Manage Nodes to verify the node is added.

Delete Node

1. Select the SolarWinds adapter instance on the Delete Node input form.

2. After running the SolarWinds-Orion-DeleteNode automation, verify node deletion in the Manage Nodes console.

Additional Information

Please use your Itential Customer Success account if you need support when using this Pre-Built.