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Orf Gelbrich
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Task Name

Generic API task example - how to get software version from DNAC and compare to new packages

Description

Generic API task example - How to call a UCSD workflow

Prerequisites

Validated on UCSD 6.6

Category

Workflow Task

Components

 

User Inputs

 

Output

Result of operation

 

 

Installation

  1. Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer.
  2. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFDX file.
  3. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges.
  4. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import".
  5. Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open".
  6. Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next".
  7. Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button.
  8. Click "Submit".
  9. A new folder should appear in "Policies-->Orchestration" that contains the imported workflow. You will now need to update the included tasks with information about the specific environment.

 

 

Workflow run: 

 

Screen Shot 2018-08-16 at 9.48.11 AM.png

 

The workflow: 

 

Screen Shot 2018-08-16 at 9.48.52 AM.png

 

The DNAC variables in play and their relationship. (

Please don't ask why they don't line up, I have already done that and was re-buffed by the DNAC BU): 

 

Screen Shot 2018-08-15 at 11.01.06 AM.png

 

This is the little allert'er bubble in DNAC that gets explored: 

Screen Shot 2018-08-16 at 9.43.06 AM.png

 

The e-mail that gets sent: 

 

Screen Shot 2018-08-17 at 8.53.22 AM.pngThe workflow import result: 

 

Screen Shot 2018-08-18 at 5.03.01 AM.png

 

 

 

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