SolarWinds Orion Integration Pack

This pack integrates with SolarWinds Orion (a commercial monitoring platform).

Issues

• If you don't have Orion NCM installed extra errors appear in the logs.

Configuration

Copy the example configuration in orion.yaml.example to /opt/stackstorm/configs/orion.yaml and edit as required.

It must contain:

---
orion_label: "The label to use when referencing the Orion platform."
orion_host: "Name/IP of primary Orion server"
orion_user: "Username for Orion"
orion_password: "Password for Orion"
unmanage_max: "Max time in minutes that node can be put in unmanaged state"
snmp_default: "SNMP community to use by default"
snmp_customer: "SNMP community to use if customer specified"
snmp_internal: "SNMP community to use if internal specified"

Note : When modifying the configuration in /opt/stackstorm/configs/ please remember to tell StackStorm to load these new values by running st2ctl reload --register-configs

Actions

• add_node_to_ncm - Add an Orion Node to NCM
• drain_poller - Drain nodes from one Orion poller to another.
• get_discovery_progress - Get the progress of an SolarWinds Orion Discovery.
• list_node_custom_properties - List the custom properties for a SolarWinds Orion nodes
• list_nodes_by_poller - List the nodes on a SolarWinds Orion poller
• list_nodes_by_status - List the nodes by status
• list_sdk_verb_args - List all the arguments for a entity and verb that can be invoked via SolarWinds Orion.
• list_sdk_verbs - List all the verbs that can be invoked via SolarWinds Orion
• ncm_config_download - Download config(s) from SolarWinds NCM Orion module.
• ncm_execute_script - Execute an script on an Orion NCM Node.
• node_create - Create an node in SolarWinds Orion.
• node_create_snmpv3 - Create an node in SolarWinds Orion with SNMPv3.
• node_discover_and_add_interfaces - Discover and add Interfaces for a SolarWinds Orion node.
• node_discover_and_add_interfaces_by_name_and_type - Discover and add Interfaces for a SolarWinds Orion node based upon the ifName, ifType, and (optional) ifAdminStatus
• node_remanage - Re-manage a SolarWinds Orion nodes
• node_status - Query SolarWinds Orion for a node's status (i.e. Up/Down)
• node_unmanage - Unmanage an SolarWinds Orion node
• nodes_pollnow - Force multiple polls of a list of SolarWinds Orion nodes.
• query - Execute generic SWQL queries.
• start_discovery - Create a discovery profile in SolarWinds Orion.
• update_interface_custom_properties - Update an the custom properties of an interface on an Orion Node
• update_interface_properties - Update an the "standard" properties (e.g. Unpluggable) on an interface of an Orion Nodes
• update_node_custom_properties - Update an Orion Nodes custom properties
• update_node_poller - Update an Orion Nodes poller

Rules

Start Discovery Webhook

The JSON that should be posted to URL (XXXX) is as follows:

{"orion_start_discovery": {
   "name": "My Example Discovery",
   "platform": "orion",
   "poller": "(primary|poller_name)",
   "snmp_communities": ["internal", "public"],
   "nodes": null | ["ip_address", "dns_name"],
   "subnets": null | ["10.1.0.0/255.0.0.0", "192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0" ]
   "ip_ranges": null | ["10.2.0.1:10.2.0.9", "192.168.2.1:"192.168.2.9"],
   "no_icmp_only": true | false,
   "auto_import": true | false
  }
}

The Discovery process in Orion only supports a single choice out of the following:

• nodes
• subnets
• ip_ranges

So only pick one or the action will fail.

It's most useful if auto_import is set to true, as currently no action exists to call the ImportDiscoveryResults Verb. If it's set to false, someone will need to visit the Orion WebUI and complete it by importing the discovery.

Note: The entries in the snmp_communities array can be standard entries in orion.yaml or a community. Either way, the community must already be in use in Orion and the Orion.Credential table.