Start XMC scripts or workflows via NAC Notifications" or NetSight "Alarms Manager"

[StephanH]

Hello,

is there a way to start scripts (Python!) or workflows created via XMC triggered by NAC "Notifications" or Netsight "Alarms manager"?

I know I can start every script/executable in the file system and the python scripts are stored in the file system. But if I start these files directly I have to handle myself the "Device Selection" for the correct device the script should run against.
I hope there is a smoother way to do that because that's a normal scenario:

• Something happens on a device (like port goes down)
• Alarms manager detects this issue
• Alarms manager starts a script to fix it

In Workflows there is a "Signal" element in the Events category. But It's not clear for me whether the signal is something from outside or a event within the workflow.
For me the event is from outside (example port down on an arbitrary switch in XMC).

Best regards
Stephan

[Jasper_R]

Hi Zdenek,

I tried this and it doesn't work.

If I run the workflow by selecting my device (from the Tasks > Workflow menu itself) the workflow "works" (so no wrong cli command or so).

If I setup my notification, I get the following error: "no compatible devices found.".

Any Idea on how to solve this? It seems that XMC/control doesn't recognize the switch as an EXOS or something like that?

kind regards,

Jasper

[Zdeněk_Pala]

Hi,

the workflow can be executed for non-exos switch the same way as on exos switch. what is the workflow you are trying to execute/start by notification?

have you tried to check why the workflow does fail?

Z.

[Jasper_R]

Hi Zdenek,

just adding NSI's to some VLAN's using CLI commands on an EXOS (x450-g2, running 22.6.x).
The worklof/script works if you run it, using notifitcation it doesn't.

What kind of debug logging do I need to enable to view the actual error? Because in the 'events' I only see this "error": no compatible devices found.

Kind regards,

Jasper

[Zdeněk_Pala]

Three steps:
1. configure your workflow to be executable from menu "Access Control Events"
2. configure Notification to use your workflow
3. you need XMC 8.2.1.

[StephanH]

Hmmmmm,

there is an "Action" in the Notification manager pointing in the right direction.

But I can't select select anything in the dropdown even I created an Workflow as "Saved Task" in XMC. Maybe this windows is further on than the code behind it, because I still use the 8.1.4.40.