Port/VLAN Configuration (IOS) - Pre-Built

Now that we have reviewed building a form and manipulating data with a Transformation, we will review the Pre-Built that we will use for our use case.

The use cases outlined within this section are intended to be completed on Itential's Trial infrastructure and lab. For more details about accessing this infrastructure and lab, please visit www.itential.com/get-started

Pre-Built Workflow Video

Step 1

From the IAP dashboard, navigate to Automation Studio. Click Automation Studio in the left navigation panel.

Step 2

Click Workflows, on the left, to expand.

Step 3

Expand the Port Turn Up - IOS workflow group and click on the Port Turn Up - IOS workflow.

Step 4

IAP has four types of tasks:  Termination, Automatic, Manual, and Operational.  Let’s define these individually.

• Every automation has Termination tasks at the beginning and the end.  All other tasks in the automation will be placed between the beginning and ending termination tasks.
• The green tasks represent Automatic tasks.  These tasks will execute without intervention. 
• Next are the Manual tasks which are represented by grey tasks.  These require human interaction. 
• The fourth task type is Operational tasks, which are purple.  Operational tasks are used to control workflows with conditional branches and loops, and to manipulate runtime data.
  Note:  The Child Job task is a unique task that does not fit into any of the task categories.  

As mentioned in the overview, at a high level the automation will: 

• Transform data.
• Perform a pre-check to ensure the port does not already exist.
• Configure the port.
• Perform a post-check to ensure the port has been correctly provisioned.
• Display a diff of the pre-check and post-check to the user.