Acknowledge Alerts
Description
The plugin is designed to Acknowledge Alerts.
Prerequisites: Solarwinds instance and access details.
Configurations
General Tab
| No. | Field Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step Name | Name of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow. |
| Connection configuration: | ||
| 2 | Server Name | Provide the Solarwinds instance name/IP/hostname. |
| 3 | Port | The port number of the Solarwinds instance should be provided. Port number should only be an integer. |
| 4 | Username | The username of the Solarwinds instance to authenticate. |
| Password: | ||
| 5 | Checkbox: Accept Value as variable/static | Leave the checkbox unchecked to accept the Password value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop-down list. Enable the checkbox for the Password field to appear as a text box. |
| 6 | Password | The Password to the username to authenticate. The Password is encrypted and not stored in the .psw file. It is entered using a widget. The widget handles both Text Var (static value or environment variable) and Combo (drop-down containing values from previous steps). This field is mandatory. If the checkbox above is enabled, the Password field appears as a text box. If the checkbox is disabled, the Password field appears as a drop-down to select fields from previous steps. |
Input
| No. | Field Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Input: | ||
| 1 | AlertObjectID | AlertObjectID of the alert to be acknowledged. This field is not mandatory. |
| 2 | Button: GetAlertObjectID | Clicking on this button populates the AlertObjectIDs of the alerts. This field is not mandatory. |
| 3 | Acknowledge Note: | Acknowledge note for the alert to be acknowledged. This field is not mandatory. |
- Get Fields button does not work for the previous step fields. The button only works with static values and environment variables.
- Every time the “Get Fields” button needs to be clicked and the field list needs to be updated accordingly.
Output:
| No. | Field Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Result | This is an output field to hold the result of the successful plugin execution (AlertObjectID has been handled successfully). Default Value is “Result” when no values for this field are passed. |