Creating automation script to generate ManageIQ authentication token

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This topic describes how to create an automation script to generate a ManageIQ authentication token.

  1. Open the Automation Scripts application.
  2. On the navigation panel, click Create and select Script.
  3. On the Create Script pop-up, fill the fields as follows:
    • Script: Specify a name, for example, MANAGEIQ_AUTHTOKEN
    • Script Language: Search and select jython
    • Log Level: Search and select Debug
    • Version: Enter version, for example, 0.0
    • You can import the below script or paste it on the below script box, and click Create.
      from psdi.server import MXServer
from java.util import HashMap
from com.ibm.json.java import JSONObject
from psdi.iface.router import Router
from psdi.iface.mic import EndPointCache
from java.lang import String
from psdi.app.ticket import TicketRemote
import sys,_imp
from java.lang import System
from psdi.mbo import MboRemote, MboSetRemote, SqlFormat, MboConstants
from psdi.mbo import MboSetEnumeration
from java.util import Calendar
from org.python.core import PyTuple


# get Endpoint/Handler. If not specified - use the default RBA_REST endpoint name
credential_to_use = "MANAGEIQ_AUTH"
print "using end point: ", credential_to_use

handler = Router.getHandler(credential_to_use)

print "credentials being used: ", credential_to_use
# get the username, password and url from the endpoint mbo
username = handler.getUserName();
print "username = ", username

endPointInfo = EndPointCache.getInstance().getEndPointInfo(credential_to_use)
password  = endPointInfo.getProperty("PASSWORD").getValue()

url = handler.getUrl() + "/api/auth"
print "url =", url

query = "_format=json"

paramMap = {"URL":url, "username":username, "password":password}
result = String(handler.invoke(paramMap, query))

# We printed the json here to see what the format was to properly dig into the resultant object.
# print "Got back: ", result
jsnResp = JSONObject.parse(result)
System.out.println('==========================================================')
System.out.println(jsnResp)
token = jsnResp.get("auth_token")
System.out.println('==========================================================')

System.out.println(token)
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