Defining Network Discovery Observer jobs

You use the Network Discovery Observer to retrieve network topology data from the Network Discovery database via REST API and use this data to create topologies within the topology service.

To edit the parameters in the configuration file

1. Open the netdisco_observer_common.sh configuration file and edit the following parameters:

   Table 1. Network Discovery Observer job parameters

   Parameter	Action	Details
   Unique ID	Enter a unique name for the job	Required
   Config ID	Specify the Network Discovery configuration ID	Required
   Job schedule	Specify when the job should run, and whether it should run at regular intervals. By default the job runs immediately, and only once. Optionally you can specify a future date and time for the job to run, and then set it to run at regular intervals after that.	Optional. Transient (one-off) jobs only. If you set a job schedule, the run intervals must be at least 90 seconds apart, and if you set them at less than 15 minutes, a warning is displayed, as the frequency can impact system performance.
   Observer job description	Enter additional information to describe the job.	Optional

2. To start the Network Discovery Observer Load job, use one of the following commands:
   • This command triggers the job to load all requested topology data.

     $ASM_HOME/bin/netdisco_observer_load_start.sh

   • Alternatively, you can start the load job using the following cURL command:

     curl –insecure -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'Accept: application/json' --header 'X-TenantID: cfd95b7e-3bc7-4006-a4a8-a73a79c71255' --header 'Authorization: Basic YXNtOmFzbQ==' -d '{
       "unique_id": "my job",
       "type": "string",
       "description": "job description",
       "parameters": {
         "configId": "default-netdisco"
       }
     }' 'https://localhost/1.0/netdisco-observer/jobs/load'