Assign Network & IP (Infoblox) - Operations Manager

Now that we have built the individual pieces of our use-case, we will tie them together with an Automation.   Automations allow users to control when, how, and with what data a workflow should run.  

Operations Manager - Video

Step 1

From the IAP Dashboard, select Operations Manager.  From Operations Manager select Create an Automation from the Quick Start menu.

 Step 2

Enter Lab – Assign Network and IP – Infoblox – XX for the name and click Create.

Step 3

From the Workflow dropdown, select the Lab – Assign Network and IP – Infoblox – XX workflow.

Step 4

Next, we need to create a Trigger.   Triggers define how the automation will be kicked off.  These include an API endpoint, a Schedule trigger, an Event trigger, or a Manual trigger.   For this lab, we will use a Manual trigger.  Click the + under Triggers and a new trigger will open on the right-hand side of your window.

 Step 5

Name the trigger Manual and select Manual from the Type dropdown.

 Step 6

From the Form dropdown, select Lab – Assign Network and IP – Infoblox Form - XX.  The form fields will populate.

 Step 7

Click Save Changes.   The Trigger is created and now appears on the left side of the screen.

Step 8

We are ready to run our automation.  Click the Run button.

 Step 9

The trigger kicks off and requires us to complete the form.  Select any option for both dropdowns and enter an example hostname.  Click Run Manually.

 Step 10

The results will open in a new Operations Manager tab.  The Transformation task took the formData variables and sent each variable individually to the Assign Next Network task.

Step 11 
The Assign Next Network task took the information and assigned the next network subnet mask .

Step 12
The Query task queried the new network subnet mask and sent it to the Assign Next IP 2 task, which updated the assigned IP.

Step 13
The second Transformation task then took this data and formatted it into the configuration needed by the View Data task.

Step 14
When the workflow reaches the View Data task, it will pause because this is a manual task that requires user intervention.  Click the Start Auto Work button.

Step 15

The Task Details will open.   Here you can see the Network and IP Address that have been reserved.  Review this information and click Ok.  The workflow will complete.

Step 16

Navigating to the Infoblox User Interface, you can see that the IP Address has been reserved.

Step 17

This completes our use-case walk through.