Assign Network & IP (Infoblox) - Pre-Built Resources

We will begin by reviewing 2 Itential Pre-Built resources.  Pre-built resources allow you to accelerate workflow and automation development by utilizing existing resources.  From the IAP Dashboard, select Automation Studio.  

Pre-Built Resources Video

Step 1

From Automation Studio, expand the Workflows dropdown.

 Step 2

Expand the Workflow Group for Assign Network and IP – Infoblox and select the Create Network Container – Infoblox workflow.

Step 3

In this workflow, you can see various task types.  IAP has four task types: Termination, Automatic, Operational, and Manual.   Let’s define these individually.

•  Every workflow has Termination tasks to start and end the workflow.  All other tasks are placed between the START and END termination tasks.
• The green tasks represent Automatic tasks. These tasks will execute without intervention.
• Next are Operational tasks, which are purple.  Operational tasks are used to control workflows with conditional branches and loops, and to manipulate run time data.
• The fourth task type is Manual tasks.  When used, manual tasks are grey and represent tasks that require human interaction.

Step 4

For our use-case, a network container has already been created, however this workflow could be incorporated through a Child Job task in the event a new network container needs to be created.  Take some time to review the workflow and click Next when you are ready to proceed.

Step 5

This use-case will utilize a pre-built Transformation when building our workflow.  From the Transformations menu select the Generate Reservation Message transformation.

Step 6

This Transformation will be used to format our data into the configuration needed by the View Data task of our workflow.  Review the pre-built Transformation.