Port/VLAN Configuration (EOS) - Pre-Built

Now that we have reviewed building a form and manipulating data with a Transformation, we will review the Pre-Built that we will use for our use case. As a reminder, a Pre-Built is a workflow that Itential has created that is considered reusable logic towards a specific functionality. In this case, configuring a port is the target functionality.

Pre-Built Workflow Video

Step 1

From the IAP dashboard, navigate to Automation Studio. Click Automation Studio in the left navigation panel. 

Step 2

Click Workflows, on the left, to expand.

Step 3

Expand the Port Turn Up - EOS workflow group and click on the Port Turn Up - EOS workflow.

Step 4

IAP has four types of tasks:  Termination, Automatic, Manual, and Operational.  Let’s define these individually.

• Every automation has Termination tasks at the beginning and the end.  All other tasks in the automation will be placed between the beginning and ending termination tasks.
• The green tasks represent Automatic tasks.  These tasks will execute without intervention. 
• Next are the Manual tasks which are represented by grey tasks.  These require human interaction. 
• The fourth task type is Operational tasks, which are purple.  Operational tasks are used to control workflows with conditional branches and loops, and to manipulate runtime data.
  Note:  The Child Job task is a unique task that does not fit into any of the task categories.  

As mentioned in the overview, at a high level the automation will: 

• Transform data.
• Perform a pre-check to ensure the port does not already exist.
• Configure the port.
• Perform a post-check to ensure the port has been correctly provisioned.
• Display a diff of the pre-check and post-check to the user.