Introduction to the Network Connectivity Automations PowerPack

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This section describes how to use the automation policies, automation actions, and custom action types found in the Network Connectivity Automations PowerPack.

This PowerPack is available with a ScienceLogic SL1 Standard solution. Contact your ScienceLogic Customer Success Manager or Customer Support to learn more.

What is the Network Connectivity Automations PowerPack?

The Network Connectivity Automations PowerPack enriches SL1 network connectivity events, such as availability and latency issues, by automatically running common network diagnostic commands and adding the output to the SL1 event log or an associated incident. This PowerPack includes custom action types for running ping, traceroute, nslookup, and nmap commands with parameters that you specify. The PowerPack also includes two dynamic device groups for IPv4 devices and IPv6 devices.

The Network Connectivity Automations PowerPack does not contain or require credentials to operate. The Network Connectivity Automations actions are executed from the SL1 All-In-One Appliance or Data Collector.

Installing the PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the Network Connectivity Automations PowerPack.

The Network Connectivity Automations PowerPack requires SL1 version 8.10.0 or later. For details on upgrading SL1, see the appropriate SL1Release Notes.

You must install version 101 of the Datacenter Automation Utilities PowerPack before proceeding.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing this PowerPack. For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.

To use the standard automation policies, no other configuration is necessary. These automation policies run in response to network connectivity-related events that are included in SL1.