CLI: Toolkit PowerPack Release Notes, version 101

Version 101 of the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack includes an updated execution environment.

  • Minimum Required Platform Version: 11.3.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 11.3.0 or later of SL1 before installing or upgrading to the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack version 101.

Installing or Upgrading the PowerPack

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in 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 the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack, perform the following steps:

  1. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to 11.3.0 or later release.
  2. Download the latest version of the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  3. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and select Import PowerPack. When prompted, import this version of the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack.
  4. After importing the PowerPack, you will be prompted to install the PowerPack. Click the Install button to install the PowerPack.

Features

This release of the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack includes the following features:

  • An execution environment with CLI/SSH steps for building Dynamic Applications for CLI/SSH devices.
  • A template Dynamic Application that demonstrates the CLI steps.

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in this release of the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack:

  • The execution environment included in the PowerPack was updated to specify each ScienceLogic Library that it uses.

Full documentation, including the agent-specific steps for the "CLI: Toolkit" PowerPack, is provided at the following location: https://docs.sciencelogic.com/dev-docs/