Orion SDK 2.4 released
Orion SDK 2.4 has been released. This release contains a set of nice SWQL Studio UI upgrades:Fancy tabs with Visual Studio-like behavior courtesy of DockPanelSuiteThe query parameter window has been...
View ArticleSSL Certificate Experiation Date Monitor (SWQL)
Here is a widget that can be used for a NOC view which list the SSL certs. Nice little view which can also be used for a summary view. select n.Caption as [Node],n.DetailsURL as...
View ArticleHow to add a node to an existing Orion group using the Python SDK
Hey guys! I am trying to see if anyone knows of a way to add a node to an existing group in Orion. I need this for a script I am writing to sort newly added nodes to the respective groups they belong...
View Articlehow to remanage node via curl/rest api?
i've figured out how to unmanage a node via curl, eg: curl -k -u userid:password -v https://orion:17778/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/Invoke/Orion.Nodes/Unmanage -X POST -d...
View Articlehow to add snmpv3 node via curl?
how would i discover or add an snmpv3 node via curl? i know there's a python script at: orionsdk-python/discover_one_node.py at master · solarwinds/orionsdk-python · GitHub but how would i do the same...
View ArticlePython Orion SDK swis.update broken after IPAM 4.6.0 upgrade
Before upgrade, the Python Orion SDK swis.update was working fine. After upgrade, the Python Orion SDK swis.update broke with the error HTTP error 400: "The given key was not present in the dictionary”...
View ArticleSQL to SWQL Conversion
Hi all, I'm completely unfamiliar with SWQL and to be honest I've never needed to use it until now. We have this SQL query running a report Select Distinct data.Name, sum(data.TotalPowerLoad)...
View Articlecannot discover snmpv3 node via discover_one_node.py script
am trying to use the discover_one_node.py script provided at GitHub - solarwinds/orionsdk-python: Python client for interacting with the SolarWinds Orion API but am getting this error when i run it:...
View ArticleNodes Filter Variable Usage
I am trying to understand if it is possible to use variables, like ${Caption} in the Nodes Filter. I got this idea from writing custom resources for groups, similar to the ones in this thread Useful...
View Articlehow to invoke a Network Sonar Discovery via rest api?
ive figured out how to discover a single node via python and the orion sdk but is that discovery the same as a network sonar discovery? because i noticed that changes in the volumes are NOT detected by...
View ArticleSWIS query to calculate date/time difference
I need to run a query and build an alert for the following. 1)Need to query Orion.PoolMembers for any LastheartbeatTimeStamp greater than 1 hour. SELECT HostName, LastHeartbeatTimeStamp FROM...
View Articlehas anyone automated changing DB password with PowerShell script instead of...
We have to change the password for DB user every 42 days and would like a way to automate it. We currently use SecretServer to store our passwords and it has the capability to enlist powershell scripts...
View ArticleWhen can SWQL refer to an Alias
I'm trying to parse strings and am trying to refer to an alias in the SWQL query. In the following query, I can refer to the alias IP without issue. However, the alias from the CHARINDEX expression...
View ArticleSWQL Single Character Wildcard / String Parsing
Does SWQL have a single character wildcard? I've been working with the SDK for a while and find string parsing to be the greatest difficulty. I'm still trying to find a way to work around for the...
View ArticleSWQL -> SplitStringToArray -> ArrayValueAt
Hey guys, first of all, please excuse my bad english i try since two days to create a swql-query that give me with SPLITSTRINGTOARRAY one value from a string that contains two values wich are...
View ArticleIMPORT / UPLOAD ORION MAPS [POWERSHELL]
Hello.I have created a script which can upload OrionMap files (and thier associated images if required) to the SolarWinds database without the need for Network Atlas or ImportMapBatch as these were...
View ArticleCan devices be added to Solarwinds via Ansible? Is there an ansible module...
Hi folks, I've been tasked with adding a couple thousand network devices to SW. Is there an ansible playbook / module that does that? I didn't find any in the Orion github space. Any help would be...
View ArticleCannot add or edit node
Hi Solarwinds fellas, Just wondering if you encounter issue in adding or editing nodes, when adding, it just freezes and nothing happens after SNMP test is successful. While in editing node, it will...
View ArticleHow to dynamically/automatically (daily) fill in Node Custom Properties
Hi all We need to run a "discovery job/script" to get plenty of values from roughly 1000 servers,then update node custom properties with found valuesand then use those values as variables in...
View Articlewhat is Orion? N-Central?
Solarwinds seems to have many diverse products. My understanding is that Orion is not currently sold by Solarwinds? They seem to sell N-Central for RMM. I'm looking to use the SolarWinds Orion SDK, or...
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