VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.14

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Bulk Add Data Sources Using the Python SDK

You can bulk add network devices as data sources to
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 by using the
network-insight-sdk-python
 SDK.
  • You must have access to the
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
     collector CLI.
  • You must have access to the
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
     platform CLI.
  • You must have the CSV file containing the list of network devices in the following format:
    
"DataSourceType","IP","fqdn","Username","Password","CSPRefreshToken","NickName",
"CentralCliEnabled","IPFixEnabled","SwitchType","ParentvCenter","IsVMC",
"snmp_version","snmp_community_string","snmp_username","snmp_password",
"snmp_auth_type","snmp_privacy_type","ProxyIP"
"DataSource1","","Domain_name","username","<pwd>","",
"nick_name_discovered_devices_1","","","","","","","","","","","","10.xx.xxx.xx"
"DataSource2","10.1xx.xx.1x","","username","pwd","",
" nick_name_discovered_devices_2","","","","","","","","","","","","10.xx.xx.xxx"
    You can create the file manually, or discover the devices in your network by performing network discovery. See Discover Network Devices by Running CLI Commands for more information.
You can add the following data sources only:
  • Cisco switches
  • Arista switches
  • Juniper switches
  • Dell switches
  • F5
  • Brocade switches
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Check Point Firewall
  • Cisco ASA
  1. Log in to the
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
     collector CLI as a
    support
     user.
  2. Log in to the
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
     platform CLI as a
    support
     user.
  3. Switch to a
    Ubuntu
     user. Run the following command:
    ub
  4. Navigate to the
    /home/ubuntu
     directory.
    cd /home/ubuntu
  5. Download the
    network-insight-sdk-python
     SDK from GitHub.
    wget https://github.com/vmware/network-insight-sdk-python/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
  6. Unzip the contents of the SDK and delete the ZIP file.
    unzip master.zip && rm master.zip
  7. Export the Python path to
    /home/ubuntu/network-insight-sdk-python-master/swagger_client-py2.7.egg
    .
    export PYTHONPATH=/home/ubuntu/network-insight-sdk-python-master/swagger_client-py2.7.egg
  8. Navigate to the
    examples
     directory within the SDK. This folder contains the
    datasource_addition.py
     script.
    cd /home/ubuntu/network-insight-sdk-python-master/examples
  9. Run the
    datasource_addition.py
     script to bulk add network devices to
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
    . The supported options are:
    Option
    Required
    Description
    --deployment_type
    Required
    The type of deployment on which you are performing the bulk addition operation. Accepted values are
    onprem
     and
    saas
    .
    The default value is
    onprem
    .
    --platform_ip
    Required
    The IP address of the
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
     platform node1 where you want to add the devices.
    --username
    Required
    The user name of the platform user.
    You must always enclose the username in single quotes.
    --password
    Required
    The password of the platform user.
    You must always enclose the password in single quotes.
    --data_sources_csv
    Required
    The location of the CSV file which contains the details of the devices.
    --domain_type
    Optional
    The domain type to authenticate user credentials. Accepted values are
    LOCAL
     and
    LDAP
    .
    --domain_value
    Optional
    If the domain type is LDAP, provide your LDAP domain name.
    Option
    Description
    --deployment_type
    The type of deployment. Accepted values are
    onprem
     and
    saas
    .
    The default value is
    onprem
    .
    --api_token
    The API token to authenticate your
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
     Cloud credentials.
    --cloud_location
    The location of the data center. Accepted values are
    US
    ,
    UK
    ,
    JP
    ,
    AU
    , and
    DE
    .
    The default value is
    US
    .
    --data_sources_csv
    The location of the CSV file which contains the details of the devices.
    Here are a few examples. 
    python datasource_addition.py --deployment_type onprem --platform_ip vrni.example.com --username 'user@vmware' --password 'mypassword' --data_sources_csv /home/ubuntu/discovered_devices.csv
    python datasource_addition.py --deployment_type onprem --platform_ip vrni.example.com --username 'user@vmware.com' --password 'mypassword' --domain_type LDAP --domain_value vmware.com --data_sources_csv /home/ubuntu/discovered_devices.csv
    For example:
    python datasource_addition.py --deployment_type vrnic --api_token YourCSPAPIToken --cloud_location UK --data_sources_csv /home/ubuntu/discovered_devices.csv
    You can track the result of the network discovery operation on the CLI. If the bulk addition operation fails for one or more devices, you can rectify the errors and reattempt the operation. See Common Data Source Errors for more information.
View the data sources added to
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 by navigating to the
Settings
Accounts and Data Sources
 page.

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