Tasks

Description	Allows users to manipulate tasks in NEO
Request URL	/neo/app/tasks
Main Operations	Create New Task Get Tasks All Tasks Specific Tasks Run Task Remove Task Update Task

Warning

Users can create, delete, fetch and run tasks using REST API.

Create New Task

Create Provisioning Task Using Explicit CLI Commands

Description	Creates a new task in NEO using explicit CLI commands
Request URL	POST /neo/app/tasks
Response	HTTP Response location header will contain URI with Task ID that was created

Response:

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            {
	"action":"run_cli", 
	"params":{
		"commandline":[ 
		  "<cli_command>"
		],
		"arguments":{ 
		"globals":{}, 
		"devices":{
	"<system_IP>":{}
}
	  }
	},
	"description":"", 
	"object_ids":[
	  "<system_IP>"
	]
   target_type":<type_of_target>,
}
{
"application": {
			"version": "1.9.0-15062017",
			"name": "Mellanox NEO"
},
"next": "/neo", 
"server": {
			"ip": "10.212.220.1",
			"name": "dev-r-vrt-220.mtr.labs.mlnx"
			  }
}

Create a New Provisioning Task Using Template Name

Description	Creates a new task in NEO using template name
Request URL	POST /neo/app/tasks
Response	HTTP Response location header will contain URI with Task ID that was created

Request Data:

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            {"action":"run_cli","description":"Shows list of trap- receivers","object_type":"System",target_type":"system","object_ids":["10.224.26.118"], "params":{"commandline":["#!desc: Shows list of trap- receivers","#!system_profile:","#!system_type: mlnxos_switch","#!owner: *system*","show snmp host"],"arguments":{"globals":{}}}}

Create a New Software Upgrade Task

Description	Creates a new software upgrade task in NEO
Request URL	POST /neo/app/tasks
Response	HTTP Response location header will contain URI with Task ID that was created

Request Data:

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            { 	
    			"action": "sw_upgrade", 
  				 "params": { 
    			 "description": "", 
    			 "protocol": "scp", 
    			 "server": "<host_name>", 
   				 "path": "<image_path>", 
   				 "image": "<selected_image>", 
   				 "username": "<username>", 
    			 "password": "<password>" 
				 }, 
				 "object_ids": ["<system_IP>"], 
				 "description": "" 
 }

Create a New Reboot Task

Description	Creates a new reboot task in NEO
Request URL	POST /neo/app/tasks
Response	HTTP Response location header will contain URI with Task ID that was created

Request Data:

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            { 
    "action": "reboot", 
     "params": {   
    }, 
    "description": "Switch reboot", 
	"object_ids": ["<system_IP>"]
 }

Create a New Apply Configuration Task

Description	Creates a new Apply Configuration task
Request URL	POST /neo/app/tasks
Response	HTTP Response location header will contain URI with Task ID that was created

Request Data:

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            {
	"action":"apply_conf", "description":"Apply Config",
	"object_ids":["10.209.37.30", "10.209.37.13"],
 
	"object_type":"System", 
	"params":{
		"file_id": "conf_file_global.global_test_avi2", 
		"arguments":
		{
			"globals": {}, 
			"devices": {
				"10.209.37.30": {
					"switch_hostname": "r-ufm-sw56"
					}, 
					"10.209.37.13": {
						"switch_hostname": "r-ufm-sw55"
					}
				}
			}
		},
		  "target_type":"System", 
		  "task_type":""
}

Create a New Generate Dump Task

Description	Creates a new Generate Dump task
Request URL	POST /neo/app/tasks
Response	HTTP Response location header will contain URI with Task ID that was created

Request Data:

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            { 
 "action":"generate_dump", 
 "params":{ 
 "description":"decription", 
 "protocol":"scp", 
 "server":"10.224.14.231", 
 "path":"/path/to/send/dump", 
 "username": "username", 
 "password": "password" 
 }, 
 "description": "description", 
 "target_type": "System", 
 "object_type":"System", 
 "object_ids":["10.209.36.161"]
 }

Get All Tasks

Description	Retrieves information for all tasks in NEO
Request URL	GET /neo/app/tasks
Request Data	N/A

Response:

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            	{ 
         "lastJobId": "", 
         "description": "Shows list of trap-receivers", 
         "schedule": {}, 
         "instanceID": "922cbf60-f4a8-4646-82bc-c6ce405dc4ff", 
         "createdOn": "2016-01-04 13:40:44", 
         "object_type": "System", 
		 "object_ids": [
			"10.224.26.118"
		 ],
         "parent_task_id": null, 
         "target_type": "System", 
         "action": "Provisioning", 
         "readOnly": false, 
         "params": { 
			"commandline": [ 
				"show snmp host"
			],
            "arguments": { 
                "globals": {} 
            } 
         }, 
         "lastRunTime": null, 
         "owner": "admin" 
     }

Get Tasks

Description	Retrieves information for specific tasks in NEO
Request URL	GET /neo/app/tasks/<list_of_Task_IDs>
Request Data	N/A

Response:

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              { 
            "lastJobId": "", 
            "description": "Setting MTU on interfaces", 
            "schedule": {}, 
            "instanceID": "581513fa-63ac-442f-a89b-03552fd316e2", 
            "createdOn": "2016-12-11 14:20:03", 
            "object_type": "EthernetPort", 
			"object_ids": [ 
				{
					"10.209.24.148": [ 
                        "1/2", 
                        "1/5" 
                    ] 
                } 
            ], 
            "parent_task_id": null, 
            "target_type": "EthernetPort", 
            "action": "Provisioning", 
            "readOnly": false, 
            "task_type": "", 
            "params": { 
				"commandline": [
					"interface ethernet <interface_range> mtu <MTU_size> force"
                ], 
                "arguments": { 
                    "globals": { 
                        "MTU_size": "1500" 
                    } 
                } 
            }, 
            "lastRunTime": "2016-12-13 13:16:09", 
            "owner": "admin", 
            "hidden": false 
        },

Warning

The user can use Tasks IDs in Request URL to filter tasks returned.

Run Task

Description	Runs an existing task in NEO
Request URL	POST /neo/app/tasks/<Task_ID>/run
Request Data	N/A
Response	HTTP response location header will contain URI with Job ID created for the running task.
Status Codes	Note: Status code 202 ACCEPTED means that task is running and a job has been created for this task

Remove Task

Description	Removes an existing task from NEO
Request URL	DELETE /neo/app/tasks/<Task_ID>
Request Data	N/A
Response	N/A
Status Codes	Note: Status code 204 NO CONTENT mean that task was removed successfully

Update Task

Description	Updates an existing task data
Request URL	PUT /neo/app/tasks/<Task_ID>
Response	HTTP response location header will contain URI with task id of the updated task.
Status Codes	Note: Status code 403 FORBIDDEN occurs when trying to set a schedule when not applicable

Request Data:

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            {
	"description": "new description", 
	"object_ids": ["10.224.15.89"], 
	"params": {
  "commandline": [
			"show voltage"
		  ],
  "arguments": {
			"globals": {}
		  }},
	"timeout": 1,
	"schedule": {
		"instanceID": "14b2ff5a-0ad6-45ec-9e0f-11879a348386", 
		"active": true,
		"trigger": "date",
		"date": "2019-1-24 19:59:06",
		"timezone": "Asia/Jerusalem"
	 }
}

Get Last Snapshot

Description	Get the output of the last job of the given task
Request URL	GET /neo/app/tasks/<task_id>/lastSnapshot
Response	HTTP response location header will contain URI with task id of the updated task.

Request Data:

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            [
	{
		"device": "10.209.36.162",
		"output": "X86_64 3.6.8100 2018-08-01 21:29:20 x86_64"
	}
]

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