Auto bind and auto apply script

[testos]

Hello again.

I am trying to prove automatic template application and automatic node binding to containers based on filters (node name begins with "FG100A") and do not work none of these filters:
 

sub main()
{
return left($1,6) = "FG100A" ? 1 : 0;
}

sub main()
{
return left($node,6) = "FG100A" ? 1 : 0;
}

sub main()
{
return left($node,6) = "FG100A" ? $node : 0;
}

What is wrong?
Thanks in advanced

[victor]

Hello!

You should use == for compare operation. = is an assignment operation.

For example:

a = 1

means "assign value 1 to variable a"

and

a == 1

means "test if variable's value is 1".

Second error is that $node variable is an object, and you need to compare it's name attribute. To access it, use

$node->name

And compare always returns 1 or 0, so you can omit ? 1 : 0 part and simply use

left($node->name,6) == "FG100A"

So, correct script will looks like

sub main()
{
   return left($node->name, 6) == "FG100A";
}

Best regards,
Victor

[testos]

Ok. Thanks for the explanation. 
Now it complete auto bind/apply. But it takes a few minutes. Is there any parameter in server configuration that I can setting to make it faster?

...$node variable is an object, and you need to compare it's name attribute.

What other attributes for $node object? Some other usefull objects->attributes for auto bind/apply operations?

Best regards.

[victor]

Hi!

Auto bind/apply occurs during configuration polls. You can force configuration poll for specific node from console (via Poll -> Configuration menu), or decrease interval between configuration polls by changing server's parameter ConfigurationPollingInterval.

Attributes of node object:

name	Node name
id	Object identifier
status	Node status (0 = Normal, 1 = Warning, 2 = Minor, 3 = Major, 4 = Critical, 5 = Unknown, 6 = Unmanaged)
ipAddr	Node primary IP address (as text string, like 10.2.1.4)
isAgent	Agent presense flag: 1 if NetXMS agent present on node, 0 if not
isSNMP	SNMP support flag: 1 if SNMP is supported by node, 0 if not
isBridge	Bridge flag: 1 if node is bridge or switch, 0 if not
isRouter	IP router flag: 1 if node is Ip router (can forward IP packets), 0 if not
isPrinter	Printer flag: 1 if node detected to be a network printer, 0 if not
isCDP	CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) support flag: 1 node supports CDP, 0 if not
isSONMP	SONMP (SynOptics Network Management Protocol) support flag: 1 node supports SONMP, 0 if not
isLLDP	LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) support flag: 1 node supports LLDP, 0 if not
snmpVersion	SNMP version used for communication with node's SNMP agent
snmpOID	SNMP object ID
agentVersion	NetXMS agent version (as string, like 0.2.26)
platformName	Platform name, as returned by NetXMS agent (for example, windows-i386)

Best regards,
Victor

[possamai]

is this scripting stuff documented somewhere? Because I can't find it..
i'm trying to figure out how it works, but it's tough to find resources about auto bind filters etc. etc.

[victor]

Hi!

There are documentation chapter about scripting language itself, and reference for all functions. However, writing transformation and filtering script are not covered. I'll try to add additional information on this topic to documentation.

Best regards,
Victor