Automation and Orchestration
Automation & Orchestration Automation Tasks Automation is based on tasks. Each task has its own specific job to perform. Device UP/DOWN - Poll if device up or down? CPU Utilization - Poll if CPU too high? Send Email - Send email to notify team of events Relay information to 3rd party application - Send information to 3rd party app (Like a Ticketing system to have ticket auto-generated) Server Services UP/DOWN - Poll if service running? Services Restart - Just like it sounds. Orchestration Tasks Orchestration coordinates tasks into a process flow. If the results of specific tasks (UP/Down State, High CPU, etc) meet a specific criteria then it will trigger other tasks. Below are two examples of what I mean. Scenario One For this scenario the task responsible for checking UP/DOWN status on devices finds a device is down, this is classified as an event. Thanks to orchest...