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Example: Import systems using a pre-defined request

In this example, the client has a CSV file that is kept up to date by the administrators. This CSV file can be used to onboard systems using a pre-defined request.

Table 1. CSV Column Descriptions

Column Name

Description

HOST

Optional: The host name of the system.

ADMIN

The username of the admin user.

ADMIN_PASS

The password of the admin user.

FQDN

The FQDN of the server.

MS_TEAM

The team name that the server will be onboarded to.

SYSTEM_TYPE

The connector platform type. For example, "WINNT" is the platform associated to the (agtnt) connector for Microsoft Windows servers and workstations.

ZONE

Optional: Used to specify the zone to tell which proxy to use if the system requires a Bravura Security Fabric proxy.

OWNER

Optional: The owner of the system.

USEMANAGEDCREDENTIAL

Optional: This is set to True if you wish to use a managed credential.

INSTANCE

Optional: Used to specify a particular instance.

PORT

The port to use for communication - This can be left blank in most cases.

MYSTS

Optional: This is the managed system hostid containing the managed account.

MACCT

Optional: This is the managed account name.

REQUEST_TEAM

The team in which its system trustee(s) will be used to authorize the request.



Below is the contents of the source CSV file used in this case:

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To import systems using a pre-defined request:

  1. From the administrator home page, click Manage components.

  2. Search for and install the Functional.hid_batch_request_submit component.

  3. Log in to Bravura Security Fabric as a team trustee.

    Click Manage Resources in the Requests section on the main menu.

  4. Click Submit a request batch via CSV PDR to launch the wizard.

    The PDR reads the CSV file and submits a request for each row in the CSV.

  5. Enter the following values:

    Pre-defined request to submit

    System: Onboard.

    Batch request reason

    The reason for your request

    CSV Request File

    Search for and select your CSV file.

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  6. Click Submit.

    The request will be auto-approved and the systems will be onboarded.

  7. Click Manage the system > Privileged access > Managed systems.

    You should be able to see the new onboarded target systems.

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Troubleshooting

When a file is opened in Python it may have a bad/unexpected name for the first column See Workaround for dealing with UTF-8 BOM encoding .

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