New Generic interface Operations for CMDB
Jens Bothe04. Nov 2014 | Miscellaneous
Disclaimer:
The practical examples presented in our technical blog (blog.otrs.com) and now in the expert category in our FAQ blog section serve as a source of ideas and documentation to show what is theoretically possible with OTRS in concrete scenarios or sometimes even for more exotic configurations. All configurations presented here were developed under laboratory conditions as a proof of concept.
We can only guarantee testing and implementation of these concepts to be error-free and productive if implemented in a workshop with one of our OTRS consultants. Without this, the responsibility lies with the customer himself. Please note that configurations from older OTRS versions may not work in the newer ones.
With the upcoming OTRS4 the CMDB will get an own Generic Interface connector to create, read, search and update CIs via SOAP or REST.
So first you have to create a new webservice within OTRS for the needed provider operations:
Then you have to create a script which uses the SOAP method to create a new CI: otrs.SOAPCreateCI.pl
Running it, it will create a new CI:
In the interface there is no difference between a manually created CI and the one created by the webservice
You’ll find the yml file to create the webservice here: GenericConfigItemConnectorSOAP.yml
Pablo at 12.09.2016, 19:12
Do you know some add-on that allow us to view graphically relationship between CI at CMDB ?? Thanks
Jens at 01.06.2016, 20:33
Hi Patrick, this is currently not posible and would require some development
Patrick at 08.03.2016, 21:30
Jens, I was in the training on Sao Paulo - Brazil. I have a doubt, can i link the CMDB objects in the postmaster filter?
Jens at 18.05.2015, 22:26
None planned yet
Peter at 18.05.2015, 08:09
What about Webservices for Change Management?
eliasprobst at 05.11.2014, 20:54
Ah, sorry… my fault. I searched for it in OTRS 4 itself, not OTRS::ITSM :) Thanks a lot for finishing these efforts to bring CMDB support to the GenericInterface!
Jens at 05.11.2014, 11:59
Hi, the webservice will be available in OTRS4 ITSM. It should be in the master yet: https://github.com/OTRS/ITSMConfigurationManagement
eliasprobst at 05.11.2014, 11:28
Was this merged to 'master' yet? I can't find any references there and would love to give it a try.
Jens at 04.11.2014, 23:46
They should be smaller now. My Browser was scaling them
Nils at 04.11.2014, 23:38
Hi Jens, nice post. Could you please upload smaller images as the current ones are very large and possibly unable to display okay on smaller screens?