Description | This article describes how NSX and LSSO connectors can be used to get the state of SDN connectors in the CLI or receive SDN Connector status by email. API can be used to get the state of the SDN connector and automation stitches can be triggered to send an email when the connector status changes. |
Scope | FortiGate. |
Solution | Basic SDN configuration example :
edit <name> set status {enable | disable} set type {connector type} ... set update-interval <integer> next end
API calls can be used to get the state of SDN connectors.
Example API call for the NSX connector: More API calls can be found in the online guide.
JSON response:
Example API call for the FSSO connector: More API calls can be found in the online guide.
JSON response:
SDN connectors can also be monitored by triggering stitches that use the following event types 53000 53001 43050 43051. The following is a sample stitch structure:
config system automation-trigger edit "SDN Connector" set event-type event-log next end
config system automation-action edit "Email Notification" set description "Send a custom email to the specified recipient(s)." next end
To complete the stitch setup, it is necessary to add an automation stitch to trigger the automation-trigger and automation action:
config system automation-stitch edit "SDN" set trigger "SDN Connector" config actions edit 1 set action "Email Notification" next end next end |
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