Configuring Bluecat

Go to DDI+ > INTEGRATION HUB, and then click Add new vendor.

The Select vendor page is displayed.

On the Select Vendor page, click Bluecat.

On the Vendor Configuration page, under the Information section, enter or select the required field information.

The following table describes the various fields in this section:


Field	Description
*Name	Enter a unique name to identify the vendor account which is being configured.
Description	Enter a description for the purpose of configuring this vendor, if required.
Data center	Select a data center from the options available in the dropdown list.
*: Mandatory fields

On the Vendor Configuration page, under the Credentials section, enter or select the required field information.

The following table describes the various fields in this section:


Field	Description
Auth type	Displays the Basic Auth method of authentication selected by default.
*Username	Enter valid username.
*URL	Enter API URL for the vendor with the HTTPS/HTTP protocol.
*Passowrd	Enter the valid password.
*Access Token URL	Enter the authentication URL to obtain an access token to authenticate Bluecat APIs. For example, https://%3Ctest%3E.appviewx.net/Services/REST/v1/login
*API Version	Select the preferred API version from the dropdown list. By default v1 is selected.
*: Mandatory fields

Enable Sync IPAM for parsing the IP Address Management (IPAM) data of the vendor.

Enable Config sync for parsing the vendor.

Enable Sync DNS for parsing the vendor.

On the Vendor Configuration page, under the Configurations section, turn on the Enable Advanced Config toggle to add additional vendor configuration attributes.

Sample Schema:

{
	"ipam": {
		"ipPaginationLimit": 10000,
		"subnetPaginationLimit": 1000,
		"asyncRequestCount": 4
	},
	"dns": {
		"recordsPaginationLimit": 1000,
		"asyncRequestCount": 4
	},
	"custom_action": {
		"name": ""
	}
}

The following table explains the strings in the JSON schema:


Strings	Description
dns	The DNS update Time to Live (TTL) value of a DHCP network object.
recordPagination Limit	CMDB Data Fetch Limit per Vendor API Call (For example, ServiceNow CMDB API Limit). Note: This API pagination limit specifies the number of CMDB records that can be retrieved in a single API call from ServiceNow.
asyncRequest Count	AppViewX initiates parallel calls to devices to synchronize data. The asyncRequestCount specifies the number of simultaneous calls AppViewX can make at any given time.
ipPagination Limit	Number of IPAddresses to be fetched in a single Infoblox ipv4 API call.
subnet Pagination Limit	Number of Subnets to be fetched in a single Infoblox network API call.
asyncRequest Count	AppViewX initiates parallel calls to devices to synchronize data. The asyncRequestCount specifies the number of simultaneous calls AppViewX can make at any given time.
custom _action > name	Custom workflow name to be triggered after the Infoblox sync is complete
*: Mandatory fields

Select CMDB Source from the dropdown list to correlate IPAM data with the CMDB.

Click Finish.