Openshift PaaS Orchestration

AppViewX’s Visual Workflow provides you with an interface to install Open service Broker (OSB) that manages applications defined by AppViewX catalogs and accelerates application deployment.
  • Offers a Kubernetes container platform to manage hybrid cloud deployments.
  • Allows you to connect application deployed in OSE Container Platform to a variety of service brokers.
  • OSB API manages applications defined by AppView catalogs.
  • Enables PaaS Orchestration of application and PKI services.
  • Accelerated application deployment.

To facilitate Openshift PaaS Orchestration:

  1. Design a new workflow.
  2. To download the OSB Plugin manually, click icon above the Start task.
    Tip: You can also click on the Service Orchestration icon to install the plugin.
  3. To install the AppViewX OSB plugin automatically, trigger the OpenShift Plugin Installer workflow from the Request :: View/Run page.
    The workflow execution page is displayed with the workflow inputs requested at the first stage.
  4. Enter the OSB details in the fields.
  5. To proceed with plugin installation, click Next.
  6. Open the AppViewX Open Service Broker.
  7. View all automation catalogs in OpenShift once the AppViewX broker is installed.
  8. To provision application and security services through AppViewX, click on any Automation catalog.
    Note: The following REST API is used to orchestrate and provision services between openshift and appviewx.

    • API: visualworkflow-get-all-workflows

      Description: To fetch the list of workflows in the AppViewX environment

      Method: POST.

      Type Name Mandatory Description
      Header username yes AppViewX username
      Header password yes AppViewX password
      Header Content-Type yes application/json
      Header Accept yes application/json
      Query gwsource yes Source from which the request is triggered (Example, external)

      Format: https://<application ip>:<gatewayport>/avxapi/visualworkflow-get-all-workflows?gwkey=<tenant key>&gwsource=<gateway source>

      Sample Payload: {"payload":{"sSearch":""}}

      Sample Response:{"response":{"workflowTemplateList":[{"workflowName":"Create LTM HTTP Monitor","accessType":"RW","properties":{"version":"19.3.0","category":38,"categoryName":"F5 BIG-IP","subCategory":2,"subCategoryName":"Ansible","internalWorkflow":false,"readOnly":false,"hidden":false,"locked":false},"settings":{"disableRequestorSubmission":false,"tags":[],"hideWorkflow":false,"enableRequest":true,"confirmationAlert":true},"globalData":{},"_id":"5f1011f4b958f463955d2b6e","description":"","created_by":"admin","status":"Enabled","workflowCategory":"Default","workflowVersion":"master","activeForRequest":true,"activeForInventory":true}],"iTotalDisplayRecords":1},"message":null,"appStatusCode":null,"tags":null,"headers":null}

    • API: visualworkflow-generate-api

      Description: To generate the payload for specific workflow

      Method: POST

      Type Name Mandatory Description
      Header username yes AppViewX username
      Header password yes AppViewX password
      Header Content-Type yes application/json
      Header Accept yes application/json
      Query gwkey yes Tenant key
      Query gwsource yes Source from which the request is triggered (Eg: external)

      Format:https://<application ip>:<gateway port>/avxapi/visualworkflow-generate-api?gwkey=<tenant key>&gwsource=<gateway source>

      Sample Payload: {"payload":{"workflowName":"Create LTM HTTP Monitor","workflowType":"Default","workflowVersion":"master"}}

      Sample Response:{"response":{"url":"<protocol>://<IP>:<port>/avxapi/visualworkflow-submit-request?gwkey=f000ca01&gwsource=WEB","actionId":"visualworkflow-submit-request","httpMethod":"POST","payload":{"payload":{"data":{"input":{"requestData":[{"sequenceNo":1,"scenario":"scenario","fieldInfo":{"device_ip":"192.168.40.214","device_name":"192.168.40.214","interval":"5","timeout":"2","monitor_name":"demmoo_monitor"}}]},"task_action":1},"header":{"workflowName":"Create LTM HTTP Monitor"}}}},"message":null,"appStatusCode":null,"tags":null,"headers":null}

    • API: visualworkflow-submit-request

      Description: To submit a workflow request in AppViewX

      Method: POST

      Type Name Mandatory Description
      Header username yes AppViewX username
      Header password yes AppViewX password
      Header Content-Type yes application/json
      Header Accept yes application/json
      Query gwkey yes Tenant key
      Query gwsource yes Source from which the request is triggered (Eg: external)

      Format:https://<application ip>:<gateway port>/avxapi/visualworkflow-submit-request?gwkey=<tenant key>&gwsource=<gateway source>

      Sample Payload:"payload": { "data": { "input": { "requestData": [ { "sequenceNo": 1, "scenario": "scenario", "fieldInfo": { "device_ip": "192.168.40.214", "device_name": "192.168.40.214", "interval": "5", "timeout": "2", "monitor_name": "ltm_monitor_test" } }] }, "task_action": 1 }, "header": { "workflowName": "Create LTM HTTP Monitor" } } }

      Sample Response:{"response":{"workorderId":"0","requestType":"default","requestId":"38","workflowVersion":"master","message":"Workflow Request is created with Id 33 . Request submitted to workflow engine for processing workorder.","status":"In Progress","statusCode":0}}