CA Configuration Automation Server UI Context Launch

Opening the CA Configuration Automation Server UI in Context

Context launch lets you launch the CCA Server UI directly using a URL. The context launch provides a mechanism to launch some CA Configuration Automation operations or dialogs using a URL. This URL can act as an integration tool and can be used in any report or application UI.

URL Parameters

The common parameters are as follows:

eem=eem-artifact: Specifies credentials to log in to CA EEM.
type: Specifies the type of the operation or dialog.

Parameters to run a Change Detection operation on a server are as follows:

type=cd

Specifies the run Change Detection operation on a server.

server=server-name OR ipaddress=ip-address

Specifies the server name or the IP address.

source=(defaults to 1)

Specifies the source snapshot to run Change Detection. The values are as follows:

1 — Current data
2 — Most recent snapshot
3 — Second most recent snapshot
4 — Baseline
5 — Gold Standard
6 — Silver Standard
7 — Bronze Standard
Snapshot ID for Change Detection and compare operations

target=(defaults to 2)

Specifies the target snapshot. The values are as follows:

1 — Current data
2 — Most recent snapshot
3 — Second most recent snapshot
4 — Baseline
5 — Gold Standard
6 — Silver Standard
7 — Bronze Standard
Snapshot ID for change detection and compare operations

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=cd&eem=eem-artifact&server=servername.ca.com&source=1&target=2

Parameters to view Change Detection dialog for a server are as follows:

type=cdd: Specifies the Change Detection operation for a server.
server=server-name OR ipaddress=ip-address: Specifies the server name or IP address.

Example:

http:// servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=cdd&eem=token&server=servername.ca.com

Parameters to run Compare for two servers are as follows:

type=compare

Specifies to run a Compare operation for two servers.

srcserver=server-name or srcip=ip-address

Specifies the source server name or the IP address.

tgtserver=server-name or tgtip=ip-address

Specifies the target server or IP address.

source=(defaults to 1)

Specifies the source snapshot to run compare operations. The values are as follows:

1 — Current data
2 — Most recent snapshot
3 — Second most recent snapshot
4 — Baseline
5 — Gold Standard
6 — Silver Standard
7 — Bronze Standard
Snapshot ID for change detection and compare operations

target=(defaults to 1)

Specifies the target snapshot. The values are as follows:

1 — Current data
2 — Most recent snapshot
3 — Second most recent snapshot
4 — Baseline
5 — Gold Standard
6 — Silver Standard
7 — Bronze Standard
Snapshot ID for change detection and compare operations

For componentOnly parameter=(defaults to 0)

Specifies software components that are compared on the selected servers.

0 — All
1— Component only

Note: If you select component only (1), provide the following parameters:

sourceComponentUUID = the source component uuid
targetComponentUUIDs= the target component uuid.

Use comma to separate multiple target component UUIDS.

Examples:

http:// servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=compare&srcserver=servername.ca.com&tgtserver=servername.ca.com&source=2&target=1
http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=compare&srcserver=servername.ca.com&tgtserver=servername.ca.com&source=2&target=1&componentOnly=1& sourceComponentUUID=xyzasdsdsadhkh1& targetComponentUUIDs=asdkhkhsd,sdshdkhak

Parameters to show Compare dialog for two servers:

type=compared: Displays the Compare Servers dialog.
srcserver=server-name or srcip=ip-address: Specifies the source server name and the IP address.
tgtserver=server-name or tgtip=ip-address: Specifies the target server name or the IP address.

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=compared&srcserver=servername.ca.com&tgtserver=servername.ca.com

Parameters to view component for a selected component on server:

type=cv: Specifies view compare operations for a selected component on a server.
server=server-name or ipaddress=ip-address: Specifies the server name or IP address.
comp=component-name: Specifies the component name.

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=cv&server=servername.ca.com&comp=CCA%20Server

Parameters to view Compliance Job results:

type=cjresult: Specifies the Compliance job operations.
resultuuid= result uuid of the history record: Specifies the UUID of the history entries.

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=cjresult&eem=eem-artifact&resultuuid="xyz"

Parameters for Access Profile details:

type=ap: Specifies the Access profile operations.
profile=profile-name: Specifies the profile name.

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=ap&profile=xyz

Parameters for Management Profile details:

type=mp: Specifies the Management Profile operations.
profile=profile-name: Specifies the profile name.

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=mp&profile=xyz

Parameters for Remediation Profile details:

type=rp: Specifies the Remediation Profile operations.
profile=profile-name: Specifies the profile name.

Example:

http://servername:portNumber/CCAUI.html?type=rp&profile=xyz

Parameters for Blueprint tab:

type=bp: Specifies the Blueprint.

Example

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=bp

Parameters for Server Log:

type=sl: Specifies the server log operations.
server=server-name OR ipaddress=ip-address: Specifies the server name or the IP address.

Example:

http:// servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=sl&server=servername.ca.com

Parameters for Server Component List:

type=sc: Specifies the Server Component list operations.
server=server-name OR ipaddress=ip-address: Specifies the server name or the IP address.

Example

http:// servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=sc&server=servername.ca.com

Parameters to run Rule Compliance for a server or service:

type=rc

Specifies the Rule Compliance operations.

server=server-name OR ipaddress=ip-address OR service=service_name

Specifies the server name, IP address, or service name.

source=(defaults to 1)

Specifies the source snapshot to run Rule compliance operations.

1 – Current data
2 – Most recent snapshot
3 – Second most recent snapshot
4 – Baseline
5 – Gold Standard
6 – Silver Standard
7 – Bronze Standard

Example

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=rc&eem=eem-artifact&server=servername.ca.com&source=1

Parameters to view Rule Compliance dialog for a server or service:

type=rcd: Specifies the Rule Compliance operations.
server=server-name or ipaddress=ip-address or service_name=service: Specifies the server name, IP address, or service name.

Example:

http:// servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=rcd&eem=eem-artifact&server=servername.ca.com

Parameters to view Charts:

type=chart: Specifies the chart type.
name=chart-name: Specifies the chart name.

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.html?type=chart&name=Servers by OS Family

The chart names are as follows:

Servers by OS Family and Operating System
Servers by OS Family
Servers by Operating System
Servers by OS Version
Servers by OS Detail
Servers by Service
Servers by Server Group
Server Inventory over Time
Servers by Manufacturer
Servers by Memory Capacity
Servers by Logical CPU Count
Servers by Provider Count
Servers by Consumer Count
Servers by Packet Count
Communication Types by Server Count
Communication Types by Packet Count
Servers by Packet Count Over Time
Communication Types by Packet Count Over Time
Software Components by Service
Software Components
Software Components by Category
VM Management
VM Hosting Servers by VM Guest Count and Virtual Environment
VM Hosting Servers by VM Guest Count
VM Hosting Servers by CPU Count
VM Hosting Servers by Memory Capacity
Installed Applications
Servers with Rule Violations over Time
Services with Rule Violations over Time
Software Components with Rule Violations over Time
Rule Violations over Time
Total Rule Violations over Time
Software Component Differences Over Time
Software Component Differences by Server Over Time
Software Component Differences by Service Over Time
Management Profile Rule Violations Over Time
Compliance Profile Rule Violations Over Time
Average Grid Processing Time
Average Grid Wait Time
Grid Jobs Submitted

Parameters required for graphs:

type=graph: Specifies the graph type.
name=localized name: Specifies the name of the localized graph.
id=non-localized name: Specifies the name of the predefined graphs installed with CA Configuration Automation.

Example:

http://servername:portnumber/CCAUI.jsp?type=graph&name=All Server Relationships.

Note: Localized and non-localized graph names are same for English CCA Server. The ID parameter is applicable only for non-English CCA Server to access predefined graphs with English names.

Parameters required for CA CMDB:

type=ci&objtype=&name=&component=&eem=

type=ci&objtype=&name=&component=&eem=path= (Component only) path = installed directory or default directory

The following table shows the URL changes required for CA CMDB to support the context launch supported by CA Configuration Automation.

Object type	URL type argument (objtype=xxx)	URL name argument (name=xxx)	URL component argument (component=xxx)	EEM artifact	Example federated asset ID
Server (including virtual and lpar)	server	server name	n/a	optional	objtype=server&name=my_server_name&component=&eem=artifact
Service	service	service name	n/a	optional	objtype=service&name=my service name&component=&eem=artifact
Component	component	server name	component name	optional	objtype=component&name= my_server_name &component=my component name&eem=artifact
File system (not supported)
NIC	nic	server name	nic ip address	optional	objtype=nic&name= my_server_name &component=my nic ip address&eem=artifact
Hard drive (not supported)
Cluster (not supported)
Blueprint (not supported)