Creating a Custom Vendor Certification › Create a Vendor Certification XML Template

Create a Vendor Certification XML Template

Use your preferred REST client to create an example XML file that you can use as a template for creating your custom vendor certification.

Start by retrieving a list of existing vendor certifications. You can then verify whether the vendor certification that you require is already supported.

Follow these steps:

1. Set up a REST client with a connection to the Data Aggregator server.
2. Enter the following URL for the Data Aggregator web services API in the REST client:

   http://da_hostname:8581/typecatalog/certifications/snmp
   

   A list of all available vendor certifications displays.

3. Verify whether the vendor certification that you require is already supported.

If the vendor certification that you require is not already supported, view and export a vendor certification that is similar to the custom vendor certification that you want to create.

Follow these steps:

1. Enter the following URL to retrieve a specific vendor certification that is similar to the metric family that you require:

   http://da_hostname:8581/typecatalog/certifications/snmp/name
   

   name

   Is the name of your vendor certification, such as CiscoCPUMibRev.

2. Select GET in the Method tab.
3. Run the method.

   The XML that is returned includes the vendor certification information.

   You can use this XML as a template to create custom vendor certifications.

4. Copy the vendor certification XML into a text file and then modify it, as needed. For an example of the XML structure, see Understanding the Vendor Certification XML.