Manage services with automation scripts

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Hello,

I need to create some automation scripts that allow managing the DMA services based on CSV files (create/delete/update/re-apply or change service template/etc), but I could not find any documentation or example codes. Is there a document or a generic code I can use to base my automation script on?

Thanks in advance

MAXIMILIANO FILHO [DevOps Enabler] Selected answer as best 17th February 2023

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Hi Maximiliano,

As far as I know there are two possible options to work with services from an automation script:

  • Using the DataMiner class library:
    - Create Service: You can find a snippet to create a service in the Protocol Development Guide (Create a Service). In this case you will need to use a engine object instead of a protocol object (e.g.  IDms myDms = engine.GetDms())
    Something that I didn't check (and I believe it is not supported) is the creation of a service from a service template (using this library). However, there is workaround described in this question (Apply service template from automation script)
    - Update, Remove Service: You can use the IDmsService methods to work update and remove services
  • Using the Web API:
    You could use the following methods from the web API to work with services:
    - CreateService 
    - EditService
    - DeleteService
    - You can also interact with service templates from the Web API: (CreateServiceTemplate, DeleteServiceTemplate, ReapplyService)
    Additional methods related to services can be found in (Web Services V1)
MAXIMILIANO FILHO [DevOps Enabler] Selected answer as best 17th February 2023
MAXIMILIANO FILHO [DevOps Enabler] commented

Hi Miguel,

Thank you so much!