Creating a workload type
Note
To create a workload type
[If required] Click Enable to enable the extension point.
Click
.
Enter a Workload type name.
[Optional] Enter a Comment for the workload type.
Specify a unique Identifier for your workload type.
Note
To send this workload, the connector must specify the CTI in the workload type field.For more information on CTI codes, see CTI.In the Payload field, specify the JSON Schema of the workload attributes.
Note
You must specify the data structure of the attributes that apply to your workload.Attributes can include,hostname
,MAC address
andIP address
, hardware and software information, etc.Important
To create a device status widget, you must define at least one attribute that represents a workload status.To define such an attribute, you must use theenum
keyword when you define an object property.For example:{ "type": "object", "properties": { "status": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "OFFLINE", "ONLINE" ] } } }
- [Optional] Add one or more Attributes presentation.
Note
These determine how Acronis Cyber Platform displays the workload data.For more information on how Acronis Cyber Platform displays your workload data, see Widgets and reports.Important
To create a device status widget, you must define at least one attribute presentation for the attribute that represents a workload status.
For each attribute, specify:- A Name for the attribute.This is the attribute column title in the Cyber Protection console.
- The Data type of the attribute (text, date, time, datetime, byte size).This is the format of the attribute column in the Cyber Protection console.
- Select the corresponding field name from the Payload value dropdown.The dropdown list is populated by the JSON schema specified in step 7.
[Optional] Select Sortable if the column can be sorted by this value.
[Optional] Turn on the Map to platform workloads switch and select the Host name and MAC address from the dropdowns.
Note
This option allows the platform to perform automatic merging of your workloads with Acronis workloads based on matching host name and MAC address.
Select an attribute that corresponds to the workload’s host name in the Host name (Payload link) dropdown.
Select an attribute that corresponds to the workload’s MAC address in the MAC address (Payload link) dropdown.
Click Save changes.
Example
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