IP Fabric API

Pack assets

Templates

The Monitoring Connector IP Fabric API brings a host template:

• App-Ipfabric-Api-custom

The connector brings the following service templates (sorted by the host template they are attached to):

App-Ipfabric-Api-custom

Service Alias	Service Template	Service Description
Path-Verification	App-Ipfabric-Path-Verification-Api-custom	Check paths' status

The services listed above are created automatically when the App-Ipfabric-Api-custom host template is used.

Discovery rules

Host discovery

Rule name	Description
IP Fabric network devices	Discover network devices through IP Fabric API

More information about discovering hosts automatically is available on the dedicated page.

Collected metrics & status

Here is the list of services for this connector, detailing all metrics linked to each service.

Path-Verification

Metric name	Unit
paths.detected.count	count
paths.mismatch.count	count
paths.state.all.count	count
paths.state.part.count	count
paths.state.none.count	count
paths.state.error.count	count
paths#status	N/A

Prerequisites

Ensure you have an IP Fabric API Key with required privileges and IP Fabric's API address.

Installing the monitoring connector

Pack

1. If the platform uses an online license, you can skip the package installation instruction below as it is not required to have the connector displayed within the Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager menu. If the platform uses an offline license, install the package on the central server with the command corresponding to the operating system's package manager:

Alma / RHEL / Oracle Linux 8

dnf install centreon-pack-applications-ipfabric-api

Alma / RHEL / Oracle Linux 9

dnf install centreon-pack-applications-ipfabric-api

Debian 11 & 12

apt install centreon-pack-applications-ipfabric-api

CentOS 7

yum install centreon-pack-applications-ipfabric-api

2. Whatever the license type (online or offline), install the IP Fabric API connector through the Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager menu.

Plugin

Since Centreon 22.04, you can benefit from the 'Automatic plugin installation' feature. When this feature is enabled, you can skip the installation part below.

You still have to manually install the plugin on the poller(s) when:

• Automatic plugin installation is turned off
• You want to run a discovery job from a poller that doesn't monitor any resource of this kind yet

More information in the Installing the plugin section.

Use the commands below according to your operating system's package manager:

Alma / RHEL / Oracle Linux 8

dnf install centreon-plugin-Applications-Ipfabric-Api

Alma / RHEL / Oracle Linux 9

dnf install centreon-plugin-Applications-Ipfabric-Api

Debian 11 & 12

apt install centreon-plugin-applications-ipfabric-api

CentOS 7

yum install centreon-plugin-Applications-Ipfabric-Api

Using the monitoring connector

Using a host template provided by the connector

1. Log into Centreon and add a new host through Configuration > Hosts.
2. Fill the Name, Alias & IP Address/DNS fields according to your ressource settings.
3. Apply the App-Ipfabric-Api-custom template to the host. A list of macros appears. Macros allow you to define how the connector will connect to the resource, and to customize the connector's behavior.
4. Fill in the macros you want. Some macros are mandatory.

Macro	Description	Default value	Mandatory
APIHOSTNAME	Set hostname, it is mandatory		X
APIKEY	Set API key to request IP Fabric API		X
APIEXTRAOPTIONS	Any extra option you may want to add to every command (E.g. a --verbose flag). All options are listed here

5. Deploy the configuration. The host appears in the list of hosts, and on the Resources Status page. The command that is sent by the connector is displayed in the details panel of the host: it shows the values of the macros.

Using a service template provided by the connector

1. If you have used a host template and checked Create Services linked to the Template too, the services linked to the template have been created automatically, using the corresponding service templates. Otherwise, create manually the services you want and apply a service template to them.
2. Fill in the macros you want (e.g. to change the thresholds for the alerts). Some macros are mandatory (see the table below).

Path-Verification

Macro	Description	Default value	Mandatory
FILTERSRCIP	Filter paths by source ip (regexp can be used)
FILTERSRCPORT	Filter paths by source port (regexp can be used)
FILTERDSTIP	Filter paths by destionation ip (regexp can be used)
FILTERDSTPORT	Filter paths by destionation port (regexp can be used)
WARNINGPATHSDETECTED	Thresholds
CRITICALPATHSDETECTED	Thresholds
WARNINGPATHSMISMATCH	Thresholds
CRITICALPATHSMISMATCH	Thresholds
WARNINGPATHSSTATEALL	Thresholds
CRITICALPATHSSTATEALL	Thresholds
WARNINGPATHSSTATEERROR	Thresholds
CRITICALPATHSSTATEERROR	Thresholds
WARNINGPATHSSTATENONE	Thresholds
CRITICALPATHSSTATENONE	Thresholds
WARNINGPATHSSTATEPART	Thresholds
CRITICALPATHSSTATEPART	Thresholds
CRITICALSTATUS	Define the conditions to match for the status to be CRITICAL. (Default: '%{expected_state} ne %{state}'). Can use special variables like: %{state}, %{expected_state} For example, if you want a critical alert when the path state is in 'error' then the option would be: --critical-status="%{state} eq 'all'"	%{expected_state} ne %{state}
WARNINGSTATUS	Define the conditions to match for the status to be WARNING. Can use special variables like: %{state}, %{expected_state} For example, if you want a warning alert when the path state is in 'error' then the option would be: --warning-status="%{state} eq 'all'"
EXTRAOPTIONS	Any extra option you may want to add to the command (E.g. a --verbose flag). All options are listed here	--http-backend=curl

3. Deploy the configuration. The service appears in the list of services, and on page Resources Status. The command that is sent by the connector is displayed in the details panel of the service: it shows the values of the macros.

How to check in the CLI that the configuration is OK and what are the main options for?

Once the plugin is installed, log into your Centreon poller's CLI using the centreon-engine user account (su - centreon-engine). Test that the connector is able to monitor a resource using a command like this one (replace the sample values by yours):

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_ipfabric_api.pl \
    --plugin=apps::ipfabric::plugin \
    --mode=path-verification \
    --api-key='****' \
    --hostname='demo1.eu.ipfabric.io' \
    --verbose

The expected command output is shown below:

CRITICAL: source 10.35.119.172:- destination 10.193.0.132:- [protocol: icmp] state: none [expected state: all] - source 10.72.126.112:1024-65535 destination 10.66.121.110:80,443 [protocol: tcp] state: none [expected state: all] - source 10.66.126.112:10000 destination 10.38.115.190:443 [protocol: tcp] state: none [expected state: all] | 'paths.detected.count'=6;;;0; 'paths.mismatch.count'=3;;;0; 'paths.state.all.count'=0;;;0; 'paths.state.part.count'=0;;;0; 'paths.state.none.count'=6;;;0; 'paths.state.error.count'=0;;;0;
source 10.35.119.172:- destination 10.193.0.132:- [protocol: icmp] state: none [expected state: all]
source 10.35.119.172/26:1024-65535 destination 10.193.0.132:1-60000 [protocol: tcp] state: none [expected state: none]
source 10.35.119.172/24:1024-65535 destination 10.193.0.132:80 [protocol: tcp] state: none [expected state: none]
source 10.72.126.112:1024-65535 destination 10.66.121.110:80,443 [protocol: tcp] state: none [expected state: all]
source 10.66.126.112:10000 destination 10.38.115.190:443 [protocol: tcp] state: none [expected state: all]
source 10.35.119.172/28:1024-65535 destination 10.193.0.132/28:1-60000 [protocol: tcp] state: none [expected state: none]

Troubleshooting

Please find the troubleshooting documentation for the API-based plugins in this chapter.

Available modes

All available modes can be displayed by adding the --list-mode parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_ipfabric_api.pl \
    --plugin=apps::ipfabric::plugin \
    --list-mode

The plugin brings the following modes:

Mode	Linked service template
discovery [code]	Used for host discovery
path-verification [code]	App-Ipfabric-Path-Verification-Api-custom

Available custom modes

This connector offers several ways to connect to the resource (CLI, library, etc.), called custom modes. All available custom modes can be displayed by adding the --list-custommode parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_ipfabric_api.pl \
    --plugin=apps::ipfabric::plugin \
    --list-custommode

The plugin brings the following custom modes:

• api

Available options

Custom modes options

All custom modes specific options are listed here:

api

Option	Description	Type
--hostname	Set hostname, it is mandatory.	Api
--snapshot-id	Specify snapshot id from which you want to base monitoring. If no snapshot id is specified, the last one is set by default.	Api
--port	Port used (Default: 443)	Api
--proto	Specify http if needed (Default: 'https')	Api
--api-key	Set API key to request IP Fabric API.	Api
--timeout	Set timeout in seconds (Default: 10).	Api
--http-peer-addr	Set the address you want to connect to. Useful if hostname is only a vhost, to avoid IP resolution.	Http global
--proxyurl	Proxy URL. Eg: http://my.proxy:3128	Http global
--proxypac	Proxy pac file (can be a URL or a local file).	Http global
--insecure	Accept insecure SSL connections.	Http global
--http-backend	Perl library to use for HTTP transactions. Possible values are: lwp (default) and curl.	Http global
--ssl-opt	Set SSL Options (--ssl-opt="SSL_version => TLSv1" --ssl-opt="SSL_verify_mode => SSL_VERIFY_NONE").	Backend lwp
--curl-opt	Set CURL Options (--curl-opt="CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => 0" --curl-opt="CURLOPT_SSLVERSION => CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1" ).	Backend curl

Modes options

All available options for each service template are listed below:

Path-Verification

Option	Description
--mode	Define the mode in which you want the plugin to be executed (see--list-mode).
--dyn-mode	Specify a mode with the module's path (advanced).
--list-mode	List all available modes.
--mode-version	Check minimal version of mode. If not, unknown error.
--version	Return the version of the plugin.
--custommode	When a plugin offers several ways (CLI, library, etc.) to get information the desired one must be defined with this option.
--list-custommode	List all available custom modes.
--multiple	Multiple custom mode objects. This may be required by some specific modes (advanced).
--pass-manager	Define the password manager you want to use. Supported managers are: environment, file, keepass, hashicorpvault and teampass.
--verbose	Display extended status information (long output).
--debug	Display debug messages.
--filter-perfdata	Filter perfdata that match the regexp. Eg: adding --filter-perfdata='avg' will remove all metrics that do not contain 'avg' from performance data.
--filter-perfdata-adv	Filter perfdata based on a "if" condition using the following variables: label, value, unit, warning, critical, min, max. Variables must be written either %{variable} or %(variable). Eg: adding --filter-perfdata-adv='not (%(value) == 0 and %(max) eq "")' will remove all metrics whose value equals 0 and that don't have a maximum value.
--explode-perfdata-max	Create a new metric for each metric that comes with a maximum limit. The new metric will be named identically with a '_max' suffix). Eg: it will split 'used_prct'=26.93%;0:80;0:90;0;100 into 'used_prct'=26.93%;0:80;0:90;0;100 'used_prct_max'=100%;;;;
--change-perfdata --extend-perfdata	Change or extend perfdata. Syntax: --extend-perfdata=searchlabel,newlabel,target[,[newuom],[min],[m ax]] Common examples: Convert storage free perfdata into used: --change-perfdata=free,used,invert() Convert storage free perfdata into used: --change-perfdata=used,free,invert() Scale traffic values automatically: --change-perfdata=traffic,,scale(auto) Scale traffic values in Mbps: --change-perfdata=traffic_in,,scale(Mbps),mbps Change traffic values in percent: --change-perfdata=traffic_in,,percent()
--extend-perfdata-group	Add new aggregated metrics (min, max, average or sum) for groups of metrics defined by a regex match on the metrics' names. Syntax: --extend-perfdata-group=regex,namesofnewmetrics,calculation[,[ne wuom],[min],[max]] regex: regular expression namesofnewmetrics: how the new metrics' names are composed (can use $1, $2... for groups defined by () in regex). calculation: how the values of the new metrics should be calculated newuom (optional): unit of measure for the new metrics min (optional): lowest value the metrics can reach max (optional): highest value the metrics can reach Common examples: Sum wrong packets from all interfaces (with interface need --units-errors=absolute): --extend-perfdata-group=',packets_wrong,sum(packets_(discard |error)_(in|out))' Sum traffic by interface: --extend-perfdata-group='traffic_in_(.*),traffic_$1,sum(traf fic_(in|out)_$1)'
--change-short-output --change-long-output	Modify the short/long output that is returned by the plugin. Syntax: --change-short-output=pattern~replacement~modifier Most commonly used modifiers are i (case insensitive) and g (replace all occurrences). Eg: adding --change-short-output='OK~Up~gi' will replace all occurrences of 'OK', 'ok', 'Ok' or 'oK' with 'Up'
--change-exit	Replace an exit code with one of your choice. Eg: adding --change-exit=unknown=critical will result in a CRITICAL state instead of an UNKNOWN state.
--range-perfdata	Rewrite the ranges displayed in the perfdata. Accepted values: 0: nothing is changed. 1: if the lower value of the range is equal to 0, it is removed. 2: remove the thresholds from the perfdata.
--filter-uom	Mask the units when they don't match the given regular expression.
--opt-exit	Replace the exit code in case of an execution error (i.e. wrong option provided, SSH connection refused, timeout, etc). Default: unknown.
--output-ignore-perfdata	Remove all the metrics from the service. The service will still have a status and an output.
--output-ignore-label	Remove the status label ("OK:", "WARNING:", "UNKNOWN:", CRITICAL:") from the beginning of the output. Eg: 'OK: Ram Total:...' will become 'Ram Total:...'
--output-xml	Return the output in XML format (to send to an XML API).
--output-json	Return the output in JSON format (to send to a JSON API).
--output-openmetrics	Return the output in OpenMetrics format (to send to a tool expecting this format).
--output-file	Write output in file (can be combined with json, xml and openmetrics options). E.g.: --output-file=/tmp/output.txt will write the output in /tmp/output.txt.
--disco-format	Applies only to modes beginning with 'list-'. Returns the list of available macros to configure a service discovery rule (formatted in XML).
--disco-show	Applies only to modes beginning with 'list-'. Returns the list of discovered objects (formatted in XML) for service discovery.
--float-precision	Define the float precision for thresholds (default: 8).
--source-encoding	Define the character encoding of the response sent by the monitored resource Default: 'UTF-8'. IP Fabric API module.
--hostname	Set hostname, it is mandatory.
--snapshot-id	Specify snapshot id from which you want to base monitoring. If no snapshot id is specified, the last one is set by default.
--port	Port used (Default: 443)
--proto	Specify http if needed (Default: 'https')
--api-key	Set API key to request IP Fabric API.
--timeout	Set timeout in seconds (Default: 10).
--http-peer-addr	Set the address you want to connect to. Useful if hostname is only a vhost, to avoid IP resolution.
--proxyurl	Proxy URL. Eg: http://my.proxy:3128
--proxypac	Proxy pac file (can be a URL or a local file).
--insecure	Accept insecure SSL connections.
--http-backend	Perl library to use for HTTP transactions. Possible values are: lwp (default) and curl.
--ssl-opt	Set SSL Options (--ssl-opt="SSL_version => TLSv1" --ssl-opt="SSL_verify_mode => SSL_VERIFY_NONE").
--curl-opt	Set CURL Options (--curl-opt="CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => 0" --curl-opt="CURLOPT_SSLVERSION => CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1" ).
--filter-src-ip	Filter paths by source ip (regexp can be used).
--filter-src-port	Filter paths by source port (regexp can be used).
--filter-dst-ip	Filter paths by destionation ip (regexp can be used).
--filter-dst-port	Filter paths by destionation port (regexp can be used).
--warning-status	Define the conditions to match for the status to be WARNING. Can use special variables like: %{state}, %{expected_state} For example, if you want a warning alert when the path state is in 'error' then the option would be: --warning-status="%{state} eq 'all'"
--critical-status	Define the conditions to match for the status to be CRITICAL. (Default: '%{expected_state} ne %{state}'). Can use special variables like: %{state}, %{expected_state} For example, if you want a critical alert when the path state is in 'error' then the option would be: --critical-status="%{state} eq 'all'"
--warning- --critical-	Thresholds. Can be: 'paths-detected', 'paths-mismatch', 'paths-state-all', 'paths-state-part', 'paths-state-none', 'paths-state-error'.

All available options for a given mode can be displayed by adding the --help parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_ipfabric_api.pl \
    --plugin=apps::ipfabric::plugin \
    --mode=path-verification \
    --help