Program execution (RPA Bots)

Feature

A local program (a.k.a RPA Bot) can be executed by Germain UX on a local server. This local program can be written in any programming language (e.g. python, shell, java, etc)

Configure

References

Workspace Field Label	Configuration Key	Description	Possible Values
Name	name	Unique name for the action	String
Working Directory	workingDirectory	Working directory of command or script, can use context variables	String
Program	command	Command/Program to execute, example: powershell.exe , /bin/bash, can use context variables	String
Arguments	arguments	Arguments to pass to the command, can use context variables	String, list of strings
Quote Arguments	quoteArguments	if set, will quote arguments that contain spaces or quotes	Boolean
Script	script	Script name to execute, as defined under Automation > Script	String
Run on schedule?	schedule	*Calculated Field* if set to true, allows schedule cron expression to be defined	Boolean
Triggered By SLAs		*Calculated Field* Collection of SLAs this action is configured for
Timeout	timeout	Execution timeout in seconds	Integer
Exit Value	exitValue	Expected exit value of command and script	Integer
Logging Enabled	loggingEnabled		Boolean
Notify On Success	notifyOnSuccess		Boolean
Notify On Failure	notifyOnFailure		Boolean
Execution Count	limitCount	Used in combination with limitInterval to define upper limit on how many times to execute this action.	Integer
Execution Interval	limitInterval	Used in combination with limitCount to defines interval during which upper limit applies.	String, one of the following values: YEAR, MONTH, WEEK, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE
	references	*Advanced Field* References to configuration entries associated with this action. Allows other configuration items such as credentials to be used within the Template as a key/item pair that can then be used within the Alert Template, eg. §{Credentials.username} .option1 Also allows for direct key/value references to be defined that do not reference other configuration items. *option2*	name - unique reference name eg. Credentials key option 1- Germain config collection key eg. germain.apm.monitoringConfig.credentials itemName option 1 - Germain config item key eg. SSHProdCredentials Value option 2 - hard value for reference Password1

Example - Configure a local program action - Windows service restart

Navigate to Automation > Local Program

In this screen you'll be able to easily spot which Local Program actions are available and configured to trigger on SLAs
Clicking on an existing action will bring you to the respective configuration page.
In order to create a new local program action we'll click the + symbol up top which will bring up our Local Program Wizard

Step 1 - Local Program

Type in the action name, Windows-Service-Restart-Local, and click Next

Step 2 - Command

Type in the Program to Execute, powershell.exe and add a single argument Restart-Service #ServiceName#

Click Next

Step 3 - Schedule

Since we want this action to execute once a SLA threshold is breached. we will skip this step, press Next

Step 4 - SLA

For this example, we would restart our Windows service once the Memory Usage SLA has been breached.
Click Finish.

We now have a local action configured that restarts a Windows Service on our Enterprise Server once the Memory Usage SLA is breached.

The above example while simplified showcases how simple it would be to configure additional automation using the Germain. For more robust scenarios you would likely want the local program to execute over a remote host ( which in powershell could be achieved by passing the -ComputerName argument and defined a SLA specific for the target server.

Component: Engine

Feature Availability: 8.6.0 or later