Device42 Now Integrates With The Foreman

If you currently use Device42 and The Foreman, you can now easily import your nodes from The Foreman with our new open source Device42-The Foreman sync script. This python script connects to both your Device42 and Foreman APIs, reads the relevant Configuration Item (CI) data, and sends that data to Device42.

After importing, you can rely on Device42’s Continuous Discovery technology to automatically maintain an up-to-date inventory of your physical, virtual, and cloud servers and containers, network components, software, services, applications, and their inter-relationships and interdependencies.

About the script

The script can import the following attributes from The Foreman:

Hostname	Memory Size (MB)	FQDN	Disks
Virtual or Physical	CPU Count (Physical)	CPU Core Count	CPU Model
Operating System	OS Version	MAC Address	Network Interfaces

Running the script is easy, too. For assumptions, prerequisites, and full details, check out our Foreman integration page.

Configuration and Usage

1. Create a working directory foo and copy the contents of the Device42 puppet_to_device42_sync_py repository (the Foreman script is part of the Puppet Repo) to it
2. Copy (or move/rename) the settings file settings.yaml.example to settings.yaml
3. For details on the Puppet part of the config, details can be found on the puppet_to_device42_sync integration page.
4. Populate the settings.yaml file you created in the last step with your Foreman server credentials [hostname, myuser, certificate info] and your Device42 instance info [host, user, pass]:
```
# ========= Foreman
Foreman:
    host: host
    user: user
    pass: pass
    puppet_server: null

# ========= Device 42
Device42:
    host: host
    user: user
    pass: pass
```

(full details in README.MD)

Configure node filtering, if desired. Details regarding configuration options can be found in NodeFilter.md. Filter settings are added following the ‘options:’ section of settings.yaml
Run the script! $ python foremanexplore.py [-c /path/to/settings.yaml]

If you run into any unexpected behavior, bugs, or otherwise have questions, comments, or feature requests, feel free to reach out to [email protected].

Download the Foreman integration script for Device42 today!