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Lewis_Beard
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3 years ago

LM SDK update_device_datasource_instance_alert_setting_by_id (and auto.interface.ifindex vs system.instanceId)

All, So I used the Logicmonitor_sdk to pull the device id, instance id, instance wild value, and the datasource id on the device, because my goal was to try to use the API to set an alert thr...
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Stuart_Weenig
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3 years ago
43 minutes ago, Lewis Beard said:

Does it just not work?

That may very well be. I've run into some parts of the SDK that just don't do what they're supposed to.

auto.interface.ifindex is the number used to identify the interface on the device. It should be the same as the wildvalue and the [ID: blah].  It is used when polling via SNMP as it forms the last term in the OID.

The system.instanceid is the id number LM uses to identify that object in the database. This should be the ID number used in API calls.