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Concert Workflows

Allow Napalm integration to take in arguments

At this time, the Napalm integration does not accept optional arguments for it's drivers. This idea will add a field to the block or authentication to allow users to provide these arguments. The specific use case from the case was to be able to us...
3 months ago in Concert Workflows Planned for future release

Concert Workflows: Upgrade Telnet integration to allow actions for connecting to CISCO IOS switches

CISCO IOS requires certain actions from Telnet in order to connect and run commands that aren't supported by Concert Workflows, this enhancement is to expand it such to do that, such as prompting keys and resetting states.
3 months ago in Concert Workflows Planned for future release

Concert Workflows: Improve Netmiko functionality for dealing with CISCO switches.

CISCO IOS requires certain actions from Telnet in order to connect and run commands that aren't supported by Concert Workflows. Netmiko, runs using Telnet (as well as SSH) and would require enhancements in order to work with a wider selection of C...
3 months ago in Concert Workflows Planned for future release

Integration with Chef

Potential customer is currently going through a PoV for Concert Workflows. They rely heavily on Chef for managing their On-Prem infrastructure. Asking if we can introduce a new integration with Chef for this evaluation. The Vendor in consideration...
10 months ago in Concert Workflows Functionality already exists

Improve Power_Advisory_Workflow to tell users / stop when WatsonX is not available or set up.

At this time the Power_Advisory_Workflow requires WatsonX in order to be able to function. This is not stated in the documentation for setting up Power Workflows, nor does the workflow itself check for WatsonX. Instead, it will successfully run, p...
3 months ago in Concert Workflows Not under consideration

Inclusion of Python packages in FaaS.

We are working on building workflows for ESN for telco network elements which require extensive processing of data. To parse the data we require various python libraries which are currently not part of FaaS block available. Hence, to maintain cont...
4 months ago in Concert Workflows Functionality already exists

Retrieve resilience metrics through OpenTelemetry via Workflows

Our customer is currently using Dynatrace as their APM solution and is also investing in OpenTelemetry. They would like the resilience metrics collected through OpenTelemetry to be ingested into Concert.
3 months ago in Concert Workflows Needs more information

Integration Request: NetApp: AFF -A400(AFF-A series)

This idea is to create an integration for NetApp AFF-A400 series environments. There is no such integration at this time. Based on research, the API for doing so is covered here: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-automation/reference/api_referen...
7 days ago in Concert Workflows Planned for future release

Create Concert Helm Chart to deploy into EKS

In this client, applications are deployed in EKS wrapped on helm charts and it is the mainstream way of deployment. We are requesting the creation of a Concert Helm Chart to deploy Concert into Kubernetes environments.
19 days ago in Concert Workflows Planned for future release

RBAC to restrict Workflow publish permission for concert workflow users

We are looking to onboard users with permissions that allow them to develop and edit workflows, but restrict them from publishing workflows. Currently, all users have the ability to publish workflows, which is both a security and a cost concern. A...
20 days ago in Concert Workflows Under review