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Get the information and insights that you need to reduce costs and the time that you spend on administration tasks such as:
- Configurable dashboards and list views of key asset and software information
- Configurable reports to share information about assets and software with your colleagues and management such as corporate-wide reports that detail the distribution and status of the assets and software in your environment
- Configurable workflows that you can easily create to automate tasks such as:
- Deleting, erasing, locking, restarting, and shutting down JumpCloud systems.
Navigation
Creating the asset integration
Creating asset workflows with the API block
Before you start
Best practice
For the integration with Oomnitza, create a dedicated user account.
JumpCloud uses API key authentication, which requires an API secret key and API ID.
For further information consult the JumpCloud API documentation.
Adding the credentials
To stream JumpCloud user data into Oomnitza, complete the following steps:
- In Oomnitza, click Settings > Credentials.
- Click Add new credential (+).
- Add the information details.
- Click the AUTHORIZATION tab.
- Ensure that API Key is selected as the authorization type.
- Enter x-api-key as the name of the token.
- Enter the API key.
- Ensure that Add to Header is selected.
- Save your changes.
Next
You use the credentials that you added to create and customize your JumpCloud integrations with Oomnitza.
Creating the asset integration
To configure the integration for the JumpCloud Asset Load, complete the following steps:
- In Oomnitza, click Settings > Integrations.
- Click Integrations List View
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- On the Integrations page, scroll down to the Extended section for Assets.
- Click NEW INTEGRATION.
- In the New Asset Integration sidebar, click JumpCloud.
- To integrate Oomnitza with the JumpCloud Asset Load, click APPLY and then click NEXT twice.
On the connect page, complete the following steps to connect the integration:
- Enter a descriptive name for the integration such as JumpCloud Assets. This name will be displayed on the Integrations page once the setup is complete.
- Select Cloud as the installation type.
- From the Credentials list, select the credentials from the Oomnitza vault that you added for the connection. For further information, refer to Adding the credentials.
- From the Integration Preferences list, select Create & Update.
- Enter the name of the user of the integration.
- Click Next.
Creating custom mappings
Map JumpCloud fields to Oomnitza fields to get the asset information that you need. For the field mapping, it is recommended to follow these steps:
- Create a custom mapping for the JumpCloud ID. To do this, complete the following steps:
- Select the down arrow on the ID field that you want to map.
- Select Add new Oomnitza assets field.
- Change the name of the field to JumpCloud System Id.
- Click CREATE.
- You have the option to create custom mappings to map any other field that you want to add to Oomnitza. To create an optional custom mapping, do the following:
- Click the down arrow on the field that you want to map.
- Select Add new Oomnitza assets field.
- Change the name of the field.
- Click CREATE.
- Map and assign a sync key to the Serial Number field.
- Click NEXT.
Tracking information for asset loads
When the integration is run, you can track the name of the credentials that were used and the source of the data. To do this, you map the following fields to Oomnitza:
- Connect: Credentials
Custom mappings
Active
Architecture
Connect: Credentials
Connector Sync Time
Created
Device User
Display Name
Hostname
ID
Organization
OS
OS Family
Password Last Valid
Remote IP
Serial Number
System Timezone
Template Name
Version
When you've completed mapping JumpCloud fields to Oomnitza fields, click NEXT.
Schedule
By default, data is streamed to Oomnitza once every day.
You can configure the schedule to meet your needs such as changing the interval or changing the time so that the data is streamed when your system isn't busy.
- Configure your schedule.
- Click FINISH.
Result
A new tile is created for the integration on the Integrations page.
What to do next
If you want to see what information is collected now, click the tile on the Integrations page and click RUN NOW.
If you want to change the integration settings, you can click a navigation link on the page, such as 4 Mappings, and edit the settings.
Tip
To view the information that is collected about your mobile assets, click Assets.
Creating workflows
Creating asset workflows with the API block
To reduce your workload and automate complex and repetitive tasks, you can create workflows with the API block by following the steps in Creating asset workflows with the API block. To locate the available presets, enter Jump Cloud in the Select Preset search field. Select your preset of choice and for every preset enter the following information in the Configure section:
- Your correct JumpCloud Credentials that you created in Adding the credentials.
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The JumpCloud system id is mandatory and required for all presets. For all of the below presets, the system id is assumed to be stored in the JumpCloud System Id field that you created in Creating custom mappings. To manually modify the system id, complete the following steps:
- Click the Advanced Mode button located in the upper right of the window.
- Select the Information tab.
- In the URL field, replace the variable {{jump_cloud_system_id}} with the system id.
The JumpCloud API block workflow comes with the following presets for assets:
Delete System
Erase System
Lock System
Restart System
Shutdown System
Using the JumpCloud Delete System Preset
The Delete System preset allows you to delete a system from JumpCloud.
For further information see JumpCloud REST API documentation: Delete a System.
Using the JumpCloud Erase System Preset
The Erase System preset allows you run the erase command on the specified device. If a device is offline, the command will be run when the device becomes available.
For further information see JumpCloud REST API documentation: Erase a System.
Using the JumpCloud Lock System Preset
The Lock System preset allows you run the lock command on the specified device. If a device is offline, the command will be run when the device becomes available.
For further information see JumpCloud REST API documentation: Lock a System.
Using the JumpCloud Restart System Preset
The Restart System preset allows you run the restart command on the specified device. If a device is offline, the command will be run when the device becomes available.
For further information see JumpCloud REST API documentation: Restart a System.
Using the JumpCloud Shutdown System Preset
The Shutdown System preset allows you to run the shutdown command on the specified device. If a device is offline, the command will be run when the device becomes available
For further information see JumpCloud REST API documentation: Shutdown a System
For further information on workflows see: Understanding workflows
Workflow block overview
Unleash the power of Oomnitza
To get valuable actionable insights that help you manage your assets, learn how to:
- Configure dashboards for your users and software
- Configure custom reports about your users and software
- Create workflows to automate tasks
See Getting started for more information.
Did you know
You can also create extended connector integrations for JumpCloud Users. Creating an extended integration for JumpCloud users
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