getSituationTopology

A MoogDb v2 method that returns the topology details for a specified Situation and topology. The request returns a JSON object that lists the links and nodes affected by the Situation in a specified topology. It also returns the alert matching attributes for the nodes in the topology.

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Request arguments

Method getSituationTopology takes the following request arguments:

Name	Type	Required	Description
`sigId`	Number	Yes	Situation ID.
`topologyName`	String	Yes	Name of the topology for which to return the Situation's link, node and alert matching attribute details. A Situation can impact nodes in multiple topologies.
`context`	Integer	Yes	Number, between 0 and 4, of contextual hops from the nodes directly affected within the Situation to other nodes to be included in the returned object. See Vertex Entropy for more information on contextual hops. `0`: Only nodes directly affected by the Situation. Default. `4`: Nodes that are up to four hops away from the nodes directly affected by the Situation.
`properties`	Array of Strings	Yes	List of the node properties to be returned. Valid properties are: `severity`: Severity of the node. `prc`: Whether this node is the probable root cause of the alert. `description`: Description of the node. `vertex_entropy`: Vertex Entropy of the node. See Vertex Entropy for more information.

Response

The method returns the following response:

Type	Description
Object	A JSON object in NetJSON format that lists the links, nodes and alert matching attributes affected by the Situation.

Successful requests return an array of JSON objects containing the following:

Examples

The following examples demonstrate typical use of method getSituationTopology:

Request example

Example request to retrieve the topology link and node details for Situation ID 12 in the "host" topology within 4 hops:

var sigId = 12;
var context = 4;
var topologyName = "host";
var properties = ["severity", "vertex_entropy", "prc", "description"];
var situationTopology = moogdb.getSituationTopology(sigId, context, topologyName, properties);

Response example

Example response returning the links, nodes and alert matching attributes for the Situation:

{
    "links": [
    {
        "source":"appsvr02",
        "target":"appsvr03"
    },
    {
        "source":"appsvr01",
        "target":"sd-01"},
    {
        "source":"appsvr02",
        "target":"appsvr01"},
    {
        "source":"sd-02",
        "target":"sd-01"
    }],
    "nodes": [
    {
        "id":"appsvr02",
        "properties":
        {
            "prc":null,
            "severity":5,
            "context":0,
            "description":"node1",
            "vertex_entropy": 0.1794592472207979
        }
    },
    {
        "id":"appsvr03",
        "properties":
        {
            "prc":null,
            "severity":null,
            "context":1,
            "description":"node2",
            "vertex_entropy": 0.1794592472207979
        }
    },
    {
        "id":"appsvr01",
        "properties":
        {
            "prc":null,
            "severity":5,
            "context":0,
            "description":"node3",
            "vertex_entropy": 0.08976540495989357
        }
    },
    {
        "id":"sd-02",
        "properties":
        {
            "prc":null,
            "severity":0,
            "context":0,
            "description":"node4",
            "vertex_entropy": 0.08976540495989357
        }
    },
    {
        "id":"sd-01",
        "properties":
        {
            "prc":null,
            "severity":0,
            "context":0,
            "description":"node5",
            "vertex_entropy": 0.1794592472207979
        }
    }],
    "alertMatchingAttributes":["source"]
}

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