Automations and Actions (On-Premises)

This elective course takes a deeper dive into how automations and the underlying actions are created.

You will receive a Certificate of Completion at the conclusion of this course. There is no certification exam for this elective course.

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Prerequisite

SysTrack Administrator course

Course Objective

• Describe the difference between an automation and action

• Create an action by editing the metadata file and using the Action Builder executable (LSActionBuilder.exe)

• Approve and enable an action

• Associate an action with an automation

• Schedule an automation to run when a sensor is triggered

• Run an automation manually

• Import and export automations and actions

Course Outline

• Introduction

  • Course Overview

  • Concept Review

    • What are sensors, automations and actions?

• Creating and Approving Actions

  • Actions and Action Building

    • Components of an action

  • Action Examples

    • SysTrack tools used:

      • LSActionBuilder.exe

  • Approving and Enabling Actions

    • Approving actions

    • Enabling / Disabling / Deleting actions

    • SysTrack tools used:

      • Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Action Governance

• Working with Automations

  • Creating an Automation and Assigning an Action

    • SysTrack tools used:

      • Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Automations

  • Schedule an Automation

    • Running an automation when a sensor triggers

    • SysTrack tools used:

      • Configure: Roles > Tool Schedules > Automation

  • Manually Running an Automation

    • Running an automation on-demand

    • SysTrack tools used:

      • Prevent: Current Issues > Take Action

      • Resolve: Tools > Run Automations

      • Assist: Tools > Run Automations

      • Self-Help: Tools

• Additional Topics

  • Key Pair Security

    • Importing public key

    • SysTrack tools used:

      • Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Publisher Key Management

  • Importing and Exporting Automations and Actions

  • Unpacking Factory Actions

  • Signing Actions With Your Own Certificate

    • Using a self-signed certificate to sign actions

    • SysTrack tools used:

      • LSActionBuilder.exe

• Conclusion

Tags: Configure, Prevent, Resolve, Assist, Self-Help, Action Builder, Automations