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