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Solarwinds Platform

Early Access: This integration is provided as an Open Authorization API (OAA) connector package. Contact our support team for more information.

Veza SolarWinds Connector

Veza Connector for SolarWinds Organizations. Enables discovery of SolarWinds Users and their type.

Veza Application Mapping

SolarWindsOAA ApplicationNotes

SolarWinds-Orion

Application

Users

Local User

Discovered Properties

EntityPropertyDescription

Users

AccountId

User's ID (name) provided by SolarWinds.

Users

Enabled

User account is enabled or not.

Users

AccountType

Defines the type of user account. (LDAP, SAML or Orion accounts)

Users

Orion User

If User is having normal Orion account, Orion User would be true else false.

Users

LDAP User

If User is having Windows individual account, LDAP User would be true else false.

Users

SAML User

If User is having SAML individual account, SAML User would be true else false.

Users

AllowAdmin

If User is Admin, AllowAdmin would be 'Y' else 'N'.

Limitations

  • Information about the users with enabled accounts will be only fetched.

  • Depending on the SolarWinds configuration and plan level, the connector may not be able to retrieve SolarWinds User's email addresses to use for identity mapping.

Setup

SolarWinds

  1. Setup the SolarWinds Orion Instance. (Note the IP address and port number)

  2. Once the users are created, note the credentials. (Username and password)

  3. Ensure that SSL configurations are setup correctly and the server is reachable by the integration.

Veza

  1. Generate an API key for your Veza user. API keys can be managed in the Veza interface under Administration -> API Keys. For detailed instructions consult the Veza User Guide.

Running the Connector

Command Line

  1. Install the requirements:

    pip3 install -r requirements.txt

  2. Set the Secrets:

    export VEZA_API_KEY="ZXldTcj...JCWGU3Qlo1OHR3RTBfc00yN3lfSFk="
export SOLARWINDS_USERNAME="XXXXX...XX"
export SOLARWINDS_PASSWORD="XXXXXXXXXXX"

  3. Run the connector:

    ./veza_solarwinds.py --veza-url https://<your-org>.vezacloud.com

Parameters

CLI ParameterEnvironment VariableDescription

--veza-url

VEZA_URL

the URL of the Veza instance system

n/a

VEZA_API_KEY

API key for Veza connection

--solarwinds-host

SOLARWINDS_HOST

[http/https]://<solarwinds-ip-address|solarwinds-domain-name>

--solarwinds-port-number

SOLARWINDS_PORT_NUMBER

port_number of the SolarWinds instance

n/a

SOLARWINDS_USERNAME

Username of SolarWinds User Account

n/a

SOLARWINDS_USER_PASSWORD

Password of SolarWinds User Account

--debug

n/a

Enable verbose debug output

--save-json

n/a

Save OAA Payload as local JSON file before upload

--create-report

n/a

Create/update a Veza Report. Defaults to true for first discovery

Reports

On first discovery, connector will automatically populate Veza Insights Queries and Report associated with SolarWinds. Queries created include:

  • List all SolarWinds Users

  • SolarWinds Users not used in last 90 days

  • SolarWinds Administrators

  • SolarWinds Users Related to Okta Users

  • SolarWinds Users Not Related to Okta Users

  • SolarWinds Users Related to Deactivated Okta Users

  • List SolarWinds LDAP Users

  • List SolarWinds SAML Users

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