Solved: Stats from WAAS CM via API - How to?

Don Jacob · ‎06-29-2010

We are trying to get the details from WAAS CM device using API's as defined by Cisco. The document can be referred to from the below link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/v411/api/reference/guide/intr_api.pdf

Cisco API doc asks to call the required service (here DeviceConf) as https://<hostname/ip>:8443/ws/DeviceConf and we are calling it through through Java (using 'HttpConnection') and then embedding a SOAP request with WS-Security Header and using the action named 'getWANInfo'.

The result is that we are unable to read any information and always end getting an HTTP status error 500 from the WAAS CM.

Any idea on what we could be doing wrong or on how to get the WAAS stats via API?

Regards,

Don Thomas

Regards, Don Thomas Jacob http://www.solarwinds.com/netflow-traffic-analyzer.aspx Head Geek @ SolarWinds NOTE: Please rate and close questions if you found any of the answers helpful.

Zach Seils · ‎07-06-2010

Don,

In the body of the request, try enclosing https://10.88.80.142:8443/ws/DeviceConf in quotations. I used the following version of your request and it worked:

                username
                password




    https://10.88.80.142:8443/ws/DeviceConf" SOAP-ENC:root='1'/>

Regards,

Zach

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Zach Seils · ‎07-01-2010

Hi Don,

Can you please post the SOAP request you are sending to the Central Manager?

Thanks,

Zach

Don Jacob · ‎07-02-2010

Hi Zach,

Please find the details below. Below is the soap request sent to the server with soap action https://:8443/ws/DeviceConf

usernamepassword

https://host-ip:8443/ws/DeviceConf SOAP-ENC:root='1'/>

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Don Thomas

Regards, Don Thomas Jacob http://www.solarwinds.com/netflow-traffic-analyzer.aspx Head Geek @ SolarWinds NOTE: Please rate and close questions if you found any of the answers helpful.

Zach Seils · ‎07-06-2010

Don,

In the body of the request, try enclosing https://10.88.80.142:8443/ws/DeviceConf in quotations. I used the following version of your request and it worked:

                username
                password




    https://10.88.80.142:8443/ws/DeviceConf" SOAP-ENC:root='1'/>

Regards,

Zach

Don Jacob · ‎07-15-2010

Hi Zach,

Thanks for that. We were able to get it working. In addition to what you pointed out, we were also trying to send the SOAP using 'HttpURLConnection' in Java which did not work. We then had to send the SOAP request via 'SoapConnection' and were ablr to get it working.

Thank you very much for the help.

Regards,

Don Thomas Jacob

ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer

Regards, Don Thomas Jacob http://www.solarwinds.com/netflow-traffic-analyzer.aspx Head Geek @ SolarWinds NOTE: Please rate and close questions if you found any of the answers helpful.

Zach Seils · ‎07-15-2010

Thanks for the update Don.

Zach

johng231 · ‎07-19-2010

Hi Don,

I'm just wondering what 3rd party software are you using to pull the API stats off of the WAAS CM?

John

Don Jacob · ‎07-20-2010

Hi John,

We are a part of ManageEngine division of Zoho Corp. One of our products is NetFlow Analyzer (http://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/) which uses Cisco NetFlow and similar flow format packets to generate bandwidth and traffic reports.

As a part of NetFlow Analyzer, we are developing our own software to read traffic stats (compressed and decompressed values) off Cisco WAAS CM and allow users to compare them with NetFlow stats.

We are still working on this feature and will be have an EA version available in 1 month or so.

Regards,
Don Thomas
ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer
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Regards, Don Thomas Jacob http://www.solarwinds.com/netflow-traffic-analyzer.aspx Head Geek @ SolarWinds NOTE: Please rate and close questions if you found any of the answers helpful.