Automation engine

About

Automation Engine is located on the central server of Miradore Management Suite. The Automation Engine is the component responsible for processing and running Automation task items defined in Automation tasks view.

With the Automation tasks, it is possible to

Schedule report builder reports for automatic email delivery
Schedule automatic deployment of installation packages to the computers listed in a report builder report
Set/update/reset the timestamp value of custom attributes for assets that are listed in a report builder report

Run interval

The execution of Automation Engine is controlled by the "Run Automation Engine" system task, which runs the Automation Engine every 15 minutes by default. The system task can be manually started and enabled or disabled from Miradore system settings > System tasks > Maintenance.

How it works

Automation Engine utilizes Miradore web service in getting reports and also in creating package deployments according to the configurations that administrators have defined with Automation task items in Automation tasks view.

Event logging

You can find logs related to the Automation engine and automation tasks from two places:

Automation task item > Analyze tab > History provides a record of past runs of that specific automation task. You can find the settings for this log from the "Administration > System settings > Main > Event log settings > Automation tasks". Hitting the button at the rightmost end of the field clears the entire event log for all Automation task items.
System settings > Event log > System tasks provides a record of past runs of the Automation engine. The log entries for the Automation engine can be found with "Run Automation Engine" name. You can find the log settings for all system tasks from the "Administration > System settings > Main > Event log settings > System tasks". Hitting the button at the rightmost end of the field clears the entire event log for all System tasks.