Python script for use with Nutanix Era. Provisions Linux-based database engines, to call X-Play playbook that set VM categories in Prism Central. 

To use update the below fields with your environments info.

• Username and password that as access to Prism Central.
  • $user = youruser
  • $password = yourpassword
• Valid ip address or FQDN for Prism Central
  • $pcaddress = yourpcaddress
• Webhook ID copied from X-Play playbook that sets catagory
  • webhookid = yourwebhookid

import urllib3
import requests
from base64 import b64encode
import json
#Edit below variabls
#update user name and password with valid Prism Central Credentials
username = 'youruser'
password = 'yourpassword'
#update pcaddress with ipaddress or fqdn of Prism Central
pcaddress = 'yourpcaddress'
#update webhookid wtih webhook_id from playbook you are using
webhookid = 'yourwebhookid'

# Do not change below
encoded_credentials = b64encode(bytes(f'{username}:{password}',encoding='ascii')).decode('ascii')
auth_header = f'Basic {encoded_credentials}'
url = 'https://%s:9440/api/nutanix/v3/action_rules/trigger' % (pcaddress)
payload = json.dumps({
  "trigger_type": "incoming_webhook_trigger
  "trigger_instance_list": [
    {
      "webhook_id": "{webhookid}",
      "string1": "DUR-SQL19-WD01"
    }
  ]
})
headers = {
  'Authorization': f"{auth_header}",
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload, verify=False)
print(response.text)

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