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ACP includes the following features:
- Built-in connector library for the following Contains a library of built-in connectors to many common services:
- 6connect ProVision
- Amazon AWS
- Google Cloud
- Microsoft Azure
- VMWare vCenter
- Kubernetes
- Supports cross-vendor and multi-account actions with API service providers
- Supports automatic rollbacks for most API actions, greatly simplifying development
- Speeds up execution times for multi-step tasks
- Allows new ACP Workflows to be quickly prototyped based on previous work
- Provides a centralized repository for all API-driven glue code
- Utilizes a compact JSON data format for easy sharing and support
- Contains an extensive example library of examples to directly illustrate product features
- Supports embedded Javascript for complex data transformations
- Cleanly supports iteration over complex data objects
- Provides functionality for providing user-defined connectivity to other services
Once created, ACP Workflows can be executed as a single API call to the ACP Server. Many advanced automation and integration tasks can be accomplished by pairing 6connect ACP with 6connect ProVision.
Practical Applications
Some examples of practical uses for ACP Workflows in connection with 6connect ProVisionACP, in combination with one or more supported services, can be used to streamline common tasks such as:
- Customer Turnups
- Automated provisioning
- IP & DNS Reallocation
- Data gathering for internal analysis tools
- Kubernetes: Allow/Deny traffic from namespace
- AWS: Create VM with DNS Zone/Record(s)
- AWS: Create or Delete VM / Cluster / Datacenter
- AWS / Route53: Retrieve all the zones in your AWS Account and push them into ProVision.
- AWS / Route53: Push ProVision DNS Group to Route53
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