IT Process Automation

I want to start a PAM process via REST call. I'm lost in the Catalyst REST documentation. Do I need to go into the PAM config and configure the Catalyst trigger? If so, that is extremely confusing on how to do that. Either way, I need some general guidance on how to get started.

You should be looking under the folder:

RESTful API Reference › RESTful Web Services and CA Process Automation › Catalyst REST

For example if you just want to start a process:

https://support.ca.com/cadocs/0/CA%20Process%20Automation%2004%202%2002-ENU/Bookshelf_Files/HTML/Web%20Services%20API%20Reference/index.htm

Hi Michael, is there anything that needs to be done inside PAM to make it listen for REST calls? I've tried calling 

http://machine:7000/node/rest/broker/Entity

to my PAM machine and it says the requested URL can't be reached.

The Catalyst engine, which runs the REST interface for the Orchestrator, only supports a JDK version 7, the most common reason for catalyst and therefore REST not running is due to running a Java 8 version.

You can check what version of Java is being used by Process Automation in the c2osvcw.conf or c2osvcd.sh

wrapper.java.command=c:/program files/java/jdk1.7.0_80/bin/java

Also, it can be disabled with the following setting in the OasisConfig.properties file:

#Specifies whether the Catalyst Process Automation Services is enabled
ucf.connector.enabled=true

Java 1.8 was my issue so I installed and reconfigured for 1.7, thanks so much! One more question  When I made my first call it prompted me for authentication. How do I authenticate without being prompted?

You have to pass the authorization header in the below format. PAM REST APIs require basic HTTP authentication.

authorization: Basic <Base 64 encoded value of username:password>

Thanks Chandru!