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Creating a restart task

Use Lumen® Edge Service Manager to create a task that automatically restarts instances provisioned for your organization. 

You can execute your automated task as a single task or combine it as part of an operational or provisioning workflow.

Note: Library tab functionality is only available for AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Azure cloud providers.

To create a restart task:

  1. Click Library, click Automation, then click Tasks.

    The Edge Service Manager shows the tasks created for your organization.
Edge Services Manager Library automation tasks view
  1. Click +Add.

    The Edge Service Manager shows the New Task window.
New Task window
  1. In the New Task window, complete the following fields:
Field Description
NAME Type a unique name for the restart task.
CODE Type unique code to reference this task. 
TYPE Select Restart.
  1. In the Target Options section, select Resource in the EXECUTE TARGET field.
  1. In the Execute Options section, complete the following fields:
Field Description
RETRYABLE Select this option to retry the task if it initially fails.
RETRY COUNT Type the maximum number of attempts to retry the task if it initially fails.
RETRY DELAY Type the amount of time (in seconds) the Edge Service Manager waits between retry attempts for the task.
ALLOW CUSTOM CONFIG Select this option to enable a text field to add extra variables or specifications to the task. This field appears in the Advanced Options section in the Execute Task? window when you manually execute a specific task.
  1. Click SAVE CHANGES.

    The Edge Service Manager creates the restart task. 

Next, you can execute a single automated task or combine tasks in operational or provisioning workflows.