Create an automation job to execute azure runbook using REST API

Question

In this link ( Create azure automation account using REST api from java ) I'd asked about how to create an automation account in order to create runbook. Now, that I've created an automation account and also a runbook which is published, I want to execute(start) the runbook. In order to do so I am following this link ( https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/mt163849.aspx ) but I am getting an error:

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This is the java function:

    private static int processPutRequest(URL url, byte[] data, String contentType, String keyStore, String keyStorePassword) 
    throws UnrecoverableKeyException, KeyManagementException, KeyStoreException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, IOException {
       SSLSocketFactory sslFactory = getSSLSocketFactory(keyStore, keyStorePassword);
       HttpsURLConnection con = null;
       con = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
       con.setSSLSocketFactory(sslFactory);
       con.setDoOutput(true);
       con.setRequestMethod("PUT");
       con.addRequestProperty("x-ms-version", "2013-08-01");
       con.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(data.length));
       con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", contentType);

       DataOutputStream requestStream = new DataOutputStream (con.getOutputStream());
       requestStream.write(data);
       requestStream.flush();
       requestStream.close();

       System.out.println(con.getResponseMessage());

       InputStream error = ((HttpURLConnection) con).getErrorStream();

       BufferedReader br = null;
       if (error == null) {
          InputStream inputstream = con.getInputStream();
          br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputstream));
       } else {
          br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(error));
       }
       String response = "";
       String nachricht;
       while ((nachricht = br.readLine()) != null){
          response += nachricht;
       }
       System.out.println(response);
       return con.getResponseCode();
   }

   public static void createJobId(String keyStorePath, String keyStorePassword, String subscriptionId)
throws  UnrecoverableKeyException, KeyManagementException, KeyStoreException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, IOException
   {
       String url = String.format("https://management.core.windows.net/%s/cloudServices/OaaSCSI6EGAZU6F6QTCK5XRVT45FKJC6RC7IQIQW3OPR7SVLE4ZPD4IQQQ-East-US/resources/automation/~/automationAccounts/xdtauto/jobs/8c3e715-9b27?api-version=2014-12-08", subscriptionId);
       String requestBody = "{ \"properties\":{ \"runbook\":{ \"name\":\"createVM\" } } }";
       int createResponseCode = processPutRequest(new URL(url), requestBody.getBytes(), "application/json", keyStorePath, keyStorePassword);
       System.out.println("JOB created :: " + createResponseCode);
   }

Answer 1

My guess is the error is due to the fact that you are not passing a proper GUID as the job id for the job to create. You are passing 8c3e715-9b27 but GUIDs are in the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

Answer 2

@Joe's guess is correct.

Refer to the link https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/mt163849.aspx . As document shown,

In Windows PowerShell, you can use the this command to create the job ID:[GUID]::NewGuid().ToString().

The GUID in C#/.NET is generated by the functuion "System.Guid.NewGuid()". In Java, UUID is the same as GUID. Refer to the UUID Class link http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/UUID.html , it is generated by the function "java.util.UUID.randomUUID()".

So your code should be modified as following:

public static void createJobId(String keyStorePath, String keyStorePassword, String subscriptionId)
            throws UnrecoverableKeyException, KeyManagementException, KeyStoreException, NoSuchAlgorithmException,
            IOException {
        String automationName = <auto_account_name>;
        String jobId=java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString();
        String url = String.format(
                "https://management.core.windows.net/%s/cloudServices/ OaaSCSI6EGAZU6F6QTCK5XRVT45FKJC6RC7IQIQW3OPR7SVLE4ZPD4IQQQ-East-US/resources/automation/~/automationAccounts/%s/jobs/%s?api-version=2014-12-08",
                subscriptionId, automationName, jobId);
        System.out.println("URL: "+url);
        String requestBody = "{ \"properties\":{ \"runbook\":{ \"name\":\"<RUNBOOK_NAME>\" } } }";
        int createResponseCode = processPutRequest(new URL(url), requestBody.getBytes(), "application/json",
                keyStorePath, keyStorePassword);
        System.out.println("JOB created :: " + createResponseCode);
    }

If you have created the runbook correctly and set up the correct runbook name in the request body, the code will run as expection and response the StatusCode 201.

However I found the other issue of the function "createRunbook" in your thread Create azure automation account using REST api from java , the element " properties/publishContentLink/uri" is required in the request body of create runbook(refer to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/mt163812.aspx ).

So if the response body of create job include the information {"code":"NotFound","message":"Runbook not found."}, I suggest you to check your code and review the Runbook page on Azure Portal.