How to add multiple network objects easily for a beginner

[Ravi_Dubey]

Hi Friends,

I want to add multiple network objects (more than 400). Is there a easy way of doing this.

I have read on checkmates about using csv file but not really sure about exact steps.

I tried postman but it only lets me add 1 host at a time.

We are running multi domain environment.

Sorry am new to scripting/automation so please bear with me.

Appreciate your response

[Mark_Mitchell]

Hi Ravi, 

If you are using R80 you could use the management cli, create a CSV file and then from powershell remotely create the objects. 

Please see: https://community.checkpoint.com/thread/1342  seems to have the steps you'll need to complete the task. 

Let us know how you get on.

Mark

[Ravi_Dubey]

Thanks for your reply mate, forgot to mention we are using R80.10

I was thinking of using mgmt._cli.....

To use mgmt._cli do I just have to go in expert mode on the MDM, change to relevant MDS and run the command similar to below?

mgmt_cli add host --batch data.csv

[Mark_Mitchell]

Not a problem at all.  

Yeah that should be it. Once the command finishes it will also publish the changes to to the database as well. 

[KK]

Hey Mark,

What is the way to add multiple hosts using Web API like Postman. It only gives option to add one host a time. There should be some way to add multiple hosts using Postman?

Thanks,

KK

[PhoneBoy]

The add-host API call only supports adding one host at a time.
The add-objects-batch API call in R80.40+ supports adding more than one at a time.

[Tomer_Noy]

Another cool option is to use the [relatively] new batch API option:
https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/latest/APIs/index.html#web/add-objects-batch~v1.7%20 

With this, you can use the mgmt_cli or Postman and pass a single JSON with many objects.

Another benefit is that the server is much more efficient when handling a single batch API call with many objects, instead of a loop of multiple calls.