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Select 3Your organization has implemented a WebHook alert system to monitor network events in a Cisco DNA Center environment. You need to configure the WebHook API to deliver alerts to an external application whenever a network device goes offline. Which of the following steps are required to successfully set up the WebHook alert API in Cisco DNA Center?
- A
Register the external application as a WebHook subscriber in Cisco DNA Center.
- B
Create a custom policy in Cisco DNA Center to filter only device offline events.
- C
Provide the external application's listener URL during the WebHook configuration.
- D
Configure the external application to send a periodic health check to Cisco DNA Center.
- E
Enable the WebHook service in Cisco DNA Center settings.
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Correct answers: A, C, E
Explanation
Setting up WebHook alert APIs in Cisco DNA Center involves registering the external application as a subscriber, configuring the listener URL, and enabling the WebHook service. These steps ensure that alerts are correctly sent to the external application. Filtering events and external health checks are optional and not part of the required setup process.
- A. Correct.
Correct: To send alerts, you must register the external application as a WebHook subscriber in Cisco DNA Center so it can receive notifications.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect: While filtering events is useful, specific event filtering is not mandatory for initial WebHook configuration. Alerts can be processed by the external application.
- C. Correct.
Correct: During WebHook configuration, you need to provide the external application's listener URL to specify where alerts should be sent.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect: The external application does not need to send a health check to Cisco DNA Center; it only needs to listen for alerts.
- E. Correct.
Correct: Enabling the WebHook service in Cisco DNA Center is a mandatory step to activate WebHook-based alerting functionality.