GCP Discovery

Requirements

Python 2.7.x (this program was written for 2.7.13 however)

Access to Cirba Analysis Console

Getting Started

1. Install the dependencies via pip. The dependencies used thus far are defined in the requirements.txt file

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Follow instructions in [Acquiring GCP credentials.docx](Acquiring GCP credentials.docx) to attain credentials for each project and save them into the project root folder

Loading GCP Attributes

1. Open up Cirba Analysis Console
2. Navigate to Administration > Packages and Components
3. Click import custom packages and select GCP_Based_Attributes.zip from the project root

Usage

1. Edit the PYDIR parameter in Discovery.bat to be the path to your Python.exe file. (default : C:\Python27\Python.exe)
2. Open an administator instance of command prompt and navigate to the project folder
3. enter the command discovery and add any of the following :
   1. pass in -a or --auto to load all projects in the credentials folder using the default parameters specified in Discovery.bat
   2. pass in -f or --file with a credential file ex. (my-project.json) to load that project using the default parameters.
   3. pass in no arguments to specifiy all of the parameters manually
4. Open Cirba Analysis Console and ensure the data has loaded properly.

Notes

The timeframe of the dataset begins by default, n hours back from 23:55 UTC yesterday with samples every 5 minutes however changing the midnight parameter in Discovery to N, which will cause it to sample from the nearest 5 minute increment instead.