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Demisto Lock

This Integration is part of the Cortex Lock Pack.#

Overview

Demisto Lock is a mechanism that enables users to prevent concurrent execution of tasks. This is a native integration, which does not require configuration.


Commands

You can execute these commands from the Cortex XSOAR CLI, as part of an automation, or in a playbook. After you successfully execute a command, a DBot message appears in the War Room with the command details.

  1. Get a lock: lock-get
  2. Show lock information: lock-info
  3. Release a lock: lock-release
  4. Release all locks: lock-release-all

Get a lock

Gets a specific lock. If the lock doesn't exist, it creates one. If the lock is already in use, the command waits until the lock is released or until timeout is reached. If timeout is reached and the lock hasn't been released, the command fails to get the lock.

Base Command

lock-get

Input
Parameter Description
name Lock name. When omitted, the default is Default .
info Additional information about the lock
timeout Timeout to wait for the lock to be released

Show lock information

Retreives information for a specified lock.

Base Command

lock-info

Input
Parameter Description
name Name of lock to retrieve information for. When omitted, the default is Default .

Release a lock

Release a specified lock.

Base Command

lock-release

Input
Parameter Description
name Name of lock to release. When omitted, the default is Default .

Release all locks

Release a specified lock.

Base Command

lock-release-all

Input

There is no input for this command.

Troubleshooting

If you use multiple locks which might be set in parallel, it is recommended to enable the Sync integration cache (Available from Cortex XSOAR 6.2.0).