Turn a Box database specification into a managed cluster
Database setup details often live in a planning document. Let Notis read a new Box specification and provision the cluster it actually describes.
Trigger
New File Added to Folder
Triggers when a new file is added to a folder in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when new files are detected. Only files (not folders or web links) are monitored.
Action
Create Database Cluster
Tool to create a new managed database cluster. use when you need to provision a database cluster with name, engine, version, region, size, and number of nodes.
Why this helps
Database requirements can get lost between planning documents and a separate cloud console.
- Translate a written database request into a cluster provisioning action.
- Catch unspecified engine, version, region, size, or node count.
- Send the execution summary to a channel you already use.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and DigitalOcean once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to read new database specifications in the chosen Box folder and create a cluster only when its required settings are explicit.
- 4Pick the Box New File Added to Folder trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real database specification and review the run report.
Questions about this workflow
What must the specification say?
It should state the cluster name, engine, version, region, size, and number of nodes. Notis should report missing requirements instead of filling them in.
Can it decide which database size we need?
The workflow can use a size stated in the specification. If sizing guidance or account-specific limits are not included, provide them in your instruction or resolve them before provisioning.
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Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Digital ocean. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Digital ocean actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Custom Image
Tool to create a new custom image by providing a url to a linux vm image. use when you need to import a vm image into digitalocean after specifying name, url, distribution, and region.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Database Cluster
Tool to create a new managed database cluster. use when you need to provision a database cluster with name, engine, version, region, size, and number of nodes.
Collaboration Details Changed
Triggers when a collaboration's details change (e.g., role, status, expiration). This trigger monitors a specific collaboration and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as role, status, expiration date, access type, or acknowledgment status.
Create New Block Storage Volume
Tool to create a new block storage volume. use when you need to provision persistent block storage after confirming the target region supports volumes. example: "create a 100 gib ext4 backup volume named 'db-backup' in nyc1."
Comment Changed
Triggers when a comment's content or details change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box comment and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as message text edits, tagged message changes, or modification timestamp updates.
Create New Domain
Tool to create a new domain. use when you have the domain name and optionally an ip address to assign an a record.
New File Comment Added
Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.
Create Domain Record
Tool to create a new dns record for a domain. use after confirming domain exists and record specifics.
File Metadata Changed
Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.
Create New Droplet
Tool to create a new droplet. use when you need to provision a vm with name, region, size, and image.
File Shared Link Changed
Triggers when a file's shared link settings change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file's shared link and fires when changes are detected in the shared link configuration, such as access level, permissions, password protection, expiration date, or vanity URL.
Create New Firewall
Tool to create a new firewall. use when you need to define a firewall name and custom rules (requires at least one inbound and one outbound rule).
New File Version Uploaded
Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.
Create New Kubernetes Cluster
Tool to create a new kubernetes cluster. use when you have finalized the cluster name, region, version, and at least one node pool. confirm region supports kubernetes clusters before use.
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