Dell v2.10.10.10 Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API, API clients, Sample scripts and tools

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Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API

This section outlines the resources required to integrate the Lifecycle Controller API into an application:

•API Clients – Lists the API clients that are available to support WinRM or WSMAN. The API clients enable a you to create an application in a variety of programming languages.

•Best Practices Guide — Provides information about the common work flows, where in ready-to-use Python scripts are provided for all the common work flows.

•Sample Scripts and Tools — Provides additional working examples and reference.

•Applications Using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services — Lists several existing applications that are already integrated with the Lifecycle Controller API.

•WinRM and OpenWSMAN Installation and Configuration — Identifies resources for configuring WinRM and WSMAN.

API clients

The links to various API clients:

•WinRM Scripting API, MSDN — msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384469(VS.85).aspx

•Openwsman CLI — openwsman.org/project/wsmancli

•Windows PowerShell blog — blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell

•Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter — microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx

•Recite — Interactive WSMAN Scripting Environment — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems- management/w/wiki/3757.recite-interactive-ws-man-scripting-environment.aspx

•Intel® WSMAN Java Client Library — software.intel.com/en-us/articles/download-the-latest-intel- ws-management-java-client-library

Best practices workflow references

For more information, see Best Practices Guide.

Sample scripts and tools

A few sample scripts to use Lifecycle Controller API are available for use with Recite. Recite is a Python- based tool that provides a simple and fast interface for using the Dell Lifecycle Controller API. It has an interactive mode that is useful to run a single command on a server or run batch commands to automate the sequence of operations.

•Interactive Recite environment — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/ wiki/3757.recite-interactive-ws-man-scripting-environment.aspx

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