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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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