Concept Guide

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 enables 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.

Topics:

• API clients

• Best practices workflow references

• Sample scripts and tools

• Applications using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services

• WinRM and OpenWSMAN installation and configuration

API clients

The links to various API clients:

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

• Redfish — https://www.dmtf.org/standards/redfish

• Openwsman CLI — https://github.com/Openwsman/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

To access Best Practices Guide go to API Reference Guide section at www.dell.com/support/article/sln311809.

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 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

• Other scripting examples — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1981.scripting-the-dell-

Lifecycle-controller.aspx

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