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

Following are links to various API clients:

• WinRM Scripting API, MSDN

• Advanced REST Client for Google Chrome

• Postman REST Client for Google Chrome

• cURL command line interface

• Python requests library for Redfish operations

• Redfishtool

• Openwsman CLI

• Windows PowerShell blog

• Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter

• Intel WSMAN 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

• Python and PowerShell scripting examples for iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish - github.com/DELL/IDRAC-REDFISH-SCRIPTING

• PowerShell scripting examples for WS-Man - github.com/dell/DellPEWSMANTools

Applications using Lifecycle Controller-Remote

Services

The following applications use Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services:

• Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center - www.dell.com/esmmanuals

• OpenManage Essentials - Systems Management — www.dell.com/esmmanuals

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