Python Scripts for Using Netbackup Access Hosts APIs #45
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ismareth
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Oct 29, 2019
ismareth
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- Added 2 py files as python scripts for Access Hosts APIs
- Modified the Readme.md file accordingly to reflect the usage and the new additions.
| #### Executing the script | ||
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| ####Pre-requisites: |
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Minor: Missing space between '#' and 'Pre-requisites'
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Also, prerequisites shouldn't be hyphenated. It's just an ordinary word.
| ####Usage | ||
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| #####NetBackup Hosts Configuration Management API |
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| Use the following command to run the script. The command should be run from the parent directory of this 'config' directory. | ||
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| `python -W ignore -m config.hosts_exclude_list -hostName <hostName> -nbmaster <masterServer> -username <username> -password <password> [-domainName <domainName>] [-domainType <domainType>]` | ||
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| `Note: hostName is the name of the NetBackup host to set the exclude configuration. The exclude list is specified in the config/exclude_list file.` | ||
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| #####NetBackup Access Hosts API |
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| `python -W ignore -m config.access_hosts_api_usecases -hostName <hostName> -nbmaster <masterServer> -username <username> -password <password> [-domainName <domainName>] [-domainType <domainType>]` | ||
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| `Note: hostName is the name of the VMware Access host to add/delete using the Access Host APIs.` |
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Why specifically mention VMware Access Host?
| #### Executing the script | ||
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Also, prerequisites shouldn't be hyphenated. It's just an ordinary word.
| headers = {'Content-Type': content_type_header, 'Authorization': jwt} | ||
| long_url = base_url + vmware_access_hosts_url + hostName | ||
| response = requests.delete(long_url, headers=headers, verify=False) | ||
| return response |
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Please include newlines at the ends of the text files.
| def add_access_host(base_url, jwt, hostName): | ||
| headers = {'Content-Type': content_type_header, 'Authorization': jwt} | ||
| long_url = base_url + vmware_access_hosts_url | ||
| data = {'data':{'type':'accessHostRequest', 'id':'vmware', 'attributes':{'hostname':hostName, 'validate': 'false'}}} |
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Is the validate field really supposed to have the string value "false" and not the Boolean value False?
| #####NetBackup Access Hosts API | ||
| Use the following command to run the script. The command should be run from the parent directory of this 'config' directory. | ||
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| `python -W ignore -m config.access_hosts_api_usecases -hostName <hostName> -nbmaster <masterServer> -username <username> -password <password> [-domainName <domainName>] [-domainType <domainType>]` |
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What warnings need to be ignored in this script? Why not fix the warnings?
| print("-- This script requires Python3.5 or higher. --") | ||
| print("-- The system where this script is run should have Python 3.5 or higher version installed. --") | ||
| print("-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------") | ||
| print("The script requires 'requests' library to make the API calls.") |
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It's pointless to mention this at run time. If you have the module, then the command will run and you don't need to be reminded that you need a module you already have. If you don't have the module, then the script won't even run, so this line of code wouldn't run anyway.
| hostName = "test_vmwareAccessHost123" | ||
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| def parse_access_host_response(response): | ||
| global nbmaster |
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global is only necessary when assigning to a variable from a different code block. This function only uses nbmaster.
| i = 0; | ||
| for host in response.json()["data"]: | ||
| i = i+1 |
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There's no need to keep track of i separately. That's what enumerate is for.
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| for host in response.json()["data"]: | |
| i = i+1 | |
| for i, host in enumerate(response.json()["data"], 1): |
| print("-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------") | ||
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| def read_command_line_arguments(): | ||
| if len(sys.argv)%2 == 0: |
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We should use argparse for processing command-line arguments.
