This presentation was given at the London Nutanix user group (NUG) on Oct 26 by Grant Friend. If you would like to join a NUG, you can find more information here http://bit.ly/NTNXUG - Hope to see you at a community meeting!
2. Prism/ Prism
Central nCLI
Nutanix REST
API
PowerShell
Cmdlets
API Underneath Everything
üAll platform config exposed via
well defined APIs
üAPI use tested heavily by internal
components
üBundled with Nutanix binary
Configure and manage Nutanix
clusters using multiple interfaces
15. Nutanix REST API Resources
• Nutanix Community
• Acropolis API Reference guide
• Tutorial included
• Updated regularly
• Blogs:
• Nutanix REST API with python by Christian Johannsen
• How to use Python with Nutanix REST API (3 parts) by
Andre Leibovici
• Authentication Methods using REST API With Nutanix by
Dwayne Lessner
16. Overview
• Access REST API
• Parameters
• Entities
• Operations
• GET VM
• Filter for Power Off
• Use VM ID to find more results
• Create a Container via Explorer
• Use HTTP request URL to find attributes
• Delete the Container – and hopefully nothing
important!
• Resources
• Script tutorial