Using the apigee-adminapi.sh utility

The apigee-adminapi.sh calls the Edge management API to perform many maintenance tasks.

About apigee-adminapi.sh

Advantages

The advantage to the apigee-adminapi.sh utility is that it:

Uses a simple command-line interface
Implements tab-based command completion
Provides help and usage information
Can display the corresponding API call if you decide to try the API

Comparison with apigee-provision

The apigee-adminapi.sh utility is not a replacement for the apigee-provision utility. The apigee-provision utility actually uses the apigee-adminapi.sh utility to perform its tasks.

The main differences between the two are:

apigee-adminapi.sh performs atomic functions that replace individual Edge API calls. For example, to create an organization, environment, and virtual host requires three separate apigee-adminapi.sh commands corresponding to three API calls.
apigee-provision performs a complete high-level operation in a single command. For example, you can create an organization, environment, and virtual host with a single apigee-provision command by passing a config file with all necessary information.

The Edge documentation uses both utilities where appropriate.

Install apigee-adminapi.sh

The apigee-adminapi.sh utility is automatically installed when you install the apigee-provision or the apigee-validate utility.

The utility is installed in the following location:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh

Invoke apigee-adminapi.sh

You invoke apigee-adminapi.sh from a Management Server node. When you invoke the utility, you must define the following as either environment variables or command line options:

ADMIN_EMAIL (corresponds to the admin command line option)
ADMIN_PASSWORD (pwd)
EDGE_SERVER (host)

The following example invokes apigee-adminapi.sh and passes the required values as command line options:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh buildinfo list --admin user@example.com --pwd abcd1234 --host localhost

The following example defines the required options as temporary environment variables and then invokes the apigee-adminapi.sh utility:

export ADMIN_EMAIL=user@example.com
export ADMIN_PASSWORD=abcd1234
export EDGE_SERVER=192.168.56.101
/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh servers list

If you do not pass the password as an option or define it as an environment variable, apigee-adminapi.sh will prompt you to enter it.

Set apigee-adminapi.sh parameters

You must enter all parameters to a command by using either command-line switches or by using environment variables. Prefix the command line switches with a single dash (-) or double dash (--) as required.

For example, you can specify the organization name by either:

Using the -o command line switch:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh orgs -o testOrg

Setting an environment variable named ORG:

export ORG=testOrg
/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh orgs

NOTE: You typically use environment variables to set ADMIN_EMAIL and EDGE_SERVER, and optionally ADMIN_PASSWORD. These parameters are used by most commands. The concern with setting other params, such as ORG, by using environment variables is that the setting might be correct for one command but could be incorrect for a subsequent command. For example, if you forget to reset the environment variable, you might inadvertently pass the wrong value to the next command.

If you omit any required parameters to the command, the utility displays an error message describing the missing parameters. For example, if you omit the --host option (which corresponds to the EDGE_SERVER environment variable), apigee-adminapi.sh responds with the following error:

Error with required variable or parameter
ADMIN_PASSWORD....OK
ADMIN_EMAIL....OK
EDGE_SERVER....null

If you receive an HTTP STATUS CODE: 401 error, then you entered the wrong password.

Get apigee-adminapi.sh help

At any time, use the tab key to display a prompt that lists the available command options.

To see all possible commands, invoke the utility with no options:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh

If you press the tab key after typing apigee-adminapi.sh, you will see the list of possible options:

analytics  classification  logsessions  regions  securityprofile  userroles
buildinfo  GET             orgs         runtime  servers          users

The tab key displays options based on the context of the command. If you enter the tab key after typing:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh orgs

You will see the possible options for completing the orgs command:

add  apis  apps  delete  envs  list  pods  userroles

Use the -h option to display help for any command. For example, if you use the -h option as shown below:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh orgs -h

The utility displays complete help information for all possible options to the orgs command. The first item in the output shows the help for the orgs add command:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
orgs add
  Required:
    -o ORG Organization name
  Optional:
    -H HEADER add http header in request
    --admin ADMIN_EMAIL admin email address
    --pwd ADMIN_PASSWORD admin password
    --host EDGE_SERVER edge server to make request to
    --port EDGE_PORT port to use for the http request
    --ssl set EDGE_PROTO to https, defaults to http
    --debug ( set in debug mode, turns on verbose in curl )
    -h      Displays Help

Pass a file to apigee-adminapi.sh

The apigee-adminapi.sh utility is a wrapper around curl. As a result, some commands correspond to PUT and POST API calls that take a request body. For example, creating a virtual host corresponds to a POST API call that requires information about the virtual host in the request body.

When using the apigee-adminapi.sh utility to create a virtual host, or any command that takes a request body, you can pass all of the necessary information on the command line as shown below:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh orgs envs virtual_hosts add -e prod -o testOrg --host localhost --admin foo@bar.com -v myVHostUtil -p 9005 -a 192.168.56.101:9005

Or, you can pass a file containing the same information as would be contained in the request body of the POST. For example, the following command takes a file defining the virtual host:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh orgs envs virtual_hosts add -e prod -o testOrg --host localhost --admin foo@bar.com -f vhostcreate

Where the file vhostcreate contains the POST body of the call. In this example, it is an XML-formatted request body:

<VirtualHost name="myVHostUtil">
  <HostAliases>
    <HostAlias>192.168.56.101:9005</HostAlias>
  </HostAliases>
  <Interfaces/>
  <Port>9005</Port>
</VirtualHost>

Display debug and API information

Use the --debug option to the apigee-adminapi.sh utility to display detailed information about the command. This information includes the curl command generated by the apigee-adminapi.sh utility to perform the operation.

For example, the following command uses the --debug option. The results display the underlying curl command's output in verbose mode:

/opt/apigee/apigee-adminapi/bin/apigee-adminapi.sh orgs add -o testOrg2 --admin foo@bar.com --host localhost --debug
curl -H Content-Type: application/xml -v -X POST -s -k -w \n==> %{http_code}
  -u ***oo@bar.com:*****     http://localhost:8080/v1/o -d <Organization name="testOrg2"
  type="paid"/>
  * About to connect() to localhost port 8080 (#0)
  *   Trying ::1... connected
  * Connected to localhost (::1) port 8080 (#0)
  * Server auth using Basic with user 'foo@bar.com'
  > POST /v1/o HTTP/1.1
  > Authorization: Basic c2dp234234NvbkBhcGlnZ2342342342342341Q5
  > User-Agent: curl/7.19.7 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.7 NSS/3.19.1
  Basic ECC zlib/1.2.3 libidn/1.18 libssh2/1.4.2
  > Host: localhost:8080
  > Accept: */*
  > Content-Type: application/xml
  > Content-Length: 43
  >
  } [data not shown]
  < HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  < Content-Type: application/json
  < Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 02:08:32 GMT
  < Content-Length: 291
  <
  { [data not shown]
  * Connection #0 to host localhost left intact
  * Closing connection #0