Axway API Management CLI

I’m pleased to share API Manager CLI utility which could be helpful for engineers working with the Axway API Gateway Manager. This tool is to manage and control API Manager resources without accessing through the Web UI.

Axway API Manager CLI

apimctl is a command line (CLI) utility that allows you to manage Axway’s API Manager resources. This utility allows you to automate the deployment of API Manager resources. It also allows you to view and edit the existing resources. This CLI is developed using Cobra and Viper (golang packages).

Installation

GitHub – Axway-API-Management-Plus/go-apim-cli: Axway API-Management CLI Utility

Currently, this tool is available in Linux and MacOS:

• apimctl_darwin_amd64
• apimctl_linux_amd64

release=$(curl -Ls https://github.com/Axway-API-Management-Plus/go-apim-cli/releases/latest | grep “releases/download.*linux_amd64″ | cut -d \” -f 2)

wget -q https://github.com/$release
chmod +x apimctl_linux_amd64
mv apimctl_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/apimctl

Supported Command

This CLI supports all the CRUD operations on the API Manager resources.

$ apimctl

apimctl controls and manages API Manager resources.

Usage :

apimctl [command]

Available Commands :

create      create an API Manager resource from a file

delete      delete an API Manager resource

describe  describe an API Manager resource

edit          edit an API Manager resource

help         help about any command

list           list all API Manager resource

login        stores the login info of API Manager

publish    publish a proxy

unpublish unpublish a proxy

Flags:

–config string   config file (default is $HOME/.apimanager.yaml)

-h, –help            help for apimctl

-v, –version       version for apimctl

Use “apimctl [command] –help” for more information about a command.

Examples

$ apimctl login

API Manager resources

$ apimctl create org -n Marvel -ed
$ apimctl list orgs
$ apimctl desc org -n Marvel
$ apimctl edit org -n Marvel
$ apimctl delete org -n Marvel

$ apimctl create user -n ‘AntMan’ -l antman -o Marvel -r user -p antman
$ apimctl create user -n ‘Thor’ -l thor -o Marvel -r admin
$ apimctl create user -n ‘Iron Man’ -l ironman -o Marvel -r oadmin
$ apimctl create app -n Avengers -o Marvel
$ apimctl create key -a Avengers
$ apimctl create api -n ‘Captain America’ -o Marvel -f resources/swagger.json
$ apimctl create proxy -n ‘The First Avenger’ -o Marvel -b ‘Captain America’ -c resources/cert.pem -s passthrough
$ apimctl unpublish proxy -n ‘The First Avenger’

Note: For more sample commands, please view the Readme in the git repository.