About This Repo

This repo is a simple work in progress to make it easy to see available blueprints on a CloudShell system and start those blueprints easily, all via the CLI with a simple syntax.

Installation

From Source

• Download the repository somewhere
• CD to that directory
• Run pip install --editable .

From PyPi

• Run pip install QualiCSCLI

Usage

 > QualiCSCLI help

usage: QualiCSCLI [-h] [-q HOST] [-u UN] [-p PW] [-d DOM] [-s INFILE]
                  [-o OUTFILE] [-i ID] [-l LENGTH] [-n NAME]
                  task

CLI Tool for Quali CloudShell Sandboxes

positional arguments:
  task        start, list, running, or publish

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -q HOST     server hostname for API session
  -u UN       username for API session
  -p PW       password for API session
  -d DOM      domain for API session
  -s INFILE   in python script
  -o OUTFILE  name of script in portal
  -i ID       sandbox/blueprint id
  -l LENGTH   sandbox duration length in min. Default is 30
  -w, --wait  wait until sandbox is completed until script returns

Sample

First Time

 > QualiCSCLI -q http://server:82 -u username -p password -d Global list

+--------------------------------------+---------------+--------------+
| Blueprint Name                       | Blueprint ID  | Availability |
+--------------------------------------+---------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------+---------------+--------------+

Subsequent

After that, a config file is placed in ~/.qsclicreds where it stores this info, so subsequent usage is simple:

 > QualiCSCLI list

Flow

 > QualiCSCLI list
+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Blueprint Name    | Blueprint ID                         | Availability  |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------+---------------+
| Example           | 72c8bd21-0191-48bb-bb9a-02e8b9e452f6 | Available Now |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------+---------------+


 > QualiCSCLI start -i 72c8bd21-0191-48bb-bb9a-02e8b9e452f6
Started 9d8b0e55-6fc2-41fb-8e00-ce6c0049c4b5

 > QualiCSCLI running
+--------------------------------------+--------------+----------------+--------+
| Sandbox ID                           | Sandbox Name | From Blueprint | Status |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+----------------+--------+
| 9d8b0e55-6fc2-41fb-8e00-ce6c0049c4b5 | From CLI     | Example        | Ready  |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+----------------+--------+