API cookbook: creating a container in Delphix self-service
Delphix Self-Service administrators can use this API cookbook recipe to create a container on Delphix Self-Service (Jet Stream) using the Delphix Engine API.
The following script is for educational and demonstration purposes only and is not supported by Delphix.
This script can be downloaded by selecting createContainer.sh
Create Self-Service Container
CODE
#!/bin/bash
# A sample script for calls to the API. This one creates a Jet Stream container.
##### Constants
# Describes a Delphix software revision.
# Please change version are per your Delphix Engine CLI, if different
VERSION="1.11.10"
##### Default Values. These can be overwriten with optional arguments.
engine="10.110.248.170"
username="admin"
password="delphix"
##examples##
# Create container from latest point in time
#./createContainer.sh -n "testsource" testcont ORACLE_DB_CONTAINER-269 JS_DATA_TEMPLATE-13
# Create container from specific bookmark
#./createContainer.sh -n "testsource" -b JS_BOOKMARK-77 testcont ORACLE_DB_CONTAINER-269 JS_DATA_TEMPLATE-13
# Create container from specific point in time
#./createContainer.sh -n "testsource" -t "2016-08-08T10:00:00.000Z" -B JS_BRANCH-50 testcont ORACLE_DB_CONTAINER-269 JS_DATA_TEMPLATE-13
#NOTE: this script will add one container and assign one owner for the container.
##### Functions
# Help Menu
function usage {
echo "Usage: createContainer.sh [[-h] | options...] <containername> <vdb> <template>"
echo "Create a Jet Stream Bookmark on the given branch."
echo ""
echo "Positional arguments"
echo " <name>"
echo " <container> format JS_DATA_CONTAINER-<n>"
echo ""
echo "Optional Arguments:"
echo " -h Show this message and exit"
echo " -d Delphix engine IP address or host name, otherwise revert to default"
echo " -u USER:PASSWORD Server user and password, otherwise revert to default"
echo " -n SourceName need to display for container.(Mandatory)"
echo " -b Bookmark name from which need to create container. If no bookmark is included, the branch will be created at the latest point in time. Type: string. Format JS_BOOKMARK-<n> (Optional)"
echo " -t The time at which the branch should be created. This must be accompanied with branch name from which need to pick up time. Type: date, must be in ISO 8601 extended format [yyyy]-[MM]-[dd]T[HH]:[mm]:[ss].[SSS]Z"
echo " -B Branch name from which need to create new container, at specific time. Type: string. Format JS_BRANCH-<n> (Optional)"
echo " -N Optional container notes, if need to add any. Type: String"
echo " -o Optional owner, to whom we need to assign this container. Type: String. Format USER-<n>"
}
# Create Our Session, including establishing the API version.
function create_session
{
# Pulling the version into parts. The {} are necessary for string manipulation.
# Strip out longest match following "." This leaves only the major version.
major=${VERSION%%.*}
# Strip out the shortest match preceding "." This leaves minor.micro.
minorMicro=${VERSION#*.}
# Strip out the shortest match followint "." This leaves the minor version.
minor=${minorMicro%.*}
# Strip out the longest match preceding "." This leaves the micro version.
micro=${VERSION##*.}
# Quick note about the <<-. If the redirection operator << is followed by a - (dash), all leading TAB from the document data will be
# ignored. This is useful to have optical nice code also when using here-documents. Otherwise you must have the EOF be on a line by itself,
# no parens, no tabs or anything.
echo "creating session..."
result=$(curl -s -S -X POST -k --data @- http://${engine}/resources/json/delphix/session \
-c ~/cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json" <<-EOF
{
"type": "APISession",
"version": {
"type": "APIVersion",
"major": $major,
"minor": $minor,
"micro": $micro
}
}
EOF)
check_result
}
# Authenticate the DE for the provided user.
function authenticate_de
{
echo "authenticating delphix engine..."
result=$(curl -s -S -X POST -k --data @- http://${engine}/resources/json/delphix/login \
-b ~/cookies.txt -c ~/cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json" <<-EOF
{
"type": "LoginRequest",
"username": "${username}",
"password": "${password}"
}
EOF)
check_result
}
function create_container
{
# If there is not timeInput and no bookmark name, we need to use JSTimelinePointLatestTimeInput.
if [[ -z $inputTime && -z $bookmark ]]
then
pointParams="\"timelinePointParameters\":{
\"sourceDataLayout\": \"${template}\",
\"type\":\"JSTimelinePointLatestTimeInput\"}"
# If there is a timeInput and no bookmark name, we need to use Input Time.
elif [[ -n $inputTime && -n $branchRef && -z $bookmark ]]
then
pointParams="\"timelinePointParameters\":{
\"time\":\"${inputTime}\",
\"branch\":\"${branchRef}\",
\"type\":\"JSTimelinePointTimeInput\"}"
# If there is a bookmark name and no time input, we need to use bookmark
elif [[ -z $inputTime && -n $bookmark ]]
then
pointParams="\"timelinePointParameters\":{
\"bookmark\":\"${bookmark}\",
\"type\":\"JSTimelinePointBookmarkInput\"}"
fi
# These are the required parameters.
paramString="\"type\": \"JSDataContainerCreateWithRefreshParameters\",
\"name\": \"${containerName}\",
\"template\": \"${template}\","
paramString="$paramString \"dataSources\": [{\"type\": \"JSDataSourceCreateParameters\",
\"container\": \"${VDB}\",
\"source\": {
\"type\": \"JSDataSource\",
\"priority\": 1,
\"name\": \"${sourceName}\""
if [[ -n $sourcedesc ]]
then
paramString="$paramString ,\"description\": \"${sourcedesc}\"}}],"
else
paramString="$paramString }}],"
fi
if [[ -n $containerNotes ]]
then
paramString="$paramString \"notes\": \"${containerNotes}\","
fi
if [[ -n $owners ]]
then
paramString="$paramString \"owners\": [\"${owners}\"],"
fi
paramString="$paramString ${pointParams}"
result=$(curl -s -X POST -k --data @- http://${engine}/resources/json/delphix/jetstream/container \
-b ~/cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json" <<-EOF
{
$paramString
}
EOF)
check_result
echo "confirming job completed successfully..."
# Get everything in the result that comes after job.
temp=${result#*\"job\":\"}
# Get rid of everything after
jobRef=${temp%%\"*}
result=$(curl -s -X GET -k http://${engine}/resources/json/delphix/job/${jobRef} \
-b ~/cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json")
# Get everything in the result that comes after job.
temp=${result#*\"jobState\":\"}
# Get rid of everything after
jobState=${temp%%\"*}
check_result
while [ $jobState = "RUNNING" ]
do
sleep 1
result=$(curl -s -X GET -k http://${engine}/resources/json/delphix/job/${jobRef} \
-b ~/cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json")
# Get everything in the result that comes after job.
temp=${result#*\"jobState\":\"}
# Get rid of everything after
jobState=${temp%%\"*}
check_result
done
if [ $jobState = "COMPLETED" ]
then
echo "successfully created container $containerName"
else
echo "unable to create container"
echo result
fi
}
# Check the result of the curl. If there are problems, inform the user then exit.
function check_result
{
exitStatus=$?
if [ $exitStatus -ne 0 ]
then
echo "command failed with exit status $exitStatus"
exit 1
elif [[ $result != *"OKResult"* ]]
then
echo ""
echo $result
exit 1
fi
}
##### Main
while getopts "u:d:b:t:B:D:n:N:o:h" flag; do
case "$flag" in
u ) username=${OPTARG%:*}
password=${OPTARG##*:}
;;
d ) engine=$OPTARG
;;
b ) bookmark=$OPTARG
;;
t ) inputTime=$OPTARG
;;
B ) branchRef=$OPTARG
;;
D ) sourcedesc=$OPTARG
;;
n ) sourceName=$OPTARG
;;
N ) containerNotes=$OPTARG
;;
o ) owners=$OPTARG
;;
h ) usage
exit
;;
* ) usage
exit 1
esac
done
# Shift the parameters so we only have the positional arguments left
shift $((OPTIND-1))
# Check that there are 3 positional arguments
if [ $# != 3 ]
then
usage
exit 1
fi
# Get the three positional arguments
containerName=$1
shift
VDB=$1
shift
template=$1
create_session
authenticate_de
create_container