R80 Management API tips and tricks - Using environment variables

[Robert_Decker]

When running the mgmt_cli tool, it reads many of its activation parameters from environment variables.

This is useful when using automation scripts. It is supported both on Windows and Linux machines.

Here is a list:

Parameter Name	Command Line Switch	Environment Variable
User name	-u	MGMT_CLI_USER
User password	-p	MGMT_CLI_PASSWORD
Name or IP address of management domain	-d	MGMT_CLI_DOMAIN
Management server IP address	-m	MGMT_CLI_MANAGEMENT
Port of API server on management server	--port	MGMT_CLI_PORT
Proxy settings	-x	MGMT_CLI_PROXY
File containing session information using Login	-s	MGMT_CLI_SESSION_FILE
Established session identifier (sid) using Login	--session-id	MGMT_CLI_SESSION_ID
API response format	-f	MGMT_CLI_FORMAT

For example, on Linux machine use - 

export MGMT_CLI_USER=me
export MGMT_CLI_PASSWORD=secret
export MGMT_CLI_MANAGEMENT=1.1.1.1

Then call the Login command - 

mgmt_cli login

If you are writing a script to automate your tasks, you can save the password obscured, and then un-obscure in script just before calling the login command.

Robert.