Re: [xcat-user] REST API - Bulk import

[Victor Hu]

Let me try this again, I hit send too early.

 

Hi Ryan

 

I don't think the REST API can do this, but  if someone knows of a way they can inject in this discussion.

 

How often are you creating node definitions?There is a sub project off of the xcat2 repo called xcat-inventory that we have been playing with, it's not currently shipped with xcat-core but you can clone and build it, or download the release...

 

If you are moving node definitions you can export to json/yaml and then import on another xCAT MN.

 

The starting idea behind this tool is a way to allow admins to source control xCAT node definitions and osimage definitions and simply import them into xCAT.. so you could have a few node groups defined in source control and then using a regular _expression_ run a mkdef  command... OR create the .yaml files via some scripts and directly import them into xCAT using `xcat-inventory import`

 

 

Victor

 

 

----- Original message -----
From: Ryan Bowen <ryan_bo...@shi.com>
To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
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Subject: [xcat-user] REST API - Bulk import
Date: Tue, Jan 22, 2019 11:15 AM
 

Does the REST API currently have the capability to create multiple nodes at once with the nodes having different values for the fields using one HTTP request (similar to a stanza import)? Or is the only way to define one per request? I’m looking to move the node definition creation  utilities off the management node but we often define 300+ nodes at a time so I’m afraid of the time amount of time it would take compared to what we use now.

 

Ryan Bowen

Integration Systems Engineer | Integration Services – Data Center

SHI International Corp | Phone: (609)619-2571 | Email: ryan_bo...@shi.com

 

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