en-us/about_FogApi.help.txt

TOPIC
    about_fogapi
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION
    A module for managing FOG API operations via powershell
 
LONG DESCRIPTION
    This is a powershell module to make using the Fog Project API even easier.
    FOG is an opensource tool for imaging comptuters, this module uses the API
    on your internal fog server to perform almost any operation. It can be used
    to create more automation or to simply have a command line method of
    controlling fog operations.
 
VERSIONING
    The versioning of this module follows this pattern
    `{Year|Quarter Number}.{Major Version}.{Minor Version}.{Build/Revision #}`
 
Year/Quarter
    This versioning shows you first the Year and Quarter the module was
    published, giving you an idea of when it was last updated.
 
Major
    The Major version follows the typical major versioning where any major
    changes will increment this version number, especially possible breaking
    changes or structural changes, etc.
 
Minor
    Any time I publish a new version that isn't a major change I intend to
    mainly use this unless it's a quick fix or something
 
Build/Revision
    This will be used internally on git commits and occasionally in published
    versions. Most published versions won't have a number here unless there's
    just a quick revision needed. Typically this is incremented by 100 for every
    build and by 1 for every committed revision into the repo.
 
INSTALLATION
    All completed/tested/stable releases of this module will be published to
    powershell gallery. I don't currently have any plans to use github releases
 
Requirements
    To install this module you need at least powershell v3, was created with 5.1
    and intended to be cross platform compatible with powershell v6 and v7
    To Install this module follow these steps...
 
Install From PSGallery
    * Easiest method:
    Install from PSGallery
    via a powershell console with the command `Install-Module -name fogApi`
 
Manual Installation
    * Manual Method:
    * download the zip of this repo and extract it * Or clone the repo using
    your favorite git tool, you just need the FogApi Folder this readme is in *
    Run the build.ps1 script
    * Copy the built module folder (C:\moduleBuild\fogAPI) into... * For
    Windows Powershell v3-v5.1 * C:\Program
    Files\WindowsPowershell\Modules * For Windows Powershell v6+ *
    C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview\Modules * 6-Preview may
    need to be replaced with whatever current version you have installed *
    For Linux Powershell v6+ *
    /opt/microsoft/powershell/6.1.0-preview.2/Modules *
    6.1.0-preview.2 may need to be replaced with whatever current version you
    have installed * For Mac Powershell v6+ (untested) *
    /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/6.x/Modules * 6.x should be
    replaced with whatever most current version you are using * I
    haven't tested this on a mac, the module folder may be somewhere else
         this is based on where it is in other powershell 6 installs * Open a
    powershell command prompt (I always run as admin, unsure if it's required)
    * Run `Import-Module FogApi`
    The module is now installed.
 
USING THE MODULE
    The first time you try to run a command the settings.json file will
    automatically open in notepad on windows, nano on linux, or TextEdit on Mac
    You can also open the settings.json file and edit it manually before running
    your first command. The default settings are explanations of where to find
    the proper settings since json can't have comments You can also use
    Set-FogServerSettings to set the api tokens for the sever and your user in
    one command. You first need to obtain these keys/tokens from the fog web
    gui. replace fog-server in the below example links with the name of your
    internal fog server if different
    - The fog API token is found at
    https://fog-server/fog/management/index.php?node=about&sub=settings under
    API System
    - The fog user api token found in the user settings
    https://fog-server/fog/management/index.php?node=user&sub=list select your
    api enabled used and view the api tab
    - the fog server name is the name of your fog server, it defaults to
    `fog-server` but can be updated if you aren't using that default name as the
    hostname or an alias
    Once you've obtained these you can run the command like this to save your
    fog api settings for the current user in a json file under
    `$home/APPDATA/Roaming/FogApi/api-settings.json` (this appdata path is
    created in linux/mac home folders)
 
    Set-FogServerSettings -fogApiToken "SuperLongPastedFogToken" -fogUserToken "SuperLongPastedUserToken" -fogServer "fog-server-hostname"
 
    Once the settings are set you can have a jolly good time utilzing the fog
    documentation found
    here
    that was used to model the parameters
    i.e.
    Get-FogObject has a type param that validates to object,
    objectactivetasktype, and search as those are the options given in the
    documentation. Each of those types validates (which means autocompletion) to
    the core types listed in the documentation. So if you typed in
    `Get-FogObject -Type object -Object h` and then started hitting tab, it
    would loop through the possible core objects you can get from the api that
    start with 'h' such as history, host, etc.
    Unless you filter a get with a json body it will return all the results into
    a powershell object. That object is easy to work with to create other
    commands. Note: Full Pipeline support will come at a later time i.e.
    `$hosts = Get-FogObject -Type Object -CoreObject Host ` Does a GET call on
    http://fog-server/fog/host
    to list all hosts Now you can search all your hosts for the one or ones
    you're looking for with powershell. maybe you want to find all the hosts
    with 'IT' in the name (note '?' is an alias for Where-Object) `$ITHosts =
    $hosts.hosts | ? name -match 'IT';`
    Now maybe you want to change the image all of these computers use to one
    named 'IT-Image' You can edit the object in powershell with a foreach-object
    ('%' is an alias for foreach-object) `$updatedITHosts = $ITHosts | % {
    $_.imagename = 'IT-image'}`
    Then you need to convert that object to json and pass each object into one
    api call at a time. Which sounds complicated, but it's not, it's as easy as
 
    $updateITHosts | % {
        $jsonData = $_ | ConvertTo-Json;
        Update-FogObject -Type object -CoreObject host -objectID $_.id -jsonData $jsonData;
        #successful result of updated objects properties
        #or any error messages will output to screen for each object
    }
 
    This is just one small example of the limitless things you can do with the
    api and powershell objects.
    see also the fogforum thread for the module
    https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module/2