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.. _`Pywbemcli command`:

Pywbemcli command
=================

Pywbemcli provides access to WBEM servers from the command line.
It provides functionality to:

* Explore the CIM data of WBEM servers. It can manage/inspect the CIM model
  components including CIM classes, CIM instances, and CIM qualifiers and
  execute CIM methods and queries on the WBEM server.

* Execute specific CIM-XML operations on the WBEM server as defined in `DMTF`_
  standard :term:`DSP0200` (CIM Operations over HTTP).

* Inspect and manage WBEM server functionality including:

  * :term:`CIM namespaces <CIM namespace>`
  * Advertised :term:`WBEM management profiles <WBEM management profile>`
  * WBEM server brand and version information

* Capture detailed information on CIM-XML interactions with the WBEM server
  including time statistics and details of data flow.

* Maintain a file with persisted WBEM connection definitions so that pywbemcli
  can access multiple WBEM servers by name.

* Provide both a command line mode and an interactive mode where multiple
  pywbemcli commands can be executed within the context of a WBEM server.

* Use an integrated mock WBEM server to try out commands. The mock server
  can be loaded with CIM objects defined in MOF files or via Python scripts.

.. _DMTF: https://www.dmtf.org/

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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Table of Contents in this Section:

   cmdlineinterface.rst
   generaloptions.rst
   features.rst
   commands.rst
   cmdshelp.rst
   mock_support.rst