2.4. Pywbemcli command groups and commands¶
This section defines the characteristics of each of the pywbemcli command groups and commands including examples.
For the command line syntax of pywbemcli using these command groups and commands, see Pywbemcli command line interface.
NOTE: Many of the examples below use the --mock-server general option
with mock files that are located in the pywbemtools tests/unit subdirectory.
The command groups are:
class command group - Command group for CIM classes.
instance command group - Command group for CIM instances.
namespace command group - Command group for Namespace management.
profile command group - Command group for WBEM management profiles.
qualifier command group - Command group for CIM qualifier declarations.
server command group - Command group for WBEM servers.
statistics command group - Command group for WBEM operation statistics.
connection command group - Command group for WBEM connection definitions.
The individual commands (no command group) are: * help command - Show help message for interactive mode. * repl command - Enter interactive mode (default).
2.4.1. namespace command group¶
The namespace command group has commands that act on CIM namespaces:
namespace list command - List the namespaces on the server.
namespace create command - Create a namespace on the server.
namespace delete command - Delete a namespace on the server.
namespace interop command - Get the Interop namespace on the server.
See pywbemcli namespace –help.
2.4.1.1. namespace list command¶
The namespace list command lists the namespaces of the WBEM server of
the current connection.
The result is displayed using txt output format or
Table output formats.
The Interop namespace must exist on the server.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver --output-format plain namespace list
Namespace Name
root/PG_InterOp
root/benchmark
root/PG_Internal
test/WsmTest
test/EmbeddedInstance/Static
test/TestProvider
test/EmbeddedInstance/Dynamic
root/cimv2
root
test/cimv2
test/static
See pywbemcli namespace list –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.1.2. namespace create command¶
The namespace create command creates a CIM namespace on the WBEM server of
the current connection.
Leading and trailing slash (/) characters specified in the NAMESPACE
argument will be stripped.
The namespace must not yet exist on the server.
The Interop namespace must exist on the server and cannot be created using this command.
WBEM servers may not allow this operation or may severely limit the conditions under which a namespace can be created on the server.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock namespace create /root/abc
Created namespace root/abc
See pywbemcli namespace create –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.1.3. namespace delete command¶
The namespace delete command deletes a CIM namespace from the WBEM server of
the current connection.
Leading and trailing slash (/) characters specified in the NAMESPACE
argument will be stripped.
The namespace must exist and must be empty. That is, it must not contain any objects (qualifiers, classes or instances).
The Interop namespace must exist on the server and cannot be deleted using this command.
WBEM servers may not allow this operation or may severely limit the conditions under which a namespace can be deleted.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock namespace delete /root/abc
Deleted namespace root/abc
See pywbemcli namespace delete –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.1.4. namespace interop command¶
The namespace interop command gets and displays the Interop namespace of
the WBEM server of the current connection.
The Interop namespace must exist on the server.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock namespace interop
root/interop
See pywbemcli namespace interop –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2. class command group¶
The class command group has commands that act on CIM classes:
class associators command - List the classes associated with a class.
class delete command - Delete a class.
class enumerate command - List top classes or subclasses of a class in a namespace.
class find command - List the classes with matching class names on the server.
class get command - Get a class.
class invokemethod command - Invoke a method on a class.
class references command - List the classes referencing a class.
class tree command - Show the subclass or superclass hierarchy for a class.
2.4.2.1. class associators command¶
The class associators command lists the CIM classes that are associated
with the specified source class.
The source class is named with the CLASSNAME argument and is in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
If the --names-only/--no command option is set, only the class path is
displayed, using CIM object output formats or
Table output formats. Otherwise, the class definition is displayed,
using CIM object output formats.
Note: This command returns class associations. The instance associators command returns instance associations.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock class associators TST_Person --names-only
//FakedUrl/root/cimv2:TST_Person
See pywbemcli class associators –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2.2. class delete command¶
The class delete command deletes the specified class on the server.
The class is named with the CLASSNAME argument and is in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
If the class has subclasses, the command is rejected.
If the class has instances, the command is rejected, unless the --force
command option was specified, in which case the instances are also deleted.
WARNING: Deleting classes can cause damage to the server: It can impact instance providers and other components in the server. Use this command with caution.
Many WBEM servers may not allow this operation or may severely limit the conditions under which a class can be deleted from the server.
Example:
$ pywbemcli class delete CIM_Blah
See pywbemcli class delete –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2.3. class enumerate command¶
The class enumerate command enumerates the subclasses of the specified
class, or the root classes of the class hierarchy.
If the CLASSNAME argument is specified, the command enumerates the
subclasses of the class named with the CLASSNAME argument in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
If the CLASSNAME argument is omitted, the command enumerates the top
classes of the class hierarchy in the namespace specified with the
-namespace/-n command option, or otherwise in the default namespace of
the connection.
If the --names-only/--no command option is set, only the class path is
displayed, using CIM object output formats or
Table output formats. Otherwise, the class definition is displayed,
using CIM object output formats.
If the --deep-inheritance/--di command option is set, all direct and
indirect subclasses are included in the result. Otherwise, only one level of
the class hierarchy is in the result.
The following example enumerates the class names of the root classes in the default namespace because there is no classname and the –DeepInheritance option is not specified:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock class enumerate --names-only
TST_Person
TST_Lineage
TST_MemberOfFamilyCollection
TST_FamilyCollection
The class enumerate command includes result filter options that filter returned
classes to display only those classes that have the defined filter option.
Thus, pywbemcli class enumerate --association displays only classes that
have the Association qualifier set. The filters are documented in the class
filter options table .
Filter option name |
Component filtered |
|---|---|
|
Association qualifier(class) (see Note 1) |
|
Indications qualifier(class) |
|
Experimental qualifier(class) |
|
Deprecated qualifier (any class element) |
|
Version qualifier GE <CIM_Version_string> (see Note 2) |
|
Schema component of classname equality(see Note 3) |
|
Subclasses of <classname>. |
|
Classes with no subclass. |
The filters defined as
--.../--no-...allow testing for the existence of the condition (association qualifier exists) or the non-existence(association qualifier does not exist on the class). When neither definition of the option is defined the association qualifier is ignored in the filtering. This applies to boolean qualifier declarations.The CIM version string value in the Version qualifier is defined as 3 integers separated by periods (ex. 2.14.0). All 3 integers must exist.
The schema component is True if the schema component of classname (characters before “_” match <schema_string>). Ex –schema “CIM”
The
--leaf-classesfilter can be important because the pywbem MOF compiler can compile all dependent classes given only the leaf classes.
If multiple filter options are applied, all of the boolean options must be true for
the class to be displayed and only the classes that pass non-boolean filters
(ex. --schema CIM) for the classes to be displayed.
Thus, for example:
the combination of
--subclass-of CIM_blahand--leaf-classeswill return all leaf classes that are a subclass ofCIM_Blah.--associationandno-experimentalwill display only classes that have the Association qualifier set and the Experimental qualifier not set.
The following example displays classnames (--no) that are not associations
(--no-association). The use of --deep-inheritance returns the complete
set of classes in the namespace rather than just direct subclasses (in this case
the root classes).
$ pywbemcli --name mymock class enumerate --no --deep-inheritance --no-association
TST_Person
TST_Lineage
See pywbemcli class enumerate –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2.4. class find command¶
The class find command lists classes with a class name that matches the
Unix-style path name pattern specified in the CLASSNAME-GLOB
argument in all namespaces of the connection, or otherwise in the specified
namespaces if the -namespace/-n command option is specified one or more
times.
The class find command includes filter options that filter returned classes
to display only those classes that have the defined filter options. Thus,
pywbemcli class enumerate --association displays only classes that have the
Association qualifier set. The filters are documented in the class filter
options table .
The command displays the namespaces and class names of the result using the
txt output format (default), or using Table output formats.
$ pywbemcli class find .*_WBEMS*
root/PG_InterOp:CIM_WBEMServer
root/PG_InterOp:CIM_WBEMServerCapabilities
root/PG_InterOp:CIM_WBEMServerNamespace
root/PG_InterOp:CIM_WBEMService
test/EmbeddedInstance/Dynamic:CIM_WBEMService
test/EmbeddedInstance/Static:CIM_WBEMService
test/TestProvider:CIM_WBEMServer
test/TestProvider:CIM_WBEMServerCapabilities
test/TestProvider:CIM_WBEMServerNamespace
test/TestProvider:CIM_WBEMService
root/SampleProvider:CIM_WBEMService
root/cimv2:CIM_WBEMServer
root/cimv2:CIM_WBEMServerCapabilities
root/cimv2:CIM_WBEMServerNamespace
root/cimv2:CIM_WBEMService
root/PG_Internal:PG_WBEMSLPTemplate
$ pywbemcli --output-format table class find CIM_SystemComponent*
Find class CIM_SystemComponent*
+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| Namespace | Classname |
|-------------------------------+---------------------|
| root/PG_InterOp | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/WsmTest | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/cimv2 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/CimsubTestNS0 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/TestProvider | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/EmbeddedInstance/Dynamic | CIM_SystemComponent |
| root/SampleProvider | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/CimsubTestNS1 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/static | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/CimsubTestNS2 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/TestINdSrcNS2 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/EmbeddedInstance/Static | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/CimsubTestNS3 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| test/TestIndSrcNS1 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| root/cimv2 | CIM_SystemComponent |
| root/benchmark | CIM_SystemComponent |
+-------------------------------+---------------------+
See pywbemcli class find –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2.5. class get command¶
The class get command gets the specified class.
The class is named with the CLASSNAME argument and is in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
The class definition is displayed using CIM object output formats. This command does not support Table output formats.
The following example shows getting the MOF representation of the class
CIM_Foo:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock class get CIM_Foo
[Description ( "Simple CIM Class" )]
class CIM_Foo {
[Key ( true ),
Description ( "This is key property." )]
string InstanceID;
[Description ( "This is Uint32 property." )]
uint32 IntegerProp;
[Description ( "Method with in and out parameters" )]
uint32 Fuzzy(
[IN ( true ),
OUT ( true ),
Description ( "Define data to be returned in output parameter" )]
string TestInOutParameter,
[IN ( true ),
OUT ( true ),
Description ( "Test of ref in/out parameter" )]
CIM_Foo REF TestRef,
[IN ( false ),
OUT ( true ),
Description ( "Rtns method name if exists on input" )]
string OutputParam,
[IN ( true ),
Description ( "Defines return value if provided." )]
uint32 OutputRtnValue);
[Description ( "Method with no Parameters" )]
uint32 DeleteNothing();
};
See pywbemcli class get –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2.6. class invokemethod command¶
The class invokemethod command invokes a CIM method on the specified class
and displays the return value and any output parameters.
The class is named with the CLASSNAME argument and is in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
Input parameters for the method can be specified with the --parameter/-p
command option, which can be specified multiple times.
For details, see Specifying CIM property and parameter values.
The return value and output parameters are displayed using CIM object output formats.
This command invokes a method on a class, not on an instance. To invoke a method on an instance, use the instance invokemethod command.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --mock-server tests/unit/all_types.mof --mock-server tests/unit/all_types_method_mock.py.py
pywbemcli> class invokemethod PyWBEM_AllTypes AllTypesMethod --parameter arrBool=True,False
ReturnValue=0
arrBool=true, false
See pywbemcli class invokemethod –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2.7. class references command¶
The class references command lists the CIM classes that reference
the specified source class.
The source class is named with the CLASSNAME argument and is in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
If the --names-only/--no command option is set, only the class path is
displayed, using CIM object output formats or
Table output formats. Otherwise, the class definition is displayed,
using CIM object output formats.
Note: This command returns the class references, not the instance references. The instance references command returns the instance references.
$ pywbemcli --name mymock class references TST_Person --names-only
//FakedUrl/root/cimv2:TST_Lineage
//FakedUrl/root/cimv2:TST_MemberOfFamilyCollection
See pywbemcli class references –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.2.8. class tree command¶
The class tree command displays the subclass or superclass hierarchy of the
specified class.
The class is named with the CLASSNAME argument and is in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
If CLASSNAME is omitted, the complete class hierarchy of the namespace is
displayed.
If the -superclasses command option is set, the specified class and its
superclass ancestry up to the top-level class are displayed. Otherwise,
the specified class and its subclass hierarchy are displayed.
The class hierarchy (or ancestry) is always formatted in the
Tree output format; the --output-format/-o general option is
ignored.
Example:
$ pywbemcli class tree CIM_Foo
CIM_Foo
+-- CIM_Foo_sub
| +-- CIM_Foo_sub_sub
+-- CIM_Foo_sub2
Options to the class tree command allow the following:
Display the superclass hierarchy for a given class (
--superclasses/-s) as shown in the following example:
Example:
$ pywbemcli -n mock1 class tree CIM_Foo_Sub2 -s
root
+-- CIM_Foo
+-- CIM_Foo_sub2
Display additional information about each class (
--detail/-d) including the value of the Version qualifier and the existence of the class the Association, Indication, Abstract qualifiers if they are True as shown in the following example:
Example:
$ pywbemcli -m tests/unit/tree_test_model.mof class tree --detail
root
+-- CIM_Foo (Version=2.30.0)
| +-- CIM_Foo_sub (Version=2.31.0)
| +-- CIM_Foo_sub_sub (Version=2.20.1)
+-- CIM_Foo_no_version ()
+-- CIM_Indication (Abstract,Indication,Version=2.24.0)
+-- CIM_Indication_no_version (Abstract,Indication)
+-- TST_Lineage (Association,Version=2.20.1)
+-- TST_Lineage_no_version (Association)
See pywbemcli class tree –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3. instance command group¶
The instance command group has commands that act on CIM instances:
instance associators command - List the instances associated with an instance.
instance count command - Count the instances of each class with matching class name.
instance create command - Create an instance of a class in a namespace.
instance delete command - Delete an instance of a class.
instance enumerate command - List the instances of a class.
instance get command - Get an instance of a class.
instance invokemethod command - Invoke a method on an instance.
instance modify command - Modify properties of an instance.
instance references command - Execute a query on instances in a namespace.
instance query command - List the instances referencing an instance.
instance shrub command - Display association instance relationships.
2.4.3.1. instance associators command¶
The instance associators command lists the CIM instances that are associated
with the specified source instance.
The specification of the instance name (INSTANCENAME argument) is documented in the section Specifying the INSTANCENAME command argument.
If the --names-only/--no command option is set, only the instance paths
are displayed. Otherwise, the instances are displayed.
Valid output formats in both cases are CIM object output formats or Table output formats.
Note: This command returns the instance associators, not the class associators. The class associators command returns the class associators.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock instance references TST_Person.? --names-only
Pick Instance name to process: 0
0: root/cimv2:TST_Person.name="Mike"
1: root/cimv2:TST_Person.name="Saara"
2: root/cimv2:TST_Person.name="Sofi"
3: root/cimv2:TST_Person.name="Gabi"
4: root/cimv2:TST_PersonSub.name="Mikesub"
5: root/cimv2:TST_PersonSub.name="Saarasub"
6: root/cimv2:TST_PersonSub.name="Sofisub"
7: root/cimv2:TST_PersonSub.name="Gabisub"
Input integer between 0 and 7 or Ctrl-C to exit selection: 0 << entered by user
//FakedUrl/root/cimv2:TST_Lineage.InstanceID="MikeSofi"
//FakedUrl/root/cimv2:TST_Lineage.InstanceID="MikeGabi"
//FakedUrl/root/cimv2:TST_MemberOfFamilyCollection.family="root/cimv2:TST_FamilyCollection.name=\"Family2\"",member="root/cimv2:TST_Person.name=\"Mike\""
See pywbemcli instance associators –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.2. instance count command¶
The instance count command counts the CIM instances of some or all classes
in the namespaces specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or
all namespaces in the server.
This command displays the count of instances of each CIM class whose class name matches the specified wildcard expression (CLASSNAME-GLOB) in all CIM namespaces of the WBEM server, or in the specified namespaces (–namespace option). This differs from instance enumerate, etc. in that it counts the instances specifically for the classname of each instance returned (the creation classname), not including subclasses.
If the CLASSNAME-GLOB argument is specified, only instances of classes that
match the specified Unix-style path name pattern are counted. If the
CLASSNAME-GLOB argument is not specified all instances of all classes in
the target namespaces are counted.
The --association/--no-association,
--indication/--no-indication, ,``–experimental``/--no-experimental
and --deprecated/--no-deprecated options filter the returned classes or
classnames to include or exclude classes with the corresponding qualifiers.
Thus the --association option returns only classes or classnames that are
association classes.
Results for classes that have no instances are not displayed.
This command can take a long time to execute since it potentially enumerates all instance names for all classes in all namespaces.
Valid output formats are Table output formats.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock instance count
Count of instances per class
+-------------+------------------------------+---------+
| Namespace | Class | count |
|-------------+------------------------------+---------|
| root/cimv2 | TST_FamilyCollection | 2 |
| root/cimv2 | TST_Lineage | 3 |
| root/cimv2 | TST_MemberOfFamilyCollection | 3 |
| root/cimv2 | TST_Person | 4 |
| root/cimv2 | TST_Personsub | 4 |
+-------------+------------------------------+---------+
Count is useful to determine which classes in the environment are actually implemented. However this command can take a long time to execute because it must a) enumerate all classes in the namespace, b) enumerate the instances for each class.
See pywbemcli instance count –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.3. instance create command¶
The instance create command creates a CIM instance in the namespace
specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise in the
default namespace of the connection.
The new CIM instance has the creation class specified in the CLASSNAME
argument and initial property values as specified by zero or more
--property/-p command options.
For details, see Specifying CIM property and parameter values.
The command displays the instance path of the new instance that is returned by
the WBEM server, using txt output format.
Since the WBEM server (and pywbem) requires that each property be typed, pywbemcli retrieves the creation class from the WBEM server to determine the data types for the properties.
The following examples create an instance of the class TST_Blah with two scalar and one array property:
$ pywbemcli instance create TST_Blah --property InstancId=blah1 --property IntProp=3 --property IntArr=3,6,9
$ pywbemcli instance create TST_Blah --property InstancId=\"blah 2\" --property IntProp=3 --property IntArr=3,6,9
See pywbemcli instance create –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.4. instance delete command¶
The instance delete command deletes a CIM instance.
The specification of the instance name (INSTANCENAME argument) is documented in the section Specifying the INSTANCENAME command argument.
The following example deletes an instance by specifying its instance name. Note the extra backslash (see backslash-escaped) that is required to escape the double quote on the terminal:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock instance delete root/cimv2:TST_Person.name=\"Saara\"
See pywbemcli instance delete –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.5. instance enumerate command¶
The instance enumerate command lists the CIM instances of the specified
class (including subclasses) in a namespace.
The class is named with the CLASSNAME argument and is in the
namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or otherwise
in the default namespace of the connection.
If the --names-only/--no command option is set, only the instance paths
are displayed. Otherwise, the instances are displayed.
The --propertylist/--pl command option allows restricting the set of
properties to be retrieved and displayed on the instances.
Valid output formats in both cases are CIM object output formats or Table output formats.
The following example returns two instances as MOF:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock instance enumerate TST_FamilyCollection
instance of TST_FamilyCollection {
name = "family1";
};
instance of TST_FamilyCollection {
name = "Family2";
};
See pywbemcli instance enumerate –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.6. instance get command¶
The instance get command gets a CIM instance.
The specification of the instance name (INSTANCENAME argument) is documented in the section Specifying the INSTANCENAME command argument.
The --propertylist/--pl command option allows restricting the set of
properties to be retrieved and displayed on the instance.
The command displays the instance using CIM object output formats or Table output formats.
This example gets an instance by instance name:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock instance get root/cimv2:TST_Person.name=\"Saara\"
instance of TST_Person {
name = "Saara";
};
or using the keys wildcard:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock instance get root/cimv2:TST_Person.?
Pick Instance name to process
0: root/cimv2:CIM_Foo.InstanceID="CIM_Foo1"
1: root/cimv2:CIM_Foo.InstanceID="CIM_Foo2"
2: root/cimv2:CIM_Foo.InstanceID="CIM_Foo3"
Input integer between 0 and 2 or Ctrl-C to exit selection: 0 << entered by user
instance of TST_Person {
name = "Saara";
};
See pywbemcli instance get –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.7. instance invokemethod command¶
The instance invokemethod command invokes a CIM method on the specified
instance and displays the return value and any output parameters.
The specification of the instance name (INSTANCENAME argument) is documented in the section Specifying the INSTANCENAME command argument.
Input parameters for the method can be specified with the --parameter/-p
command option, which can be specified multiple times.
For details, see Specifying CIM property and parameter values.
The return value and output parameters are displayed using CIM object output formats.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --mock-server tests/unit/all_types.mof --mock-server tests/unit/all_types_method_mock.py.py
pywbemcli> instance invokemethod PyWBEM_AllTypes.InstanceId=\"test_instance\" AllTypesMethod --parameter arrBool=True,False
ReturnValue=0
arrBool=true, false
Or using the wildcard to create a selection list for the instance names
$ pywbemcli --mock-server tests/unit/all_types.mof --mock-server tests/unit/all_types_method_mock.py.py
pywbemcli> instance invokemethod PyWBEM_AllTypes.? --parameter arrBool=True,False
Pick Instance name to process
0: root/cimv2:CIM_Foo.InstanceID="CIM_Foo1"
1: root/cimv2:CIM_Foo.InstanceID="CIM_Foo2"
2: root/cimv2:CIM_Foo.InstanceID="CIM_Foo3"
Input integer between 0 and 2 or Ctrl-C to exit selection: 0 << entered by user
ReturnValue=0
arrBool=true, false
See pywbemcli instance invokemethod –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.8. instance modify command¶
The instance modify command modifies the properties of an existing CIM
instance.
The specification of the instance name (INSTANCENAME argument) is documented in the section Specifying the INSTANCENAME command argument.
The new property values are specified by possibly multiple --property/-p
command options.
For details, see Specifying CIM property and parameter values.
Note that key properties cannot be modified, as per DSP0004.
The --propertylist/--pl command option allows restricting the set of
properties to be modified. It is supported for consistency with the
corresponding parameter at the CIM-XML protocol level, but given that the set
of properties to be modified is already determined by the specified
--property/-p command options, the --propertylist/--pl command
option does not need to be specified.
Since the WBEM server (and pywbem) requires that each property be typed, pywbemcli retrieves the creation class from the WBEM server to determine the data types for the properties.
The following examples modifies an instance of the class TST_Blah with two scalar and one array property:
$ pywbemcli instance modify TST_Blah --property InstancId=blah1 --property IntProp=3 --property IntArr=3,6,9
$ pywbemcli instance modify TST_Blah --property InstancId=\"blah 2\" --property IntProp=3 --property IntArr=3,6,9
See pywbemcli instance modify –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.9. instance references command¶
The instance references command lists the CIM instances that reference
the specified source instance.
The specification of the instance name (INSTANCENAME argument) is documented in the section Specifying the INSTANCENAME command argument.
If the --names-only/--no command option is set, only the instance paths
are displayed. Otherwise, the instances are displayed.
Valid output formats in both cases are CIM object output formats or Table output formats.
Note: This command returns the instance references, not the class references. The class references command returns the class references.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock instance references root/cimv2:TST_Person.name=\"Saara\"
instance of TST_Lineage {
InstanceID = "SaaraSofi";
parent = "/root/cimv2:TST_Person.name=\"Saara\"";
child = "/root/cimv2:TST_Person.name=\"Sofi\"";
};
See pywbemcli instance references –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.10. instance query command¶
The instance query command executes a query for CIM instances in a
namespace.
The query is specified with the QUERY argument and must be a valid query
in the query language specified with the --query-language/--ql command
option. The default for that option is DMTF:CQL (see CQL).
The namespace is specified with the --namespace/-n command option, or
otherwise is the default namespace of the connection.
Valid output formats are CIM object output formats or Table output formats.
See pywbemcli instance query –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.3.11. instance shrub command¶
The instance shrub command executes a set of requests to get the
association relationships for a non-association CIM instance defined by
INSTANCENAME in a namespace and displays the result either as tree in ascii
or as a table showing the roles, reference classes, associated
classes and associated instances for the input instance.
A shrub is a structure that attempts to show all of the relationships and the paths between the input INSTANCENAME and the associated instances whereas the References command only shows referencing(associator) classes or instances and the Associators command only shows associated classes or instances.
The namespace for the INSTANCENAME is specified with the -namespace/-n
command option, or otherwise is the default namespace of the connection.
Valid output formats are Table output formats or the default which displays the a visual tree.
The instance shrub command includes command options to:
--summary/-s: Show only the class components and a count of instances.--fullpath/-f: Show the full path of the instances. The default is to attempt to shorten the path by removing path components that are the same for all instances displayed. This can be important for some of the components of the model where instance paths include keys likeCreationClassNameand ‘SystemCreationClassName’which are either already known or do not distinguish instances but make the instance name difficult to visualize on the console. These key bindings are replaced with the character~as a placemarker unless the--fullpath/-foption is defined.
Thus, a full path might look like:
/:CIM_FCPort.SystemCreationClassName="CIM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="ACME+CF2A5091300089",CreationClassName="CIM_FCPort",DeviceID="ACME+CF2A5091300089+SP_A+10"
But the shortened path would be:
/:CIM_FCPort.~,~,~,DeviceID="ACME+CF2A5091300089+SP_A+10"
This command is primarily a diagnostic and test tool to help users understand what comprises CIM association relationships.
See pywbemcli instance shrub –help for the exact help output of the command.
Example:
$ pywbemcli instance shrub root/cimv2:TST_EP.InstanceID=1
TST_EP.InstanceID=1
+-- Initiator(Role)
+-- TST_A3(AssocClass)
+-- Target(ResultRole)
| +-- TST_EP(ResultClass)(3 insts)
| +-- TST_EP.InstanceID=2(refinst:0)
| +-- TST_EP.InstanceID=5(refinst:1)
| +-- TST_EP.InstanceID=7(refinst:2)
+-- LogicalUnit(ResultRole)
+-- TST_LD(ResultClass)(3 insts)
+-- TST_LD.InstanceID=3(refinst:0)
+-- TST_LD.InstanceID=6(refinst:1)
+-- TST_LD.InstanceID=8(refinst:2)
This displays the Role (Initiator), AssociationClass (TST_A3), etc for the
instance name defined in the command which is a complex association that
contains 3 reference properties. The tag refinst on each instance
defines the corresponding reference instance so that the instances
returned can be correlated back to their reference instances.
The resulting table output for the same command but with -o table is:
Example:
$ pywbemcli -o table instance shrub root/cimv2:TST_EP.InstanceID=1
Shrub of root/cimv2:TST_EP.InstanceID=1
+-----------+-------------------+--------------+--------------------+-------------------------+
| Role | Reference Class | ResultRole | Associated Class | Assoc Inst paths |
|-----------+-------------------+--------------+--------------------+-------------------------|
| Initiator | TST_A3 | Target | TST_EP | /:TST_EP. |
| | | | | InstanceID=2(refinst:0) |
| | | | | /:TST_EP. |
| | | | | InstanceID=5(refinst:1) |
| | | | | /:TST_EP. |
| | | | | InstanceID=7(refinst:2) |
| Initiator | TST_A3 | LogicalUnit | TST_LD | /:TST_LD. |
| | | | | InstanceID=3(refinst:0) |
| | | | | /:TST_LD. |
| | | | | InstanceID=6(refinst:1) |
| | | | | /:TST_LD. |
| | | | | InstanceID=8(refinst:2) |
+-----------+-------------------+--------------+--------------------+-------------------------+
2.4.4. qualifier command group¶
The qualifier command group has commands that act on CIM qualifier
declarations:
qualifier get command - Get a qualifier declaration.
qualifier delete command - Delete a qualifier declaration.
qualifier enumerate command - List the qualifier declarations in a namespace.
2.4.4.1. qualifier get command¶
The qualifier get command gets the specified qualifier declaration.
The qualifier declaration is named with the QUALIFIERNAME argument and is
in the namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or
otherwise in the default namespace of the connection.
The qualifier declaration is displayed using CIM object output formats or Table output formats.
The following example gets the Key qualifier declaration from the
default namespace:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock qualifier get Key
Qualifier Key : boolean = false,
Scope(property, reference),
Flavor(DisableOverride, ToSubclass);
See pywbemcli qualifier get –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.4.2. qualifier delete command¶
The qualifier delete command deletes the specified qualifier declaration.
The qualifier declaration is named with the QUALIFIERNAME argument and is
in the namespace specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or
otherwise in the default namespace of the connection.
The qualifier declaration is deleted using the DeleteQualifier operation. It is left to the WBEM server to reject the deletion if the qualifier is used anywhere.
The following example deletes the Xyz qualifier declaration from the
default namespace:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock qualifier delete Xyz
Deleted qualifier Xyz
See pywbemcli qualifier delete –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.4.3. qualifier enumerate command¶
The qualifier enumerate command enumerates the qualifier declarations in
a namespace.
The namespace is specified with the -namespace/-n command option, or
otherwise is the default namespace of the connection.
The qualifier declaration is displayed using CIM object output formats or Table output formats.
This example displays all of the qualifier declarations in the default namespace as a table:
$ pywbemcli --name mymock --output-format table qualifier enumerate
Qualifier Declarations
+-------------+---------+---------+---------+-------------+-----------------+
| Name | Type | Value | Array | Scopes | Flavors |
|-------------+---------+---------+---------+-------------+-----------------|
| Association | boolean | False | False | ASSOCIATION | DisableOverride |
| | | | | | ToSubclass |
| Description | string | | False | ANY | EnableOverride |
| | | | | | ToSubclass |
| | | | | | Translatable |
| In | boolean | True | False | PARAMETER | DisableOverride |
| | | | | | ToSubclass |
| Key | boolean | False | False | PROPERTY | DisableOverride |
| | | | | REFERENCE | ToSubclass |
| Out | boolean | False | False | PARAMETER | DisableOverride |
| | | | | | ToSubclass |
+-------------+---------+---------+---------+-------------+-----------------+
See pywbemcli qualifier enumerate –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.5. profile command group¶
Profile list command - List management profiles advertised by the server.
profile centralinsts command - List central instances of management profiles on the server.
2.4.5.1. Profile list command¶
The profile list command lists the
management profiles advertised by the
WBEM server of the current connection.
The returned management profiles are displayed with organization, profile name, and profile version using the Table output formats.
The --organization/-o and --profile/ -p command options can be
used to filter the returned management profiles by organization and profile
name, respectively.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver --output-format simple profile list
Advertised management profiles:
Organization Registered Name Version
-------------- ------------------------ ---------
DMTF CPU 1.0.0
DMTF Computer System 1.0.0
DMTF Ethernet Port 1.0.0
DMTF Fan 1.0.0
DMTF Indications 1.1.0
DMTF Profile Registration 1.0.0
Other Some Other Subprofile 0.1.0
Other Some Subprofile 0.1.0
Other SomeSystemProfile 0.1.0
SNIA Array 1.1.0
SNIA Block Server Performance 1.1.0
SNIA Disk Drive Lite 1.1.0
SNIA Indication 1.1.0
SNIA Indication 1.2.0
SNIA Profile Registration 1.0.0
SNIA SMI-S 1.2.0
SNIA Server 1.1.0
SNIA Server 1.2.0
SNIA Software 1.1.0
SNIA Software 1.2.0
See pywbemcli profile list –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.5.2. profile centralinsts command¶
The profile centralinsts command gets the central instances
of the management profiles advertised by the
WBEM server of the current connection.
The command displays the instance paths of the central instances by profile, using the Table output formats.
The --organization/-o and --profile/ -p command options can be
used to filter the result by organization and name of the management profiles,
respectively.
Example:
$ pywbemcli profile centralinsts --organization DMTF --profile "Computer System"
Advertised Central Instances:
+---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Profile | Central Instances |
|---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DMTF:Computer System:1.0.0 | //leonard/test/TestProvider:Test_StorageSystem.Name="StorageSystemInstance1",CreationClassName="Test_StorageSystem" |
| | //leonard/test/TestProvider:Test_StorageSystem.Name="StorageSystemInstance2",CreationClassName="Test_StorageSystem" |
+---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
See pywbemcli profile centralinsts –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.6. server command group¶
The server command group has commands that interact with the WBEM
server of the current connection to access information about the
WBEM server itself:
server brand command - Get the brand of the server.
server info command - Get information about the server.
server interop command - Get the Interop namespace of the server.
server namespaces command - List the namespaces of the server.
2.4.6.1. server brand command¶
The server brand command gets the brand of the WBEM server of the
current connection.
The brand is intended to identify the product that represents the WBEM server infrastructure. Since that was not clearly defined in the DMTF specifications, this command may return strange results for some servers, but it returns legitimate results for the most commonly used servers.
The brand is displayed using Table output formats.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver server brand
Server Brand:
+---------------------+
| WBEM server brand |
|---------------------|
| OpenPegasus |
+---------------------+
See pywbemcli server brand –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.6.2. server info command¶
The server info command gets general information on the WBEM server of the
current connection.
This includes the brand, version, namespaces, and other reasonable information on the WBEM server.
The result is displayed using Table output formats.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver server info
Server General Information
+-------------+-----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+
| Brand | Version | Interop Namespace | Namespaces |
|-------------+-----------+---------------------+-------------------------------|
| OpenPegasus | 2.15.0 | root/PG_InterOp | root/PG_InterOp |
| | | | root/benchmark |
| | | | root/SampleProvider |
| | | | test/CimsubTestNS2 |
| | | | test/CimsubTestNS3 |
| | | | test/CimsubTestNS0 |
| | | | test/CimsubTestNS1 |
| | | | root/PG_Internal |
| | | | test/WsmTest |
| | | | test/TestIndSrcNS1 |
| | | | test/TestINdSrcNS2 |
| | | | test/EmbeddedInstance/Static |
| | | | test/TestProvider |
| | | | test/EmbeddedInstance/Dynamic |
| | | | root/cimv2 |
| | | | root |
| | | | test/cimv2 |
| | | | test/static |
+-------------+-----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+
See pywbemcli server info –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.6.3. server interop command¶
The server interop command gets the name of the Interop namespace of the
WBEM server of the current connection.
The result is displayed using Table output formats.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver server interop
Server Interop Namespace:
+------------------+
| Namespace Name |
|------------------|
| root/PG_InterOp |
+------------------+
See pywbemcli server interop –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.6.4. server namespaces command¶
The server namespaces command lists the namespaces of the WBEM server of
the current connection.
The result is displayed using txt output format or
Table output formats.
The Interop namespace must exist on the server.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver --output-format plain server namespaces
Namespace Name
root/PG_InterOp
root/benchmark
root/PG_Internal
test/WsmTest
test/EmbeddedInstance/Static
test/TestProvider
test/EmbeddedInstance/Dynamic
root/cimv2
root
test/cimv2
test/static
See pywbemcli server namespaces –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.6.5. server add-mof command¶
The server add-mof command compiles one or more MOF files and adds the
resulting CIM objects to the target namespace in the WBEM server of the
current connection.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver server add-mof mymodel.mof
See pywbemcli server add-mof –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.6.6. server remove-mof command¶
The server remove-mof command compiles one or more MOF files and adds the
resulting CIM objects to the target namespace in the WBEM server of the
current connection.
Example:
$ pywbemcli --name myserver server remove-mof mymodel.mof
See pywbemcli server remove-mof –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.7. statistics command group¶
The statistics command group includes commands that display statistics
about the WBEM operations executed by a real WBEM server (or by a mock
environment).
Statistics on WBEM operations are maintained by the pywbemcli client, and also separately by WBEM servers that support this. There are multiple components to statistics gathering and reporting in pywbemcli:
Pywbemcli gathers and maintains statistics on WBEM operations it executes against a WBEM server (or mock environment). The client maintained statistics can be displayed either automatically after each pywbemcli command if the
--timestats/-Tgeneral option is used, or in interactive mode with thestatistics showcommand.For mock environments, artificial operations on the MOF compile time needed for setting up the mock respository are included in the client maintained statistics.
WBEM servers may support two capabilities for managing statistics on WBEM operations:
Each CIM-XML response from the WBEM server may include an extra header field
WBEMServerResponseTimewith the server response time for that operation. Pywbemcli puts those server response times into the client statistics it maintains. The inclusion of the server response time into the CIM-XML response can be enabled and disabled with thestatistics server-onandstatistics server-offcommands.Statistical information on operation execution in the WBEM server and its providers may be gathered and maintained and by the WBEM server. These server maintained statistics are completely independent of the client maintained statistics and will include the operations driven by all clients working with that server. The gathering of server statistics can be enabled and disabled with the
statistics server-onandstatistics server-offcommands. The server maintained statistics can be retrieved and displayed with thestatistics server-showcommand.
The mock environment implemented by pywbemcli does not support server maintained statistics.
The capabilities for managing and retrieving server maintained statistics is supported only in some WBEM server implementations. While these capabilities were documented in the DMTF CIM Schema, they were never included as part of a DMTF or SNIA management profile, so the implementations may vary across WBEM server implementations. Pywbemcli makes a best effort to interact with the server maintained statistics based on the documentation in the DMTF CIM Schema, and has been verified to work with OpenPegasus.
The statistics commands are:
statistics reset command - Reset client maintained statistics.
statistics server-on command - Enable server maintained statistics.
statistics server-off command - Disable server maintained statistics.
statistics server-show command - Display server maintained statistics.
statistics show command - Display client maintained statistics (interactive mode).
statistics status command - Show enabled status of client and server maintained statistics.
2.4.7.1. statistics server-on command¶
The statistics server-on command attempts to enable statistics gathering
on the current WBEM server and the returning of the server response time in the
‘WBEMServerResponseTime’ header field of the CIM-XML response, by setting the
‘GatherStatisticalData’ property to True in the ‘CIM_ObjectManager’ instance
for the WBEM server.
See ‘_Operation statistics’_ for more information on statistics in pywbemcli and WBEM servers.
Since only some WBEM server implementations actually implement statistics gathering, the command may fail, for example if the ‘CIM_ObjectManager’ class or its property ‘GatherStatisticalData’ have not been implemented by the server, or if the server does not allow a client to modify the property.
Note that this command also affects whether the “Server Time” column of the client maintained statistics shows a value.
2.4.7.2. statistics server-off command¶
The statistics server-off command attempts to disable statistics gathering
on the current WBEM server and the returning of the server response time in the
‘WBEMServerResponseTime’ header field of the CIM-XML response, by setting the
‘GatherStatisticalData’ property to False in the ‘CIM_ObjectManager’ instance
for the WBEM server.
See ‘_Operation statistics’_ for more information on statistics in pywbemcli and WBEM servers.
Since only some WBEM server implementations actually implement statistics gathering, the command may fail, for example if the ‘CIM_ObjectManager’ class or its property ‘GatherStatisticalData’ have not been implemented by the server, or if the server does not allow a client to modify the property.
Note that this command also affects whether the “Server Time” column of the client maintained statistics shows a value.
2.4.7.3. statistics status command¶
The statistics status command displays the enabled status of the
statistic gathering in the current WBEM server and of the automatic display
of the client maintained statistics.
See ‘_Operation statistics’_ for more information on statistics in pywbemcli and WBEM servers.
2.4.7.4. statistics reset command¶
The statistics reset command resets the counters of the client maintained
statistics. This includes the server response times returned by the WBEM server
that are part of the client maintained statistics.
2.4.7.5. statistics show command¶
The statistics show command displays the client maintained statistics.
Using this command only makes sense in interactive mode. In interactive mode, the statistics is maintained for the entire interactive session, and executing commands that communicate with the server in the interactive session causes the statistics counters to be updated.
The following example shows the use of the statistics show command in
the interactive mode with a real WBEM server:
$ pywbemcli -n pegasus
pywbemcli> server brand
OpenPegasus
pywbemcli> statistics show
Client statistics
Operation Count Errors Client Time Server Time Request Size Response Size
[ms] [ms] [B] [B]
---------------------- ------- -------- ------------- ------------- -------------- ---------------
EnumerateInstanceNames 2 1 33.174 1.407 333 6225
EnumerateInstances 1 0 7.938 2.813 345 3504
The following example shows the use of the statistics show command in
the interactive mode with a mock environment:
$ pywbemcli -n mock1
pywbemcli> class enumerate --di --no
CIM_Foo
CIM_Foo_sub
CIM_Foo_sub2
CIM_Foo_sub_sub
pywbemcli> statistics show
Client statistics
Operation Count Errors Client Time Server Time Request Size Response Size
[ms] [ms] [B] [B]
------------------------- ------- -------- ------------- ------------- -------------- ---------------
compile_mof_file(ns=None) 1 0 149.862 0 0 0
CreateClass 4 0 4.075 0 0 0
CreateInstance 12 0 1.715 0 0 0
EnumerateClassNames 1 0 0.167 0 0 0
SetQualifier 10 0 0.139 0 0 0
The Operation column shows the name of the WBEM operation, plus the following additional entries:
compile_mof_file(ns=None)
The Count column shows the number of operations executed.
The Errors column shows the number of cases where the operation has resulted in an error at the level of the CIM-XML protocol. The occurrence of such errors is not necessarily a problem, depending on the logic in the pywbemcli client program.
All time and size values in this report are average values across the number of operations executed, rounded to the precision shown.
The Client Time column shows the total elapsed time the operation took from a perspective of the pywbemcli client program. This time includes network time and server time and most of the time spent in the pywbemcli command. More specifically, the client time is measured by the statistics support of the pywbem library directly after the API for executing an operation, so it does include the creation of the CIM-XML for the request and the parsing of the CIM-XML for the response, but it does not include any processing in the code of the pywbemcli command above the pywbem API.
The Server Time column shows the total elapsed time the operation took from
a perspective of the WBEM server. It has the same meaning as the Server Time
value shown in the server statistics. This time includes time spent in the
CIM object manager code and time spent in its providers. The Server Time is
obtained from the header field WBEMServerResponseTime in the CIM-XML
response message; if the WBEM server does not support returning this field or
has it disabled, the Server Time is shown as 0. That is why the Server Time
values for the mock environment example are shown as 0.
The Request Size and Response Size columns show the size of the HTTP bodies of the CIM-XML request and response messages, respectively. These values do not include the size of the HTTP header fields.
2.4.7.6. statistics server-show command¶
The statistics server-show command displays the server maintained statistics
of the current WBEM server. What is returned depends on the implementation of
statistics gathering in the WBEM server.
This command does that by retrieving “CIM_CIMOMStatisticalData” instances associated from the “CIM_ObjectManager” instance representing the WBEM server, and organizing them into a server statistics report.
The format of the server statistics report of a real WBEM server is shown in the example below:
$ pywbemcli -s http://localhost statistics server-show
Server statistics
Operation Count Server Time Provider Time Request Size Response Size
[ms] [ms] [B] [B]
---------------------- ------- ------------- --------------- -------------- ---------------
GetClass 315 0.239 0 399 4124
GetInstance 4 0.495 0.07 862 3128
ModifyInstance 4 0.795 0.024 3523 376
EnumerateInstances 172 1.459 0.341 383 10111
EnumerateInstanceNames 132 0.913 0.657 377 4102
OpenEnumerateInstances 156 1.986 0 616 14506
The Operation column shows the name of the WBEM operation.
The Count column shows the number of operations executed.
All time and size values in this report are average values across the number of operations executed, rounded to the precision shown.
The Server Time column shows the total elapsed time the operation took from a perspective of the WBEM server. It has the same meaning as the Server Time value shown in the client statistics. This time includes time spent in the CIM object manager code and time spent in any providers.
The Provider Time column shows the total elapsed time the operation spent in the provider from a perspective of the CIM object manager portion of the WBEM server that calls the provider. OpenPegasus only reports values for instance providers and reports the values for class and qualifier operations as 0. Other WBEM servers would typically also do that. The provider time includes the time spent for performing any actions in the managed system and also the time spent in any “up-calls” from the provider back to the CIM object manager portion of the WBEM server (and possibly down to other providers).
The Request Size and Response Size columns show the size of the CIM-XML request and response messages, respectively. For OpenPegasus and WBEM servers that followed the description in CIM_CIMOMStatisticalData.mof, these values include the size of the HTTP bodies and the size of the HTTP header fields.
Note that statistics gathering in WBEM servers is not standardized in WBEM management profiles, so the statements above are based on typical implementations of WBEM servers such as the implementation of OpenPegasus.
2.4.8. connection command group¶
The connection command group has commands that manage named connection
definitions that are persisted in a connections file.
This allows maintaining multiple connection definitions and then using any
one via the --name general option. Only a single connection is
active (selected) at any point in time but the connection connection can
be selected on the pywbemcli command line (--name general option) or
changed within an interactive session using the connection select command
The attributes of each connection definition in the connections file are:
name - name of the connection definition. See --name general option.
server - URL of the WBEM server, or None if the connection definition is for a mock WBEM server. See --server general option.
default-namespace - default namespace for the WBEM server. See --default-namespace general option.
user - user name for the WBEM server. See --user general option.
password - password for the WBEM server. See --password general option.
use-pull - determines whether the pull operations are to be used for the WBEM server. See --use-pull general option.
verify - a boolean flag controlling whether the pywbem client verifies any certificate received from the WBEM server. See --verify general option.
certfile - path name of the server certificate file. See --certfile general option.
keyfile - path name of the client private key file. See --keyfile general option.
timeout - client-side timeout for operations against the WBEM server. See --timeout general option.
mock-server - list of files defining the setup of the mock WBEM server, or None if the connection definition is for a real WBEM server. See --mock-server general option.
The commands in this group are:
connection delete command - Delete a WBEM connection definition.
connection export command - Export the current connection.
connection list command - List the WBEM connection definitions.
connection save command - Save the current connection to a new WBEM connection definition.
connection select command - Select a WBEM connection definition as current or default.
connection show command - Show connection info of a WBEM connection definition.
connection test command - Test the current connection with a predefined WBEM request.
2.4.8.1. connection delete command¶
The connection delete command deletes a connection definition from the
connections file.
If the NAME argument is specified, the connection definition with that name
is deleted. Otherwise, the command displays the list of connection definitions
and prompts the user to select the one to be deleted. If there is only a
single connection, that connection is deleted without the user selection
request.
Example that deletes a connection definition by the specified name:
$ pywbemcli connection delete me
Example that deletes a connection definition by selecting it:
$ pywbemcli connection delete
Select a connection or Ctrl_C to abort.
0: mock1
1: mockassoc
2: op
Input integer between 0 and 2 or Ctrl-C to exit selection: 1 << entered by user
Deleted connection "mockassoc".
See pywbemcli connection delete –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.8.2. connection export command¶
The connection export command exports the current connection as a set of
environment variables.
This is done by displaying the commands to set the environment variables.
$ pywbemcli --server http://localhost connection export
export PYWBEMCLI_SERVER=http://localhost
export PYWBEMCLI_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE=root/cimv2
export PYWBEMCLI_TIMEOUT=30
. . .
This can be used for example on Linux and OS-X to set the environment variables as follows:
$ eval $(pywbemcli --server http://localhost connection export)
$ env |grep PYWBEMCLI
PYWBEMCLI_SERVER=http://localhost
PYWBEMCLI_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE=root/cimv2
PYWBEMCLI_TIMEOUT=30
. . .
See pywbemcli connection export –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.8.3. connection list command¶
The connection list command lists the connection definitions in the
connections file and the current connection(if it has not been
saved to the connections file).
Valid output formats are Table output formats.
This shows which connection is the current connection and if any connection is set as the default connection (connection select command ).
The current connection is marked with * in the Name column. The default connection, if defined, is marked with # in the Name column.
The title also displays the path of the file that is being used as the current connections file.
pywbemcli> --server http://localhost --user me --password mypw --no-verify connection save me
pywbemcli> --server http://blahblah connection list
WBEM server connections(brief): (#: default, *: current)
file: /home/johndoe/.pywbemcli_connections.yaml
+--------------+------------------+----------------------------------------+
| name | server | mock-server |
|--------------+------------------+----------------------------------------|
| *blahblah | http://blah | |
| mock1 | | tests/unit/simple_mock_model.mof |
| mockalltypes | | tests/unit/all_types.mof |
| mockassoc | | tests/unit/simple_assoc_mock_model.mof |
| mockext | | tests/unit/simple_mock_model_ext.mof |
| op | http://localhost | |
| test3 | | tests/unit/simple_mock_model.mof |
| | | tests/unit/mock_confirm_y.py |
+--------------+------------------+----------------------------------------+
A more complete display of the server parameters is available with the –full option as follows:
pywbemcli> connection list --full
WBEM server connections(full): (#: default, *: current)
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| name | server | namespace | user | timeout | use_pull | verify | certfile | keyfile | mock-server |
+==============+======================+========================+=============+===========+============+==========+============+===========+==================================================+
| #mockassoc | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | | True | | | tests/unit/simple_assoc_mock_model.mof |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| alltypes | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | | True | | | tests/unit/all_types.mof |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| complexassoc | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | | True | | | tests/unit/complex_assoc_model.mof |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| mock1 | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | | True | | | tests/unit/simple_mock_model.mof |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| mock1ext | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | | True | | | tests/unit/simple_mock_model_ext.mof |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| mock1interop | | interop | | 30 | | True | | | tests/unit/simple_mock_model.mof |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ophttp | http://localhost | root/cimv2 | | 30 | | True | | | |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ophttps | https://localhost | root/cimv2 | blahblah | 30 | | False | | | |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| opt | https://blah | root/cimv2 | | 45 | | False | c1.pem | k1.pem | |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
| test1 | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | | True | | | tests/unit/simple_assoc_mock_model.mof |
+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+
Connection list does not display some fields such as the ca-certs field. See connection show command for more detailed display of individual fields used by the server.
See pywbemcli connection list –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.8.4. connection save command¶
The connection save command saves the current connection in the
connections file as a connection definition with the name specified
in the NAME argument.
If a connection definition with that name already exists, it will be overwritten without notice.
See pywbemcli connection save –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.8.5. connection select command¶
The connection select command selects a connection definition from the
connections file to become the current connection.
If the NAME argument is specified, the connection definition with that name
is selected. Otherwise, the command displays the list of connection definitions
and prompts the user to pick the one to be selected. If there is only a
single connection, that connection is selected without the user
request.
If the --default/-d command option is set, the connection definition in
addition becomes the default connection, by marking it accordingly in the
connections file.
The following example shows changing connection from within the interactive mode of pywbemcli:
$ pywbemcli
pywbemcli> connection select
Select a connection or Ctrl_C to abort.
0: mock1
1: mockassoc
2: op
Input integer between 0 and 2 or Ctrl-C to exit selection: 1 << entered by user
pywbemcli> connection list
WBEMServer Connections: (#: default, *: current)
+------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+------------+-----------------------------------------+
| name | server | namespace | user | timeout | verify | mock-server |
|------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+------------+-----------------------------------------|
| mock1 | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | False | tests/unit/simple_mock_model.mof |
| *mockassoc | | root/cimv2 | | 30 | False | tests/unit/simple_assoc_mock_model.mof |
| op | http://localhost | root/cimv2 | me | 30 | True | |
+------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+------------+-----------------------------------------+
pywbemcli> connection show
name: mockassoc
server: None
default-namespace: root/cimv2
user: None
password: None
timeout: 30
no-verify: False
certfile: None
keyfile: None
use-pull: either
pull-max-cnt: 1000
mock-server: tests/unit/simple_assoc_mock_model.mof
log: None
See pywbemcli connection select –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.8.6. connection show command¶
The connection show command shows information about a connection definition:
If
NAMEis?, pywbemcli prompts the user to select one and shows the existing current connection. If there is only a single connection the user selection is bypassed.If
NAMEis specified, show the connection definition with that name.If
NAMEis not specified, show the existing current connection.
pywbemcli -s http://blah connection show
name: not-saved (current)
server: http://blah
default-namespace: root/cimv2
user: None
password: None
timeout: 30
verify: True
certfile: None
keyfile: None
mock-server:
ca-certs: None
See pywbemcli connection show –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.8.7. connection test command¶
The connection test command executes a single predefined operation on
the current connection to verify that accessing the WBEM server works.
The predefined operation is EnumerateClasses which attempts to enumerate
the classes in the default namespace of the WBEM Server. Even if the server
does not support the classes operations, this command should return a
CIMError indicating that WBEM is supported (ex. CIM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)
indicating that WBEM is supported by the server.
If the –test-pull command option is included, pywbemcli will issue an instances request for each of the DMTF defined pull operations and report the results. This could be important because the pull operations are defined as optional and some server may not include them.
If the server accepts the request, a simple text OK <server url
will be returned.
The following example defines the connection with --server, --user,
and --password and executes the test with successful result:
$ pywbemcli --server http://localhost --user me --password mypw connection test
Connection successful
See pywbemcli connection test –help for the exact help output of the command.
2.4.9. repl command¶
The repl command sets pywbemcli into the Interactive mode. Pywbemcli
can be started in the Interactive mode either by entering:
$ pywbemcli repl
Enter 'help' for help, <CTRL-D> or ':q' to exit pywbemcli.
pywbemcli>
or by executing the script without any command or command group:
$ pywbemcli
Enter 'help' for help, <CTRL-D> or ':q' to exit pywbemcli.
pywbemcli>
The repl mode is recognized by the prompt pywbemcli>.
Command history is available in the Interactive mode either by using <UP-ARROW> and <DOWN-ARROW> keys to step through the history file or by using incremental search of the command history.
An incremental search is initiated by <CTRL-r> (similar to some shells like bash) and does a search based on a string entered after the <CTRL-r> for the last command containing the search string. The search string may be modified and <UP_ARROW>, <DOWN-ARROW> will find other commands containing the search string. Hitting <ENTER> selects the currently shown command.
see Interactive mode for more details on using this mode and the search.
2.4.10. help command¶
The help command provides information on special commands and controls
that can be executed in the Interactive mode including:
executing shell commands,
exiting pywbemcli,
getting help on commands,
viewing interactive mode command history.
This is different from the --help option that provides information on
command groups, and commands.
$ pywbemcli help
The following can be entered in interactive mode:
<pywbemcli-cmd> Execute pywbemcli command <pywbemcli-cmd>.
!<shell-cmd> Execute shell command <shell-cmd>.
<CTRL-D>, :q, :quit, :exit Exit interactive mode.
<TAB> Tab completion (can be used anywhere).
-h, --help Show pywbemcli general help message, including a
list of pywbemcli commands.
<pywbemcli-cmd> --help Show help message for pywbemcli command
<pywbemcli-cmd>.
help Show this help message.
:?, :h, :help Show help message about interactive mode.
<up-arrow, down-arrow> View pwbemcli command history: