PlateSpin Forge exposes a REST-based API technology preview that developers can use as they build their own applications to work with the product. The API includes information about the following operations:
discover containers
discover workloads
configure protection
run replications, failover operations and failback
query for status of workload and container status
query for status of running operations
query security groups and their protection ties
Forge administrators can leverage a Jscript sample (https://localhost/protectionservices/Documentation/Samples/protect.js) from the command line to access the product through the API. The sample can help you write scripts to help you work with the product. Using the command line utility, you can perform the following operations:
add a single workload
add a single container
run the replication, failover, and failback operations
add multiple workloads and containers at one time
NOTE:For more information about this operation, see the API documentation at https://localhost/protectionservices/Documentation/AddWorkloadsAndContainersFromCsvFile.htm.
remove all workloads at one time
remove all container at one time
The PlateSpin Forge REST API home page (https://localhost/protectionservices/ or https://<server page>/protectionservices/) includes links to the content that can be useful for developers and administrators.
This technology preview will be fully developed with more features in subsequent releases.