With the accelerated adoption of virtualization technologies and cloud computing, the management of the IT infrastructure has undergone significant transformation. Gone are the days when administrators needed to install custom API libraries and code in languages like C. These heavyweight APIs had issues with managing cloud scale infrastructures, performed poorly, and required more resources to maintain.
Lightweight web APIs based on the RESTful architecture have simplified the automation of the data center. Web APIs are responsive, and scale to meet the demands of private and public cloud infrastructures. Tasks can easily be automated using simple shell scripts, high-level programming languages, and IT automation platforms.
This document introduces the PowerFlex REST API, provides use-case examples, and includes a brief introduction to the PowerFlex Ansible modules.