Welcome to the CTERA Python SDK#
The CTERA SDK for Python provides developers with powerful tools to automate the deployment and configuration of the CTERA Global File System, streamline data management tasks, and seamlessly integrate CTERA’s global namespace with their applications.
Key Features#
- Configuration Management:
Edge Filer Management, including remote access.
Managing Data Discovery and Migration Jobs
File Data Management APIs for CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Portal.
- Data Services Framework:
CTERA Direct IO, enabling parallel high-performnace retrieval directly from object storage.
Library Installation#
$ pip install cterasdk
Getting Started#
Edge#
import cterasdk.settings
from cterasdk import Edge
def main():
cterasdk.settings.edge.syn.settings.connector.ssl = False # for unstrusted or self-signed certificates
with Edge('192.168.0.1') as edge:
edge.login('admin-username', 'admin-password')
print('Hostname: ', edge.config.get_hostname())
print('Location: ', edge.config.get_location())
edge.config.set_location('1234 Sycamore Lane, Humorville, NY 12345')
print('Location: ', edge.config.get_location())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
This prints:
Hostname: vGateway-01ad
Location: None
Location: 1234 Sycamore Lane, Humorville, NY 12345
Portal#
import cterasdk.settings
from cterasdk import GlobalAdmin
def main():
cterasdk.settings.core.syn.settings.connector.ssl = False # for unstrusted or self-signed certificates
with GlobalAdmin('tenant.ctera.com') as admin:
admin.login('admin-username', 'admin-password')
for user in admin.users.list_local_users(include=['firstName', 'lastName', 'email']):
print(user)
admin.portals.browse_global_admin()
for administrator in admin.admins.list_admins(include=['email']):
print(administrator)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
This prints:
{
"_classname": "PortalUser",
"email": "alice.wonderland@acme.com",
"firstName": "Alice",
"lastName": "Wonderland",
"name": "alice"
}
{
"_classname": "PortalAdmin",
"email": "matt@ctera.com",
"name": "matt"
}
{
"_classname": "PortalAdmin",
"email": "saimon@ctera.com",
"name": "saimon"
}
Source Code#
The project is hosted on GitHub.
Documentation#
User documentation is available on Read the Docs.
Bug Reporting#
Feel free to submit feature requests or issues via ctera/ctera-python-sdk#issues