StarWind Software

Hi support,

I am currently evalating your products StarWind and StarPort. Looks pretty good so far!

Question: we plan to roll out numerous servers (~80) with various iSCSI configurations. To automate the setup procedure I am looking for a command line interface or an API, so I can automate the configuration process for both StarWind and StarPort.

Does StarWind/StarPort support a CLI oder API?


Tanks,

AL.

Hello AL,

Thank you for using Starwind Software!

We regret that at the moment neither API nor CLI are supported. Our Development Team is working on implementing CLI support, but this will be implemented in the far future.

Thanks,
Rob

Robert (staff) wrote:Hello AL,

Thank you for using Starwind Software!

We regret that at the moment neither API nor CLI are supported. Our Development Team is working on implementing CLI support, but this will be implemented in the far future.

Thanks,
Rob

Thanks for your quick reply. No setup automation means K.O. for your solution Could I patch configs into the registry and restart iSCSI services or reboot?

AL.

AL,

Starwind keeps its config in an xml file in the install directory, called starwind.cfg by default. Perhaps you could automate the creation of that file? E.g. rollout your starwind servers with the service disabled, generate the config files, then start the starwind service up...

Here's a snippet from my config:
There's a doc file which explains the format of the file, it's in the installation directory.

Disclaimer: I haven't actually tried manually editing the config!

cheers,

Aitor

AL,

What Aitor describes is the built-in CLI for configuring one host only.

AFAIK, you need to manage 80+ config files which would be very difficult using that option.

Thanks,
Rob