Introduction to the CLI commands
In this section, you will learn how to use the basic CLI commands. The examples shown here have been initiated from a Mac but will be the same for Windows environments.
The CLI commands come with the API Connect toolkit. You can download the toolkit from the web on Fix Central (https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/). Alternatively, if your company has API Connect installed and you have access to API Manager, then you can download it from there. In fact, you are guaranteed to get the correct version if you do it in that manner:
Figure 2.18 – Downloading the toolkit from API Manager
For what reasons would you want to use the CLI? Most of the time, the CLI is incorporated within your DevOps pipeline. However, before you start learning how to call the CLIs, you should try to understand the capabilities that are available within the CLI. One thing you should be aware of is the target of your CLI commands. When executing...
