bmxadmin script

A bash script for batch administration of the Bluemix Cloud Platform. This script reads in a file containing a list of users and the Bluemix space & role desired for each user. This input file needs to be "csv" (comma separated value) format, for instance as exported from a spreadsheet. The script processes each row in the file and ensures that the user is added to the organization in Bluemix and is assigned the desired role in the designated Bluemix space.

The detailed output from all commands executed by this script is stored in a log file that you can inspect after the script completes in order to see the history of everything that happened.

Dependencies

The script some dependencies that you have to setup before using it:

• the Bluemix CLI must be installed on the system where this script runs
• an APIKey file is required for the identity under which the script will log in to Bluemix and perform the tasks

Using the script

The script has some default values baked in, but you will probably want to use different values for the name of the csv file, the Bluemix organization targeted, the filename of the APIKey file, and so on. All of the default values used by the script can be overridden using option flags on the command line:

• -o : override the default Bluemix organization
• -f : override the default input csv filename
• -e : override the default Bluemix API endpoint
• -l : override the default log file name used by this script
• -a : override the default filename for the APIKey file used to login to Bluemix
• -s : override the default Bluemix space where the script initially logs in
• -h : display script command syntax

Examples

Run the script specifying an input csv file named "test.csv" and a log output file named "testlog.log"

$ ./bmxadmin.sh -l testlog.log -f test.csv

Run the script specifying an APIKey file named "myAPIKey.json" and a login space of "dev"

$ ./bmxadmin.sh -a myAPIKey.json -s dev

Get help for the syntax expected by the script

$ ./bmxadmin.sh -h
usage: bmxadmin.sh [-h ] [-f <input csv file>] [-e <endpoint>] [-l <log file>] [-a <apiKey file>]
 [-o <organization>] [-s <login space>]