importProfile

Use the importProfile command to import a previously object profile into the system. The profile data to import is taken from the specified input file or from stdin if no file is specified.

Importing a profile does not cause new objects to be created, but only updates the profile attributes of existing objects. For example, importing a service profile does not create the service or register it with the system, it only updates the profile for a service that has already been registered (by virtue of discovery or manual registration).

Command Syntax

btmcli importProfile [-i importFile] [-m EXACT | BEST_FIT}
                     -s sphereUrl -l username:password

Name	Long Name	Description
-i	-inputFile	The name of the file containing the profile data to be imported. If not specified, the command imports data from stdin.
--	-match	Use when importing the profile for a set of related objects to specify how closely the imported set must match the objects that currently exist in the system. The possible values are: EXACT - the imported profile must match the existing objects exactly in both cardinality and structure. BEST_FIT - the imported profile will be matched against the existing objects as best as possible. Any mismatches in either cardinality or structure are ignored. This is the default value.
-s	-sphereUrl	The URL of the sphere. http://hostname:port/btmcentral/sphere/ This flag is not required if you have set the AP_SPHERE_URL environment variable for your sphere.
-l	-userLogin	The username and password associated with the sphere, in the format: username:password. This set of credentials must belong to a user in the btmadmin role. See Security Options in Accessing CLI Commands for information on furnishing login credentials. You can encrypt passwords using the `encryptPassword` command.

Examples

The following example shows the importProfile command used to import data from MyContainers.

btmcli importProfile -inputFile MyContainers -match EXACT
                     -s http://localhost:8080/btmcentral/sphere/
                     -l admin:abracadabra