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A Practical Approach to Cloud IaaS with IBM SoftLayer: Presentations Guide
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A Practical Approach to Cloud IaaS with IBM SoftLayer: Presentations Guide

by Daniel Aguado, Thomas Andersen, Aram Avetisyan, Jeff Budnik, Mihai Criveti, Adrian Doroiman, Dr. Andrew Hoppe, Gerardo Menegaz, Alejandro Morales, Adrian Moti, Marie Joy Salazar, Sebastian Szumczyk
February 2016
Beginner
362 pages
6h 16m
English
IBM Redbooks
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Automating cloud management with APIs
This unit covers the following topics:
API values and usage
 – What is the purpose of having an API?
 – What is the value in using an API?
The API implementation in SoftLayer
 – Types of APIs
 – Structure of APIs
 – Common usage scenarios
12.1 What you should be able to do
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to do the following:
Explain the concept of an API
Explain the value of APIs
Explain the SoftLayer API structure
Describe the different types of SoftLayer APIs
Explain how to use ...
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