Chapter 9. DESIGNING A COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
A command line interface (CLI) gives your customers a secure, low-bandwidth, easily scripted way to configure and manage your appliance. As a Linux developer, you are already familiar with bash, Linux's most popular CLI. For the same reasons that you would not want to manage a Linux box without a bash command line, your customers might not want to manage your appliance without a similarly easy-to-manage CLI.
This chapter covers the following topics:
Why you need a CLI
Types of CLIs
Giving users access to a CLI
The Laddie CLI
Code review for the test command
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