ServerEngine – Use REST API

Prepare Windows for API Calls #

Allow your selected port and IP trough your Windows or Linux firewall

Open Windows Defender Firewall #

Create a new inbound rule #

Choose type Port #

Use Protocol TCP and your configured Port #

Allow the connection #

Only select Domain and Private #

Check if rule was created #

Call API from Windows #

Prepare PowerShell Script #

Replace $username and $password with your own ServerEngine credentials if changed.

$username = “admin”
$password = “cforce-it.com”

Replace with a existing PKG you want to assign to the automation.

Time = “17:28”
Date = “2024/11/04”
RepeatInterval = “Repeat: never”
Host = “AD-CA-FS.CForce-IT.network”
Package = “Showcase_Monitoring”
Status = “Enabled”

Replace “http://localhost:5000/” with your own ServerEngine IP-Address and port.

Call using PowerShell #
# Define the username and password
$username = "admin"
$password = "cforce-it.com"

# Encode the credentials
$pair = $username+":"+$password
$encodedCredentials = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($pair))

# Create the headers
$headers = @{
    "Content-Type"  = "application/json"
    "Authorization" = "Basic $encodedCredentials"
}

# Create the body
$body = @{
    Time           = "17:28"
    Date           = "2024/11/04"
    RepeatInterval = "Repeat: never"
    Host           = "AD-CA-FS.CForce-IT.network"
    Package        = "Showcase_Monitoring"
    Status         = "Enabled"
} | ConvertTo-Json

# Make the POST request
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http://localhost:5000/ -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $body

# Output the response content
$response.Content

Call API from Linux #

Prepare Bash Script #

Replace user -u with your own ServerEngine credentials if changed.

-u admin:cforce-it.com (username:password)

Replace “http://localhost:5000/” with your own ServerEngine IP-Address and port.

Replace with a existing PKG you want to assign to the automation.

“Time”: “12:01”,
“Date”: “2024/08/05”,
“RepeatInterval”: “Repeat: never”,
“Host”: “WIN-SRV-AUS.CForce-IT.network”,
“Package”: “Server Deployment”,
“Status”: “Enabled”

Check CURL #

CURL is usually already on most Linux Destributions if not install it with:

Ubuntu/Debian-based systems:

sudo apt install curl -y

Red Hat-based systems (RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux)

sudo yum install curl -y

Call using CURL #
curl -u admin:cforce-it.com -X POST http://localhost:5000/ \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
           "Time": "12:01",
           "Date": "2024/08/05",
           "RepeatInterval": "Repeat: never",
           "Host": "WIN-SRV-AUS.CForce-IT.network",
           "Package": "Server Deployment",
           "Status": "Enabled"
         }'

Incorporate API Calls into PKG #

Example: VM Deployment with ESXI and Windows Server 2025 configuration after VM creation.

# Define the username and password
$username = "admin"
$password = "cforce-it.com"

# Encode the credentials
$pair = $username+":"+$password
$encodedCredentials = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($pair))

# Create the headers
$headers = @{
    "Content-Type"  = "application/json"
    "Authorization" = "Basic $encodedCredentials"
}

# Create the body
$body = @{
    Time           = "18:00"
    Date           = "2024/12/01"
    RepeatInterval = "Repeat: never"
    Host           = "WINSRV2025_TEMP.CForce-IT.network"
    Package        = "Configure_WINSRV2025"
    Status         = "Enabled"
} | ConvertTo-Json

# Make the POST request
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http://localhost:5000/ -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $body

# Output the response content
$response.Content