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Byron Jones
Byron Jones

Reputation: 315

API Gateway for Powershell scripts

I would like to be able to call Powershell scripts using a REST API. (Please note that I am describing the _opposite_ of calling a REST API from Powershell.) Are there any prebuilt API gateways that support this use case? I've looked at Ocelot, but it currently only acts as a gateway to other REST APIs. Ideally I would simply design my Powershell script functions to follow a defined interface pattern, put the files into a defined directory, and the API gateway would either immediately make those functions available as REST API calls or with minimal configuration.

EDIT: To clarify, I am looking for something self hosted, not cloud based. I haven't found anything yet that is exactly what I need, I may create something myself.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 971

Answers (2)

Harald F.
Harald F.

Reputation: 4763

A couple of options. If you are on Azure you could expose your Powershell Scripts through Azure Automation :

That'd be a lightweight way of having your scripts enabled through a HTTP POST scenario.

You could also combine or mix it with adding API Management in front to support various scenarios (adding GET/PUT/DELETE support e.g.) or even automate or proxy more things. API Management could of course also be automated.

You could also create a folder structure with modules & sub-functions and create a full REST API by using Azure Functions with PowerShell:

The latter would also be able to execute in containers & in the supported Azure Function runtimes.

Upvotes: 1

MyKE
MyKE

Reputation: 169

You can try AWS Lambda and API gateway integration.

Here is an example: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/creating-a-powershell-rest-api/

Amazon offer 12 month free tier plan for this.

Upvotes: 1

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