Tutorial

Here’s how to use NSoT.

This document assumes that you’ve already have an instance of NSoT installed, configured, and running on your system. If you don’t, please either check out the Quick Start or head over to the full-blown Installation guide and then return here.

First Steps

Important

Because this is a work-in-progress, we’re going to use the command-line utility provided by the official NSoT client to get you acquainted with NSoT.

Install the Client

First things first, you’ll need to install pyNSoT, the official Python API client and CLI utility:

$ pip install pynsot

Configure the Client

After you’ve installed the client, please follow the pyNSoT Configuration guide to establish a .pynsotrc file.

Using the Command-Line

Once you’ve got a working nsot CLI setup, please follow the pyNSoT Command-Line guide. This will get you familiarized with the basics of how NSoT works.

Understanding the Data Model

NSoT has a relatively simple data model, but the objects themselves can be quite sophisticated. Familiarize yourself with the Data Model.

Using the REST API

Familiarize yourself with the basics of the REST API.

Administering the Server

Familiarize with the nsot-server command that is used to manage your server instance by checking out the Server Administration guide.