CCI provides a command line interface (CLI) that enables users to access the CCI API. The CLI supports all UI actions as well as a number of additional actions that are not supported by the UI.

Administrators can manually configure infrastructure resources using the CLI. To use the CLI, the administrator downloads and configures a kubectl plug-in that CCI provides. See Preparing to use the Command Line Interface to perform CCI tasks.

In addition, there are cases in which users might need to use the Aria Automation API to support CCI functionality.