Connect to Existing Instance

Before You Start #

Obtain the URL or External IP address of the HPE Machine Learning Inferencing Software platform instance you want to connect to.
Ensure that you have a username and password to log in to the platform.
Complete the Developer System Setup steps if you intend to use the CLI.

How to Connect to an Existing Instance #

Via the UI #

Open a browser tab and input the URL provided by your administrator.
Input your username and password.

Via the CLI #

Open a terminal.
Add the following export variable along with the URL/External IP address provided by your administrator so that the CLI knows where to connect:
```
# URL or External IP address of the platform instance
 export AIOLI_CONTROLLER=<YOUR_CONTROLLER_URL/EXTERNAL_IP>
```
Input the following command:
```
 aioli user login <YOUR_USERNAME>
```

Open a terminal.

Add the following export variables:

 # URL or External IP address of the platform instance
 export AIOLI_CONTROLLER=<YOUR_CONTROLLER_URL/EXTERNAL_IP>
 # path to CA root cert used to sign the cert provided as the TLS secret 
 export AIOLI_CONTROLLER_CERT_FILE=<PATH_TO_CERT_FILE>

Input the following command:

aioli auth login

Your browser should open and prompt you to sign on; if it did not, please visit https://<CLUSTER_URL>/oidc/sso?relayState=cli
Killing this process before signing on will cancel authentication.

Log in to the browser window that opens. The terminal should display the following message:
```
Authenticated as <USER_NAME>.
```

Via the API #

Open a terminal.

Use the following cURL command to log in to the platform:

 curl -X 'POST' \
   '<YOUR_EXT_CLUSTER_IP>/api/v1/login' \
   -H 'accept: application/json' \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d '{
   "username": "<YOUR_USERNAME>",
   "password": "<YOUR_PASSWORD>"
 }'

Obtain the Bearer token from the response.
Use the Bearer token to perform other future API operations.