How to provision files

Learn how to configure and deploy resources via Azion Console and API, manage edge services, and effectively use edge nodes and orchestrators.

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To be able to orchestrate services on your device, you need to configure all the resources. These resources can be:

Text: for content being copied as plain text to the edge node.
Shell Script: for resources that will be installed and run according to the selected trigger.

You can create a resource using:

Access Azion Console.
On the top-left corner, select the Products menu, represented by three horizontal lines, and then Edge Services.
Select the edge service to which you want to add a resource.
Go to the Resources tab and click on the + Resource button.
Enter the Path of the resource.
Choose the type Text.
Add the following content to the content block:

My name is {{name}}, and this is my first added resource

The tag {{name}} will be replaced by the environment configured for the service or the variable configured on the node. The edge node variable will override the variable configure on the edge service.

Click the Save button.

Run the following GET request in your terminal, replacing [TOKEN VALUE] with your personal token and retrieve the edge service ID:

curl --location 'https://api.azionapi.net/edge_services/' \

--header 'Accept: application/json; version=3' \

--header 'Authorization: Token [TOKEN VALUE]'

Run the following POST request in your terminal:

curl --location 'https://api.azionapi.net/edge_services/:id/resources' \

--header 'Accept: application/json; version=3' \

--header 'Authorization: Token [TOKEN VALUE]' \

--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \

--data {

"content_type": "Text",

"name": "/resource",

"content": "My name is {{name}}, and this is my first added resource"

}

Replace [TOKEN VALUE] with your personal token, :id with the ID of the edge service and inform the following parameters in the request body:

Property	Description	Required
`content_type`	Content type of the resource being created	Yes
`name`	Name of the resource being created	Yes
`content`	Content that defines actions performed when the resource state changes in the edge node	Yes

Now, your resource is created and able to work with the edge nodes related to the service in specific.

Check the Azion API documentation and the OpenAPI specification to know more about all features available via API.

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