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+We need an API for Warewulf in order to automate around it. The initial version of the API will look a lot like wwctl. wwctl will call the API by direct function call so that we do not need to maintain separate code paths, nor is the API required.
+
+wwctl calls the API via direct function call, but we can change that to a gprc or REST call to a Warewulf server in the future.
+
+The API currently contains:
+wwapid WareWulf API Daemon. A grpc server with mTLS auth.
+wwapic WareWulf API Client. A grpc client with mTLS auth. It's just a sample that reads the version from the server.
+wwapird WareWulf API Rest Daemon. A http REST reverse proxy to wwapid.
+There are also sample insecure and secure curls to test with.
+
+Implemented Functionality:
+wwctl node add
+wwctl node delete
+wwctl node list
+wwctl node set
+wwctl node status
+wwctl container build
+wwctl container delete
+wwctl container import
+wwctl container list
+wwctl container show
+
+Some notes on the files:
+
+Logic that was in wwctl has moved to warewulf/internal/pkg/api. wwctl just calls the API. wwctl functionality is unchanged.
+Everything under the /google directory is copied google proto code to stand up wwapird. It's a bit strange to copy in the code, but that is currently how it's done.
+Everything in warewulf/internal/pkg/api/routes/wwapiv1 is generated code.
+
+There are some loose ends here, such as no service installers. I just ran off the command line for development.
+The Makefile could use improvement. I'm building by make clean setup proto all build wwapid wwapic wwapird ; echo $?
+I copied the configs from warewulf/etc to /usr/local/etc/warewulf manually.
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   have the type ethernet or infiniband that these will be brought up by NetworkManager
 - Listings of container via `wwctl container list` will now show the creation,modification 
   date and the size.
+- Initial cut of the warewulf API. See https://github.com/hpcng/warewulf/pull/471
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - For the connections of `wwctl ssh` the primary interface will be used