REST API Access
You enable access to the Riverbed REST API in the Administration > Security > REST API Access page. Representational State Transfer (REST) is a framework for API design. REST builds a simple API on top of the HTTP protocol. It is based on generic facilities of the standard HTTP protocol, including the six basic HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, INFO) and the full range of HTTP return codes. You can discover REST APIs by navigating links embedded in the resources provided by the REST API, which follow common encoding and formatting practices.
You can invoke the REST API to enable communication from one Riverbed appliance to another through REST API calls. For example:
A NetProfiler communicating with a NetShark. A NetProfiler retrieving Layer-7 application mapping information from a SteelHead.
A NetProfiler appliance retrieving a QoS configuration from a SteelHead.There is an incompatibility between RiOS v9.0 and NetProfiler v10.0 preventing the QoS reporting functionality in NetProfiler from working. If you want to use NetProfiler QoS reporting, you must use a previous version than RiOS v9.0.
For all uses you must preconfigure an access code to authenticate communication between parties and to authorize access to protected resources.
For more information about the SteelHead REST API, see the SteelHead Management Console User’s Guide and the SteelHead REST API Guide.