Configure and Verify the Rest API

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Step 1: Configure the Rest API

• Copy and paste the commands below to a text file, making sure to remove any line breaks.

• Copy and paste the commands into the command line interface (CLI) at the [edit] hierarchy level, and then enter commit from configuration mode.

set system services rest http port 3000
set system services rest https port 3443
set system services rest enable-explorer
commit and-quit

Step 2: Verify the Rest API Configuration

• Display the rest API configuration by issuing the show configuration system services rest operational mode command:

show configuration system services rest

Step 3: Create a Read-Only User

• Generate a new user:

set system login user epiphany class read-only authentication encrypted-password <password>