Create API Logins

Manage API Access

This document explains how to create API logins ( apiuser and apiauth ) from the  WAP portal . You may login to the WAP portal with your root logins  on port 5555.

Create API  User and Password

Go to Preferences  >> API Manager

Go to  Create API Account

Now enter the API User Name , Password , Re-enter Password  and Select the  Remote access Options.

API User Name  -  A user name for the API which we will use with the apiuser

Password - A password for the API user , which we will use with the apiauth

Remote Access Options - If you like to allow the api user to connect from any  IP,  you can choose Allow any IP . If you like to restrict access from certain IPs, you can  enter the restricted IPs by selecting Allow the following Ips Only.

Allowing  Any IP is called and Open Remote Access

Restricting the access by IP is called Restricted Remote  Access. It is recommend to connect.

After creating the API user account, you may need to store the api password to a secured location.  You can't retrieve the API  password once created. You can only reset the password.

The API passwords are stored in  the UNiX password hash format .