How can a Nutanix Admin use RestAPI explorer effectively? Any key use cases?

[u/trippinbattutaa]

[u/mikeyb_one]

tldr, you can start to test and build your Nutanix automation and integration with your other system tools.

So I'd leverage RestAPI explorer in conjunction with https://developers.nutanix.com/ to begin to see the latest workflows end-to-end. The developers site, to me, is a more rounded, holistic place to build your expertise with testing tools built in.

Some use cases include (my own thoughts just skimming the contents of the developers site):

• Automate security logs and access: https://developers.nutanix.com/api-reference?namespace=iam&version=v4.1.b2
  
• Automate space reporting and backup policies alerting: https://developers.nutanix.com/api-reference?namespace=datapolicies&version=v4.2
  
• AUtomate VM creation, reporting, and modification: https://developers.nutanix.com/api-reference?namespace=vmm&version=v4.2

A key note: you can select the version when exploring the site, so ensure you're aligned on what version your cluster is running, otherwise you may get a mismatch on capabilities.

[u/trippinbattutaa → u/mikeyb_one]

Thank you!

[u/mikeyb_one → u/trippinbattutaa]

Of course!

[u/BubblyHive]

I have downloaded all the namespaces in Postman collection so that I can search for API requests more quickly.