Configuring MaxScale's REST API
Overview
MaxScale's MaxScale's REST API is used by both MaxCtrl and MaxGUI.
The REST API is enabled by default. However, the default configuration is not optimal for production systems, because:
- It only allows requests from the local host address by default.
- It does not use TLS by default.
- It used a hard-coded user (admin) and password (mariadb) by default.
Configuring MaxScale's REST API for Remote Connections
1. Configure MaxScale's REST API for remote connections by configuring several global parameters in maxscale.cnf.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| admin_host | • This parameter defines the network address that the REST API listens on. • The default value is 127.0.0.1. |
| admin_port | • This parameter defines the network port that the REST API listens on. • The default value is 8989. |
For example:
[maxscale] ... admin_host = 0.0.0.0 admin_port = 8443
2. Restart the MaxScale instance.
$ sudo systemctl restart maxscale
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