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.
Configure MaxScale's REST API for remote connections by configuring several global parameters in maxscale.cnf.
• This parameter defines the network address that the REST API listens on.• The default value is 127.0.0.1.
• 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
Restart the MaxScale instance.
$ sudo systemctl restart maxscale
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