send rest API requests from ACI APIC to another third-party device

[Networker0]

Hello,

Is it possible to send rest API requests from ACI to another third-party device?

Thanks

[Sergiu.Daniluk]

Hi @Networker0 

Yes you can do it. You can use python/curl to send requests, directly from CLI, or you can build your own ACI app:

https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/training-how-to-develop-cisco-aci-applications

Stay safe,

Sergiu

[Networker0]

Thank you for your response,

how can i install pip and modules in APIC if ACI have no internet access?

Br

[Sergiu.Daniluk · Accepted solution]

Hi @Networker0 

You'll need to download the modules on your PC, then copy them on APIC (you can use /data/techsupport as destination folder)

After that, you can manually install the modules in your python env. Here is an example for requests module:

1. Copy the module from a public repository on your personal PC:
$ git clone git://github.com/psf/requests.git
2. Copy the files on APIC (in /data/techsupport)
3. Create a new venv for your project
admin@apic1:techsupport> python3 -m venv venv
admin@apic1:techsupport> source venv/bin/activate
4. Go to the module directory you copied (requests in this example):
(venv) admin@apic1:techsupport>  cd requests
(venv) admin@apic1:techsupport>  python -m pip install .

Stay safe,

Sergiu

[Networker0]

Thank you for your support Sergiu,

I followed the steps but, i get the following error. should i download another version of requests?

Thnx.

 

[Sergiu.Daniluk · Accepted solution]

It looks like you'll either have to install an older version of requests, or install a newer version of pip.

Stay safe,

Sergiu