do asdm use an api?

[Kalle-P]

Hi, Im a student and currently reading about APIs and started to think if ASDM uses/are an API?

[Jerome BERTHIER · Accepted solution]

Hi

No. ASDM is an embedded management server application on the ASA. You have to use the ASDM Java client to interact with it.

But the ASA itself supports a REST API. It is not enabled by default and needs an extra Java package to be installed on the ASA :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/api/qsg-asa-api.html

Regards

Jérôme