RESTCONF Protocol This chapter describes how to configure the HTTP-based Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF). RESTCONF provides a programmatic interface based on standard mechanisms for accessing configuration data, state data, data-model-specific Remote Procedure Call (RPC) operations and events, defined in the YANG model.
Prerequisites for the RESTCONF Protocol, on page 1 Restrictions for the RESTCONF Protocol, on page 1 Information About the RESTCONF Protocol, on page 2 How to Configure the RESTCONF Protocol, on page 22 Configuration Examples for the RESTCONF Protocol, on page 27 Additional References for the RESTCONF Protocol, on page 30 Feature Information for the RESTCONF Protocol, on page 31 Prerequisites for the RESTCONF Protocol • Enable the Cisco IOS-HTTP services for RESTCONF. Restrictions for the RESTCONF Protocol The following restrictions apply to the RESTCONF protocol:
• Notifications and event streams • YANG patch • Optional query parameters, such as, filter, start-time, stop-time, replay, and action • The RESTCONF feature is not supported on a device running dual IOSd configuration or software redundancy. RESTCONF Protocol 1