What is WAPI in Infoblox?

What is WAPI in Infoblox?

• A. A GUI tool for Infoblox
• B. A reporting dashboard
• C. A command-line utility for firmware updates
• D. The primary RESTful JSON API for Infoblox used for programmatic management of DNS, DHCP, and IPAM

Answer: (D)

WAPI is Infoblox's Web API, a RESTful JSON interface that lets you manage DNS, DHCP, and IPAM objects programmatically. It’s the primary way to automate and integrate Infoblox with external systems, using standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT/PATCH, DELETE) to perform create, read, update, and delete operations on DDI objects. Data is exchanged in JSON, and you typically access endpoints under the /wapi path on the grid, enabling tasks like creating DNS records, querying networks, provisioning IP addresses, and managing leases without using the GUI. This isn’t a GUI tool or a reporting dashboard, and it isn’t a command-line utility for firmware updates. Those are separate interfaces or tools, while WAPI provides the machine-to-machine, programmatic access for automation.

WAPI is Infoblox's Web API, a RESTful JSON interface that lets you manage DNS, DHCP, and IPAM objects programmatically. It’s the primary way to automate and integrate Infoblox with external systems, using standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT/PATCH, DELETE) to perform create, read, update, and delete operations on DDI objects. Data is exchanged in JSON, and you typically access endpoints under the /wapi path on the grid, enabling tasks like creating DNS records, querying networks, provisioning IP addresses, and managing leases without using the GUI.

This isn’t a GUI tool or a reporting dashboard, and it isn’t a command-line utility for firmware updates. Those are separate interfaces or tools, while WAPI provides the machine-to-machine, programmatic access for automation.