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Nutanix Network Security Rules API

Manage Flow microsegmentation policies that control network traffic between VMs based on categories.

Nutanix Network Security Rules API is one of 21 APIs that Nutanix publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Network Security Rules. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{prismCentralIp}:9440/api/nutanix/v3.

5 operations 3 paths 1 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.1.0
Base URL
https://{{prism-central-ip}}:9440/api/nutanix/v3
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Nutanix Network Security Rules API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Authentication using Prism Central username and password credentials.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Network Security Rules 5

Manage Flow microsegmentation policies that control network traffic between VMs based on categories.

POST
/network_security_rules/list
Nutanix List network security rules
listNetworkSecurityRules body → 200401
POST
/network_security_rules
Nutanix Create a network security rule
createNetworkSecurityRule body → 202400401
GET
/network_security_rules/{uuid}
Nutanix Get a network security rule
getNetworkSecurityRule 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/network_security_rules/{uuid}
Nutanix Update a network security rule
updateNetworkSecurityRule 1 param body → 202401404
DELETE
/network_security_rules/{uuid}
Nutanix Delete a network security rule
deleteNetworkSecurityRule 1 param → 202401404

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ListMetadata (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListMetadata
object
Request body for list operations supporting server-side filtering, sorting, and pagination.
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nutanix-network-security-rules-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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