Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage Using Your Service

Establish a trust relationship between PowerFlex system and Dell APEX Navigator

Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage allows you to perform data mobility operations between PowerFlex systems.

1. Sign in to the Dell API portal, select Explore APIs and select APEX under Products.
2. Access the Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage API.
3. To obtain the PowerFlex initial access token, invoke the PowerFlex API /rest/auth/login using the required credentials.
   If you are invoking the request using Postman, set Authorization to No Auth.

   POST https://<powerflex-management-address>/rest/auth/login
   
   Example request:
   { 
   "username": "{username}",
   "password": "{password}" 
   }
   Example response:
   { 
   "scope": "{scopes}", 
   "access_token": "{access_token}", 
   "expires_in": 300, 
   "refresh_expires_in": 1800, 
   "refresh_token": "{refresh_token}", 
   "token_type": "Bearer", 
   "id_token": "{id_token}", 
   "session_state": "{session_state_id}" 
   }

4. Get a Dell Identity JSON web token. See Authentication topic in APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage API Guide for more information.
5. Invoke the Dell APEX Navigator client API {BASE_URL}/rest/services/storage/v1/storage-systems/{SYSTEM_TYPE}-{SYSTEM_ID}/register-trust by providing the following:
   • Include the base URL
   • Use {SYSTEM_ID} as PowerFlex SWID in the API path with {SYSTEM_TYPE} set to POWERFLEX.
   • Provide the initial_access_token, obtained from this step, in the request body along with the system_type attribute.
   • Include the Dell Identity token as the bearer auth.

   POST {BASE_URL}/rest/services/storage/v1/storage-systems/POWERFLEX-{SYSTEM_ID}/register-trust
   
   Example request:
   {
   "initial_access_token": "{POWERFLEX_ACCESS_TOKEN}",
   "system_type": "POWERFLEX"
   }

   See Register system trust API documentation to know more about registering the trust. Alternatively, you can also run a script to automate the trust registration process. See readme.md for detailed instructions on how to use the register trust script.