fortinet create api user via CLI
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To create a REST API administrator in the CLI:
config system api-user edit "api-admin" set comments <string> set api-key ************ set accprofile "API profile" set vdom "root" set peer-auth enable set peer-group <group> config trusthost edit 1 set ipv4-trusthost <class_ip&net_netmask> next ... end next end
Generate the API token:
# execute api-user generate-key <API username>