The Traffic Manager REST Service

The Traffic Manager REST API is an HTTP service running on the Traffic Manager server. By default, it is available on TCP port 9070, although this can be reconfigured. The REST service supports HTTP versions: 0.9, 1.0, and 1.1; Version 1.1 is recommended.

When connecting to the local machine using a loop-back interface (for example, 127.0.0.1 or "localhost"), plain HTTP must be used. When connecting from a remote machine, connections must be encrypted using SSL (HTTPS).

The service uses the same SSL certificate as the Traffic Manager's admin server, which by default is an automatically generated self-signed certificate. Any HTTP client used to connect to the REST API should have the server's self-signed certificate added to its trusted certificate catalogue. Alternatively the admin server/REST certificate can be replaced with one signed by a trusted certificate authority.