This section introduces the CTERA Portal API and this guide.

The CTERA Portal API is RESTful API, over HTTP or HTTPS. The CTERA Portal API enables service providers and enterprises to integrate CTERA Portal with existing management and monitoring systems.

The CTERA Portal API is RESTful API uses Transport Level Security (TLS) 1.2 as default and requires Oracle JDK 8 or higher on the client.

This guide contains all the information necessary to integrate the CTERA Portal with existing service provisioning systems. It is intended for programmers experienced in programming clients for XML-based Web services.

This guide provides examples in the Java language, which can easily be converted to other programming languages as needed.

The provided examples rely on Apache Commons HttpClient. The relevant package is available for download here: http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/.

For support and additional documentation, see http://www.ctera.com/support.