HTTP 404 error when accessing the switch URL

Symptom

The switch is operational and you are using the correct URL for the switch, but attempts to access the REST Representational State Transfer. REST is a simple and stateless architecture that the web services use for providing interoperability between computer systems on the Internet. In a RESTful web service, requests made to the URI of a resource will elicit a response that may be in XML, HTML, JSON or some other defined format. API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software. or Web UI result in an HTTP 404 "Page not found" error.

Cause

REST API access is not enabled on the VRF that corresponds to the access port you are using. For example, you are attempting to access the REST API or Web UI from the management (OOBM) port, and access is not enabled on the mgmt VRF. By default, https-server is enabled on the mgmt VRF for the 6300 and 6400 switches. The 4100i, 6000, and 6100 switches do not have a mgmt VRF, so https-server is enabled on the default VRF.

Action

Use the https-server vrf command to enable REST API access on the specified VRF.

For example:

Or, on the 4100i, 6000, or 6100 switch: