# VAST Data nis API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-nis-api/  
**Provider:** VAST Data — https://apis.io/providers/vastdata/  
**Base URL:** https://{vms-host}/api  
**Documentation:** https://www.vastdata.com/platform/developers

VAST Data nis API is one of 126 APIs that [VAST Data](https://apis.io/providers/vastdata/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include nis. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and SDKs.

NIS is a supported external authorization provider. NIS can be used for authorizing user access to files and directories via NFS. NIS netgroups can be used to specify NFS hosts in view policies when controlling access permissions per NFS hosts. Up to one NIS configuration is supported. Limitations apply to the combinations of external providers and protocol enablement.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vastdata/refs/heads/main/openapi/vastdata-nis-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://support.vastdata.com/s/
- **SDK** — https://github.com/vast-data/vastpy

## Other VAST Data APIs (12)

- [VAST Data activedirectory API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-activedirectory-api/)
- [VAST Data alarms API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-alarms-api/)
- [VAST Data apitokens API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-apitokens-api/)
- [VAST Data basicsettings API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-basicsettings-api/)
- [VAST Data bgpconfigs API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-bgpconfigs-api/)
- [VAST Data Blob Expansions API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-blob-expansions-api/)
- [VAST Data Block Hosts API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-block-hosts-api/)
- [VAST Data blockhosts API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-blockhosts-api/)
- [VAST Data blockmappings API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-blockmappings-api/)
- [VAST Data callhomeconfigs API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-callhomeconfigs-api/)
- [VAST Data capacity API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-capacity-api/)
- [VAST Data carriers API](https://apis.io/apis/vastdata/vastdata-carriers-api/)

## Tags

nis

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