Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide, Release 6.2(x)

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APIC configuration methods

Updated: January 12, 2026

Overview

This topic explains how to configure Cisco APIC using the GUI, REST API, or CLI method, highlighting the NX-OS style CLI's ability to implicitly create ACI model constructs and provide validations for consistent configurations, reducing and preventing faults.

You can configure Cisco APIC using the GUI, REST API or the CLI method.

In several instances, the NX-OS style CLI can create the ACI model constructs implicitly for a user's ease of use, and they also provide validations to ensure consistency in configuration. This functionality reduces and prevents faults.

For further details about configurations and tasks, see the Cisco APIC Basic Configuration Guide and the Cisco APIC NX-OS Style Command-Line Interface Configuration Guide.