350-601 Automation Practice Question
Which YANG-based protocol uses RESTful operations (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) over HTTP/HTTPS for network configuration?
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RESTCONF
RESTCONF (RFC 8040) is a RESTful protocol that uses HTTP methods and YANG data models.
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RESTCONF
Why this is correct
Correct: RESTCONF uses REST over HTTP/HTTPS.
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SNMP
Why it's wrong here
SNMP is not YANG-based.
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NETCONF
Why it's wrong here
NETCONF uses XML-based RPCs, not RESTful HTTP.
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gRPC
Why it's wrong here
gRPC uses HTTP/2 and Protocol Buffers, not REST.
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