# Swagger File

ScyllaDB Manager Server ships with Swagger UI that is served under `/ui/` URL path.
The UI can be used to issue API calls against ScyllaDB Manager Server.
It also provides `scylla-manager.json` API spec file.
Using the file you can generate ScyllaDB Manager clients in various programming languages.

![image](swagger/images/swagger.png)

## Launch UI in your browser

The following procedure instructs how to access a remote ScyllaDB Manager Server UI from your workstation.

**Prerequisites**

1. SSH access to host running ScyllaDB Manager Server.

**Procedure**

1. Get to know address and port ScyllaDB Manager Server is listening on.
   By default it’s localhost and port 5080.
   If that is not the case check the `http` and `https` configuration options in the [config file](https://manager.docs.scylladb.com/stable/config/scylla-manager-config.md).
2. Open SSH tunnel from your workstation to the ScyllaDB Manager Server host.
   The following example works with the default settings. If needed adjust address and port.
   ```none
   ssh -L 5080:localhost:5080 <host>
   ```
3. Open [http://localhost:5080/ui/](http://localhost:5080/ui/) in your browser.