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title: "Setting up a Grid Member as the API Proxy"
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To perform the API properties setup for a Cloud Platform Appliance to operate as the AWS API Proxy, ensure that the member has the Cloud Platform license installed and that the Grid Master delegates authority to the member.  
Begin by following the steps in the previous procedures:

- <span style="color: #0000ff">*[Creating a Custom Zone for the API Proxy](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37585158)*</span>
- <span style="color: #0000ff">*[Configuring](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)*</span>[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)<span style="color: #0000ff">*[the](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)*</span>[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)<span style="color: #0000ff">*[Proxy](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)*</span>[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)<span style="color: #0000ff">*[API](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)*</span>[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)<span style="color: #0000ff">*[Zone](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37454245)*</span>

Then, do the following:

1. From the **Cloud** tab, select the **Members** tab -> *member* checkbox, and then click the Action icon and select **Edit** from the menu. Configuration done at the member level applies only to the Grid member.
2. In the *Member Cloud API Properties* editor, select the **API Proxy** tab, and then complete the following:
  - **Port**: Enter 8787 as the AWS API Proxy port number. You can change the default value, but it must match the value for your AWS VPC configuration.
  - **API End point Mapping**: Enter the complete FQDN for the AWS API Proxy in the **API Proxy FQDN** field. You use the matching CNAME alias from the zone configuration as the prefix for the FQDN, combined with the hostname for the AWS API Proxy. Example: `ec2-us-west-1.api-proxy`. Enter the complete AWS endpoint FQDN in the **AWS End point FQDN**. Example:` ec2.us-west-1.amazonaws.com`.
  - Enter more **API End point Mapping** instances if you want to use the AWS API Proxy with other AWS service endpoints. You must have a matching CNAME alias for each mapping.
3. Select the **Enable the API Proxy for AWS on the Member** checkbox.
4. Save the configuration.

> ⚠️ ### Note
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> ⚠️ For configuration changes to take effect, you must restart the Cloud API service in NIOS. The selected vNIOS member shows *Cloud* *API* *Service* in its **Service** **Status** column.