# RouterOS Restful API
## Setup
You need to create a user on routerOS (>7.1):
```
/user group
add name=prometheus policy=read,winbox,api,rest-api,!local,!telnet,!ssh,!ftp,!reboot,!write,!policy,!test,!password,!web,!sniff,!sensitive,!romon,!dude,!tikapp
add group=prometheus name=prometheus
````
You also need to `www-ssl` (enable)[https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/REST+API]
## Docker
routerosapi:
image: python-routeros
restart: always
environment:
- ROUTER_IP=<your ROUTERIP>
- ROUTER_USERNAME=<your prometheus username>
- ROUTER_PASSWORD=<your super secret password>