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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 7.0.3 LTS - REST API Reference Guide

Introduction Using the SPS REST API Basic settings User management and access control Managing SPS General connection settings HTTP connections Citrix ICA connections MSSQL connections RDP connections SSH connections Telnet connections VNC connections Search, download, and index sessions Reporting Health and maintenance Advanced authentication and authorization Completing the Welcome Wizard using REST Enable and configure analytics using REST

Global Telnet options

List of options that affect all Telnet connections.

URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/telnet/options
Cookies
Cookie name Description Required Values
session_id Contains the authentication token of the user Required

The value of the session ID cookie received from the REST server in the authentication response, for example, a1f71d030e657634730b9e887cb59a5e56162860. For more information on authentication, see Authenticate to the SPS REST API.

NOTE: This session ID refers to the connection between the REST client and the SPS REST API. It is not related to the sessions that SPS records (and which also have a session ID, but in a different format).
Sample request

The following command lists global Telnet options.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/telnet/options
Response

The following is a sample response received when listing the default global Telnet options.

For more information on the meta object, see Message format.

{
  "body": {
      "channel_database_cleanup": {
        "enabled": false
      },
      "service": {
        "enabled": false        
      }
    }
  }
  "key": "options",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/telnet/channel_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/telnet/options",
    "last": "/api/configuration/telnet/options",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/telnet",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/telnet/channel_policies",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}
Element Type Description

key

  Top level item Contains the ID of the endpoint.

body

  Top level item Contains the elements of the global Telnet options.
  channel_database_cleanup Top level item Contains settings for database cleanup.
  service Top level item Global setting to enable Telnet connections, and specify the logging detail.
Elements of channel_database_cleanup Type Description
days integer

Applies only if enabled is set to true.

Global retention time for the metadata of Telnet connections, in days. Must exceed the retention time of the archiving policy (or policies) used for Telnet connections, and the connection-specific database cleanup times (if configured).

enabled

boolean To enable the global cleanup of Telnet connection metadata, set this element to true.
Elements of service Type Description
log_level integer

Applies only if enabled is set to true.

Defines the logging detail of Telnet connections.

enabled

boolean Set to true to enable Telnet connections.
Examples

Querying the full list of global Telnet options:

{
  "body": {
    "channel_database_cleanup": {
      "enabled": true,
      "days": 365
     },
    "service": {
      "enabled": true,
      "log_level": 4
    }
  }
  "key": "options",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/telnet/channel_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/telnet/options",
    "last": "/api/configuration/telnet/options",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/telnet",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/telnet/channel_policies",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}
Modify global Telnet settings

To modify global Telnet settings, you have to:

  1. Open a transaction.

    For more information, see Open a transaction.

  2. Modify the JSON object of the global Telnet settings endpoint.

    PUT the modified JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/telnet/options endpoint.

    You can find a detailed description of the available parameters listed in Element.

    For more information about the elements of the channel_database_cleanup item, see Elements of channel_database_cleanup.

    For more information about the elements of the service item, see Elements of service.

  3. Commit your changes.

    For more information, see Commit a transaction.

Status and error codes

The following table lists the typical status and error codes for this request. For a complete list of error codes, see Application level error codes.

Code Description Notes
201 Created The new resource was successfully created.
401 Unauthenticated

The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authenticated and the resource requires authorization to access it. The details section contains the path that the SPS REST API attempted to access, but could not retrieve.

403 Unauthorized The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authorized to access it. The details section contains the path that the SPS REST API attempted to access, but could not retrieve.
404 NotFound The requested object does not exist.

Telnet pattern sets

List of Telnet pattern sets that help to extract the username from Telnet connections.

URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets
Cookies
Cookie name Description Required Values
session_id Contains the authentication token of the user Required

The value of the session ID cookie received from the REST server in the authentication response, for example, a1f71d030e657634730b9e887cb59a5e56162860. For more information on authentication, see Authenticate to the SPS REST API.

NOTE: This session ID refers to the connection between the REST client and the SPS REST API. It is not related to the sessions that SPS records (and which also have a session ID, but in a different format).
Sample request

The following command lists the available Telnet pattern sets.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets
Response

The following is a sample response received when listing the available Telnet pattern sets.

For more information on the meta object, see Message format.

{
  "items": [
    {
      "body": { "name": "Cisco devices",
            "description: "Cisco devices that require authentication"
      },
      "key": "-8000",
      "meta": { "href": "/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets/-8000" }
    },
    {
      "body": { "name": "Cisco devices without authentication",
            "description": "Cisco devices that do not require authentication"
      },
      "key": "-8001",
      "meta": { "href": "/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets/-8001" }
    },
    {
      "body": { "name": "General Telnet",
            "description": "General Telnet servers (for example, Linux telnetd)"
      },
      "key": "-8002",
      "meta": { "href": "/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets/-8002" }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/telnet/authentication_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets",
    "last": "/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/telnet",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/telnet/options",
    "remaining_seconds": 600,
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}
Element Type Description
key string Contains the ID of the pattern set. The pattern set IDs can be used for specifying the active_pattern_sets JSON list at the configuration of Telnet authentication policies..
body string Contains the descriptive name of the pattern set.
name string Descriptive name of the pattern set.

To upload a telnet pattern set:

  1. Open a transaction.

    For more information, see Open a transaction.

  2. Upload the telnet pattern set file.

    POST the valid_pattern_set.tps file to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/upload/pattern_set endpoint, for example:

    curl -X POST --cookie cookies --insecure https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/upload/pattern_set --data-binary @<path-to-pattern_set.tps>

    The following is a sample response received:

    For details of the meta object, see Message format.

    {
   "body": {
     "description": "Test Pattern Set description",
     "name": "Test Pattern Set"
   },
   "key": "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
   "meta": {
     "href": "/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
     "parent": "/api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets"
   }
}
    Status and error codes

    The following table lists the typical status and error codes for this request. For a complete list of error codes, see Application level error codes.

    Code Description Notes
    400 PatternSetValidationFailed The validation of the telnet pattern set file failed.
    401 Unauthenticated The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authenticated and the resource requires authorization to access it. The details section contains the path that was attempted to be accessed, but could not be retrieved.
    403 Unauthorized The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authorized to access it. The details section contains the path that was attempted to be accessed, but could not be retrieved.

  3. Commit your changes.

    For more information, see Commit a transaction.

Note the following points:

  • Built-in telnet pattern sets cannot be deleted. The ID of built-in pattern sets begins with "-".

  • Existing pattern sets cannot be re-loaded, only if you delete them beforehand.

Operations with the /pattern_sets endpoint

  • /api/configuration/telnet/pattern_sets: GET

  • /api/configuratation/telnet/pattern_sets/<id>: GET, DELETE

  • /api/upload/pattern_set: POST

Status and error codes

The following table lists the typical status and error codes for this request. For a complete list of error codes, see Application level error codes.

Code Description Notes
404 NotFound The requested object does not exist.
405 DeleteNotAllowedOnBuiltInPatternSet The deletion of built-in telnet pattern sets is not allowed.

VNC connections

Topics:

VNC connections

List of endpoints for configuring the policies, options and connection rules of VNC connections.

URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/vnc
Cookies
Cookie name Description Required Values
session_id Contains the authentication token of the user Required

The value of the session ID cookie received from the REST server in the authentication response, for example, a1f71d030e657634730b9e887cb59a5e56162860. For more information on authentication, see Authenticate to the SPS REST API.

NOTE: This session ID refers to the connection between the REST client and the SPS REST API. It is not related to the sessions that SPS records (and which also have a session ID, but in a different format).
Sample request

The following command lists the available settings for configuring for VNC connections.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/vnc
Response

The following is a sample response received when listing the configuration settings.

For more information on the meta object, see Message format.

{
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "channel_policies",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/vnc/channel_policies"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "connections",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/vnc/connections"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "options",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/vnc/options"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/aaa",
    "href": "/api/configuration/vnc",
    "last": "/api/configuration/x509",
    "next": "/api/configuration/x509",
    "parent": "/api/configuration",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/troubleshooting",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}
Item Description
channel_policies List of the default and custom channel policies.

connections

List of the VNC connection policies.

options List of global VNC options that affect all connections.
Status and error codes

The following table lists the typical status and error codes for this request. For a complete list of error codes, see Application level error codes.

Code Description Notes
401 Unauthenticated The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authenticated and the resource requires authorization to access it. The details section contains the path that was attempted to be accessed, but could not be retrieved.
403 Unauthorized The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authorized to access it. The details section contains the path that was attempted to be accessed, but could not be retrieved.
404 NotFound The requested object does not exist.
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