The AAA endpoint contains the configuration endpoints for the authentication, authorization, and account (AAA) settings of the users who access SPS.
URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/
Cookies
| 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 AAA configuration endpoints.
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/
Response
The following is a sample response received when listing AAA configuration endpoints.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"items": [
{
"key": "acls",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/aaa/acls"
}
},
{
"key": "ldap_servers",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/aaa/ldap_servers"
}
},
{
"key": "local_database",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database"
}
},
{
"key": "login_methods",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/aaa/login_methods"
}
},
{
"key": "settings",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/aaa/settings"
}
}
],
"meta": {
"first": "/api/configuration/aaa",
"href": "/api/configuration/aaa",
"last": "/api/configuration/x509",
"next": "/api/configuration/alerting",
"parent": "/api/configuration",
"previous": null,
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
}
| acls |
Access control settings for usergroups. |
|
ldap_servers |
LDAP server configuration for authentication, authorization, and accounting. |
| local_database |
Local users and usergroups. |
|
login_methods |
Multiple login method configuration for SPS. |
| settings |
Authentication and user database settings. |
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.
| 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. |
Use login settings to control the web login access of administrators and users to SPS. With the /aaa/settings endpoint you can configure the following three security enhancing measures:
Cookies
| 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). |
Operations
Operations with the /aaa/settings endpoint include:
| Creating login settings |
GET |
/api/configuration/aaa/settings |
|
|
Retrieving login settings |
POST |
|
Sample request
The following command lists the login settings.
curl -X GET -b "${COOKIE_PATH}" https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/settings
Response
The following is a sample response received when listing login settings.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"key": "settings",
"body": {
"authentication_banner": "",
"bruteforce_protection": {
"attempt_limit": 20,
"lockout_minutes": 10
},
"webinterface_timeout": 10
}
}
Elements of the request message body include:
| authentication_banner |
string |
Displays a banner with a configurable text on the web and console login screen of SPS. Users will see the banner every time they try to log in to SPS. The login screen displays the banner text as plain text, with whitespaces preserved. |
If you specify an empty string, then no authentication banner will show. |
| bruteforce_protection |
JSON object |
Protects the web login addresses of administrators and users against brute-force attacks. After the users reach the configured number of unsuccessful login attempts, SPS denies all following attempts for the configured time. |
|
| bruteforce_protection.attempt_limit |
number |
The number of unnsuccessful login attempts before the user name or the IP address is locked out. If the number of subsequent unsuccessful login attempts exceeds this limit, the IP address or the user name will be blocked for a period, which is specified in bruteforce_protection.lockout_minutes. |
Value range: 1-50 attempts
Default value: 20 attempts |
| bruteforce_protection.lockout_minutes |
number |
The period of time for which the user or the IP address is locked out from using the SPS appliance. It is measured in minutes. |
Value range: 1-720 minutes
Default value: 10 minutes |
|
webinterface_timeout |
number |
The period of inactivity after which SPS terminates the web session of a user. It is measured in minutes. |
Value range: 5-720 minutes
Default value: 10 minutes |
This endpoint lists the usergroups configured on SPS, and the privileges (ACLs) of each group.
Note that currently you cannot edit the privileges (ACLs) of the groups using the REST API. If you change the privileges of a usergroup on the SPS web interface, the changes will apply to the users when they authenticate again on SPS, the privileges of active sessions are not affected.
URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/acls
Cookies
| 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 local users.
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/acls
Response
The following is a sample response received when querying the endpoint.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"body": [
{
"group": "basic-view",
"objects": [
"/special/basic"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "basic-write",
"objects": [
"/special/basic"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "auth-view",
"objects": [
"/special/auth"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "auth-write",
"objects": [
"/special/auth"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "search",
"objects": [
"/special/searchmenu"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "changelog",
"objects": [
"/special/changelog"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "policies-view",
"objects": [
"/special/pol"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "policies-write",
"objects": [
"/special/pol"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "ssh-view",
"objects": [
"/special/ssh"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "ssh-write",
"objects": [
"/special/ssh"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "rdp-view",
"objects": [
"/special/rdp"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "rdp-write",
"objects": [
"/special/rdp"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "telnet-view",
"objects": [
"/special/telnet"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "telnet-write",
"objects": [
"/special/telnet"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "vnc-view",
"objects": [
"/special/vnc"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "vnc-write",
"objects": [
"/special/vnc"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "indexing",
"objects": [
"/special/search/search",
"/special/bap"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "ica-view",
"objects": [
"/special/ica"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "ica-write",
"objects": [
"/special/ica"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "http-view",
"objects": [
"/special/http"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "http-write",
"objects": [
"/special/http"
],
"permission": "write"
},
{
"group": "indexer-view",
"objects": [
"/special/indexer"
],
"permission": "read"
},
{
"group": "indexer-write",
"objects": [
"/special/indexer"
],
"permission": "write"
},
],
"key": "acls",
"meta": {
"first": "/api/configuration/aaa/acls",
"href": "/api/configuration/aaa/acls",
"last": "/api/configuration/aaa/settings",
"next": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database",
"parent": "/api/configuration/aaa",
"previous": null,
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
}
| body |
|
Top level element (JSON object) |
Contains the properties of the user. |
|
group |
string |
The name of the usergroup. |
|
objects |
list |
The list of privileges that the group has access to. |
|
permission |
read | write |
The type of the permission. The group needs write access to configure an object, or to perform certain actions. |
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.
| 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. |
This endpoint enables you to restrict the search and access privileges of usergroups to audit data.
URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/acl/audit_data
Cookies
| 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 audit data access rules.
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/acl/audit_data
Response
The following is a sample response received when querying the endpoint.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"items": [
{
"key": "autogenerated-10211162955b9621d4eb244",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/acl/audit_data/autogenerated-10211162955b9621d4eb244"
}
}
],
"meta": {
"href": "/api/acl/audit_data",
"parent": "/api/acl",
"remaining_seconds": 600,
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
}
| items |
|
|
Top-level element (list of JSON objects) |
List of endpoints (objects) available from the current endpoint. |
|
key |
|
string |
The ID of the endpoint. |
|
meta |
|
Top-level item (JSON object) |
Contains the path to the endpoint. |
|
|
href |
string (relative path) |
The path of the resource that returned the response. |
Query a specific audit data access rule
To find out the contents of a particular audit data access rule, complete the following steps:
NOTE: If you have an SPS user who has Search > Search in all connections privileges in Users & Access Control > Appliance Access, the autogenerated-all-data-access-id rule is automatically generated. Therefore, you can almost always query this audit data access rule.
-
Query the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/acl/audit_data/<key-of-rule-to-be-queried> endpoint.
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/acl/audit_data/<key-of-rule-to-be-queried>
The following is a sample response received.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"body": {
"name": "my_ssh_rule",
"query": "psm.connection_policy:my_ssh_connection_policy",
"groups": [
"ssh-view",
"ssh-write"
]
},
"key": "autogenerated-10211162955b9621d4eb244",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/acl/audit_data/autogenerated-10211162955b9621d4eb244",
"parent": "/api/acl/audit_data",
"remaining_seconds": 600,
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
}
| body |
|
Top-level element (JSON object) |
Contains the JSON object of the rule. |
|
|
name |
string |
The human-readable name of the audit data access rule that you specified when you created the rule. |
|
|
query |
string |
The query that members of the usergroup(s) are allowed to perform. |
|
groups |
list |
The usergroup(s) whose access to audit data you want to restrict. |
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.
| 201 |
Created |
The new resource was successfully created. |
|
400 |
SemanticError |
The configuration contains semantic errors, inconsistencies or other problems that would put the system into an unreliable state if the configuration had been applied. The details section contains the errors that were found in the configuration. |
| 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. |
