To create a new certificate, you have to POST the certificate and its private key as a JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/x509 endpoint. For details, see Create a new object. The body of the POST request must contain a JSON object with the parameters listed in Element . The response to a successful POST message is a JSON object that includes the reference ID of the created certificate in its key attribute. You can reference this ID in other parts of the configuration. Note that you can use a certificate object for only one purpose, that is, you cannot reference one object twice.
URL
POST https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/x509
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Note that the GET method is not permitted on this endpoint, you cannot list the existing certificates. However, if you know the reference ID of a certificate, you can display its properties:
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/x509/<reference-ID-of-the-private-key;>
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You cannot directly delete or modify a certificate, the DELETE and PUT methods are not permitted on certificate objects. To update a certificate, create a new one, then update the object that uses the old certificate to reference the new certificate.
Table 7: Headers
Content-Type |
Specifies the type of the data sent. SPS uses the JSON format |
Required |
application/json |
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 details on authentication, see Authenticate to the SPS REST API. |
Sample request
The following command creates a new certificate object. Note the following requirements:
The key must be in PKCS-1 PEM format.
You need the certificate and the private key as well.
Encrypted private keys are not supported.
The attributes of the POST message that contain the certificate and the private key must be a single line, enclosed in double-quotes.
Replace line-breaks in the PEM certificate with \n
The certificate and the certificate chain must be valid, SPS will reject invalid certificates and invalid certificate chains.
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/x509 --data '{"private_key": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEpAIBAAKCAQEAu3QMMhqeg9ZMLNfdvQoNN1deVRE2SR0VKY+ALnzPZF4fUoJy\n.....\nI2SchDibk/Xj/ZvuEQ23LvzayWOVVuVHtH3JZX3SU4Sa0vpaeC+3oddVTwQOWRq0\n ......... Qbn5W3xKz4vXDDQHEbEsvDQ9A7+uCEuHpO4s33IK9KEa0Zdp745AU0DSGXN4HFzc\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n"}'
The body should be:
{
"certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIEpAIBAAKCAQEAu3QMMhqeg9ZMLNfdvQoNN1deVRE2SR0VKY+ALnzPZF4fUoJy\n.....\nI2SchDibk/Xj/ZvuEQ23LvzayWOVVuVHtH3JZX3SU4Sa0vpaeC+3oddVTwQOWRq0\n ......... Qbn5W3xKz4vXDDQHEbEsvDQ9A7+uCEuHpO4s33IK9KEa0Zdp745AU0DSGXN4HFzc\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
"private_key": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEpAIBAAKCAQEAu3QMMhqeg9ZMLNfdvQoNN1deVRE2SR0VKY+ALnzPZF4fUoJy\n.....\nI2SchDibk/Xj/ZvuEQ23LvzayWOVVuVHtH3JZX3SU4Sa0vpaeC+3oddVTwQOWRq0\n ......... Qbn5W3xKz4vXDDQHEbEsvDQ9A7+uCEuHpO4s33IK9KEa0Zdp745AU0DSGXN4HFzc\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----",
"issuer_chain": []
}
certificate |
|
string |
The certificate in PKCS-1 PEM format (replace line-breaks with \n). For example: -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIEpAIBAAKCAQEAu3QMMhqeg9ZMLNfdvQoNN1deVRE2SR0VKY+ALnzPZF4fUoJy\n.....\nI2SchDibk/Xj/ZvuEQ23LvzayWOVVuVHtH3JZX3SU4Sa0vpaeC+3oddVTwQOWRq0\n ......... Qbn5W3xKz4vXDDQHEbEsvDQ9A7+uCEuHpO4s33IK9KEa0Zdp745AU0DSGXN4HFzc\n-----END CERTIFICATE----- |
|
private_key |
string |
The private key of the certificate, without encryption or password protection (replace line-breaks with \n). For example:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEpAIBAAKCAQEAu3QMMhqeg9ZMLNfdvQoNN1deVRE2SR0VKY+ALnzPZF4fUoJy\n.....\nI2SchDibk/Xj/ZvuEQ23LvzayWOVVuVHtH3JZX3SU4Sa0vpaeC+3oddVTwQOWRq0\n ......... Qbn5W3xKz4vXDDQHEbEsvDQ9A7+uCEuHpO4s33IK9KEa0Zdp745AU0DSGXN4HFzc\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- |
|
issuer_chain |
list |
A comma-separated list of the Certificate Authority (CA) certificates that can be used to validate the uploaded certificate. |
Querying a specific key returns the following information about the key:
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/x509/<reference-ID-of-the-private-key;>
fingerprint |
|
string |
The fingerprint of the certificate. |
|
digest |
string |
The fingerprint of the certificate, for example ef:d3:8e:d0:81:4f:a2:8f:3b:8b:0c:dd:c7:8f:8c:7e |
|
hash_algorithm |
string |
The hash algorithm used to create the fingerprint, for example, sha256. |
subject |
string |
The subject string of the certificate. |
Response
The response to a successful POST message is a JSON object that includes the reference ID of the created certificate in its key attribute.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"key": "faa96916-c85e-46ff-8697-f4cc5e596e7f",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/x509/faa96916-c85e-46ff-8697-f4cc5e596e7f",
"parent": "/api/configuration/x509",
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
}
The response to querying a specific certificate is a JSON object that includes the parameters of the certificate, for example:
{
"body": {
"fingerprint": {
"digest": "ef:d3:8e:d0:81:4f:a2:8f:3b:8b:0c:dd:c7:8f:8c:7e",
"hash_algorithm": "md5"
},
"subject": "C=RO/ST=State/L=Locality/O=Organization/OU=OrganizationalUnit/CN=example.com/emailAddress=root@example.com"
},
"key": "6c4d1116-d79d-475b-bb37-9f844f085c14",
"meta": {
"first": "/api/configuration/x509/e5d13d18-07c5-43fa-89f4-c3d2ece17c71",
"href": "/api/configuration/x509/6c4d1116-d79d-475b-bb37-9f844f085c14",
"last": "/api/configuration/x509/6c4d1116-d79d-475b-bb37-9f844f085c14",
"next": null,
"parent": "/api/configuration/x509",
"previous": "/api/configuration/x509/e5d13d18-07c5-43fa-89f4-c3d2ece17c71",
"transaction": "/api/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.
201 |
Created |
The new resource was successfully created. |
400 |
SyntacticError |
Syntax error: Could not load PEM key: Unsupported private key format, only PKCS-1 is supported. Encrypted private keys are not supported. |
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. |
405 |
MethodNotAllowed |
The method <method> is not allowed for this node. |
Modify or delete certificate
You cannot directly delete or modify a certificate, the DELETE and PUT methods are not permitted on certificate objects. To update a certificate, create a new one, then update the object that uses the old certificate to reference the new certificate. After you commit the transaction, SPS will automatically delete the old certificate.
Exclusively for troubleshooting purposes, you can access the SPS host using SSH. Completing the Welcome Wizard automatically disables SSH access to SPS. Re-enabling it allows you to connect remotely to the SPS host and login using the root user. The password of the root user is the one you provided in the Welcome Wizard.
The following encryption algorithms are configured on the local SSH service of SPS:
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Key exchange (KEX) algorithms:
diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
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Ciphers:
aes256-ctr,aes128-ctr
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Message authentication codes:
hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256
URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/local_services/ssh
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 configuration options.
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/local_services/ssh
Response
The following is a sample response received when listing the configuration options.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"body": {
"access_restriction": {
"allowed_from": [
"10.40.0.48/24"
],
"enabled": true
},
"allow_password_auth": true,
"bruteforce_protection": true,
"enabled": true,
"listen": [
{
"address": {
"key": "nic1.interfaces.ff7574025754b3df1647001.addresses.1",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/network/nics/nic1#interfaces/ff7574025754b3df1647001/addresses/1"
}
},
"port": 23
}
],
"public_keys": [
{
"comment": "key-comment anothercomment",
"selection": "rsa",
"value": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTnisLCjZ3vONMXqFBIdvpZ0BY73+GdHpgoaL8YsydxJBsYg9dYTDzVVtYFVvdCVzBdcwCjyOuPwtZoYU3pLEFQ7OVoDUDPmVnl6idS/6tB2m89I5zdc02xUeCWTBpTGoOhNtc+YDmxPGZ1FQIpXCw0MT91jviWm3JydDd5YKINwvdTh8zsRT/702ZD9uZslwkQA/b2B9/hidCAkQkvs5H1B3o4laTd0JE9k90N+qbaQjVvoInr+jdXaWvrScwFVxZhb7Q1LvUL6oxW889bOWFMSa+/mnENarw6rpwfk9Ayi5uQQ2imY/tSnfgbS2RvIa1sKwUsJasDqN2lo/DuhON"
}
]
},
"key": "ssh",
"meta": {
"first": "/api/configuration/local_services/admin_web",
"href": "/api/configuration/local_services/ssh",
"last": "/api/configuration/local_services/user_web",
"next": "/api/configuration/local_services/user_web",
"parent": "/api/configuration/local_services",
"previous": "/api/configuration/local_services/snmp_agent",
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
key |
|
|
string |
Top level element, contains the ID of the endpoint. |
body |
|
|
Top level element (string) |
Contains the configuration options of the SSH server. |
|
access_restriction |
|
JSON object |
Enables and configures limitations on the clients that can access the web interface, based on the IP address of the clients. |
|
|
allowed_from |
list |
The list of IP networks from where the administrators are permitted to access this management interface. To specify the IP addresses or networks, use the IPv4-Address/prefix format, for example, 10.40.0.0/16. |
|
|
enabled |
boolean |
Set it to true to restrict access to the specified client addresses. |
|
allow_password_auth |
|
boolean |
Enables password-based authentication, so administrators can remotely login to SPS. If this option is set to False, SPS ignores every other option of this endpoint. |
|
bruteforce_protection |
|
boolean |
Enables protection against brute-force attacks by denying access after failed login attempts for increasingly longer period. Enabled by default. |
|
enabled |
|
boolean |
Enables the SSH server, so administrators can remotely login to SPS. If this option is set to False, SPS ignores every other option of this endpoint. |
|
listen |
|
list |
Selects the network interface, IP address, and port where the clients can access the web interface. |
|
|
address |
JSON object |
A reference to a configured network interface and IP address where this local service accepts connections. For example, if querying the interface /api/configuration/network/nics/nic1#interfaces/ff7574025754b3df1647001/addresses/ returns the following response: {
"body": {
"interfaces": {
"@order": [
"ff7574025754b3df1647001"
],
"ff7574025754b3df1647001": {
"addresses": {
"1": "10.40.255.171/24",
"@order": [
"1"
]
},
"name": "default",
"vlantag": 0
}
},
"name": "eth0",
"speed": "auto"
},
"key": "nic1",
"meta": {
"first": "/api/configuration/network/nics/nic1",
"href": "/api/configuration/network/nics/nic1",
"last": "/api/configuration/network/nics/nic3",
"next": "/api/configuration/network/nics/nic2",
"parent": "/api/configuration/network/nics",
"previous": null,
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
}
Then the listening address of the local service is the following. nic1.interfaces.ff7574025754b3df1647001.addresses.1
This is the format you have to use when configuring the address of the local service using REST: "address": "nic1.interfaces.ff7574025754b3df1647001.addresses.1"
When querying a local services endpoint, the response will contain a reference to the IP address of the interface in the following format: "address": {
"key": "nic1.interfaces.ff7574025754b3df1647001.addresses.1",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/configuration/network/nics/nic1#interfaces/ff7574025754b3df1647001/addresses/1"
}
}, |
|
|
port |
integer |
The port number where this local service accepts connections. |
|
public_keys |
|
list |
Lists the public keys that can be used to authenticate on SPS. For example: "public_keys": [
{
"comment": "user@example.com anothercomment",
"key": {
"selection": "rsa",
"value": "AADDB3NzaC1yc2EABBADAQA......./DuhON"
}
},
{
"comment": "username@example.com",
"key": {
"selection": "rsa",
"value": "ASFDFAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAASdfASF/EuQh9zc2umxX...dU="
}
}
]
TIP: One Identity recommends using 2048-bit RSA keys (or stronger). |
|
comment |
|
string |
Comments of the public key. |
|
key |
|
JSON object |
Contains the type of the key and the key itself. For example: "key": {
"selection": "rsa",
"value": "ASFDFAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAASdfASF/EuQh9zc2umxX...dU="
} |
|
|
selection |
rsa |
The type of the public key. Must be rsa. |
|
|
value |
string |
The public key itself. |
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. |
You can display information about the currently used SPS license from the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/management/license endpoint.
URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/management/license
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 configuration options.
curl --cookie cookies -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://10.30.255.28/api/configuration/management/license
Response
The following is a sample response received.
For details of the meta object, see Message format.
{
"body": {
"product": "Safeguard for Privileged Sessions",
"product_version": "7",
"serial": "123-456-789"
"license_type": "term",
"valid_not_after": "2022-12-14",
"enterprise": true
"limit_type": "session",
"licensed_options": {
"basic_proxies": 0,
"sudo_iolog": 0,
"analytics": true,
}
},
"key": "license",
"meta": {
"first": "/api/configuration/management/certificates",
"href": "/api/configuration/management/license",
"last": "/api/configuration/management/webinterface",
"next": "/api/configuration/management/root_password",
"parent": "/api/configuration/management",
"previous": "/api/configuration/management/health_monitoring",
"remaining_seconds": 600,
"transaction": "/api/transaction",
"upload": "/api/upload/license"
}
}
key |
|
|
string |
Top level element, contains the ID of the endpoint. |
body |
|
|
Top level element (string) |
Contains the parameters of the license. |
|
enterprise |
|
boolean |
Set to true to enable evaluating the limit values of basic_proxies and sudo_iologs of licensed_options. When set to true, all limit values other 0 than are considered unlimited. |
|
license_type |
|
string |
Contains information about the type of your license. This information is mostly relevant for your company's Sales Team. |
|
licensed_options |
|
JSON object |
Contains the limit values of basic_proxies and sudo_iologs, and enabling or disabling analytics. |
|
limit_type |
|
host | session |
-
host: Limits the number of servers (individual IP addresses) that can be connected through SPS.
-
session: Limits the number of concurrent sessions (parallel connections) that can pass through SPS at a time (for example, 25). |
|
product |
|
string |
The official name of the product the license is applied for. |
|
product_version |
|
string |
The product version number currently in use with the license. |
|
serial |
|
string |
The unique serial number of the license. |
|
valid_not_after |
|
date |
The date when the license expires. The dates are displayed in YYYY-MM-DD format.
NOTE: The valid_not_after key can have a null value. In this case, your license does not expire. |
analytics |
boolean |
Set to true to enable analytics on this licensed version of SPS. |
basic_proxies |
integer |
The value of the limit for sessions or hosts when using basic proxies with this licensed version of SPS. |
sudo_iolog |
integer |
The value of the limit for using Sudo I/O logs with this licensed version of SPS. |
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. |
Upload a new license
To upload a new license file, complete the following steps.
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Download your license file from support portal.
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Open a transaction.
For more information, see Open a transaction.
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Upload the license file.
Upload the file to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/upload/license endpoint. For example:
curl --cookie cookies -F 'data=@/path/license.div' https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/upload/license
-
Commit your uploaded license file.
Commit your uploaded license file to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/upload/license endpoint. For example:
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/transaction --request PUT --data '{"message": "your commit message"}'
-
Commit your changes.
For more information, see Commit a transaction.
The About page on the SPS web interface and the /api/info endpoint contains various contact information. You can change this to a custom email address or URL.
URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/management/support_info
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 contact information.
curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/management/support_info
Response
The following is a sample response received when querying the endpoint.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"body": {
"uri": null
},
"key": "support_info",
"meta": {
"first": "/api/configuration/management/certificates",
"href": "/api/configuration/management/support_info",
"last": "/api/configuration/management/webinterface",
"next": "/api/configuration/management/syslog",
"parent": "/api/configuration/management",
"previous": "/api/configuration/management/splunk_forwarder",
"remaining_seconds": 600,
"transaction": "/api/transaction"
}
Change the support link
To change the support link, complete the following steps.
-
Open a transaction.
For more information, see Open a transaction.
-
PUT a JSON object containing the new support link.
PUT a JSON object containing the new support link to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/management/support_info endpoint. For example:
curl -X PUT -d '{"uri": { "selection": "mailto", "value": "mailto:support@example.com" } }' -H "Content-Type: application/json" --cookie cookies "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/management/support_info"
To use an HTTP or HTTPS link as contact info, use the following JSON object:
{
"uri": {
"selection": "url",
"value": "http://example.com"
}
}
To use a email address as contact info, use the following JSON object:
{
"uri": {
"selection": "mailto",
"value": "mailto:support@example.com"
}
}
-
Commit your changes.
For more information, see Commit a transaction.