The api/audit/sessions endpoint lists the recorded sessions (active and closed).
URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions
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 connections.
curl --cookie cookies.txt https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions
The following command retrieves the properties of a specific connection.
curl --cookie cookies.txt https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions/<session-id>
Response
The following is a sample response received when listing connections.
For more information on the meta object, see Message format.
{
"items": [
{
"key": "2",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/2"
}
},
{
"key": "1",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1"
}
}
],
"meta": {
"fields": [],
"first": "/api/audit/sessions?limit=500&offset=0&fields=",
"href": "/api/audit/sessions",
"last": "/api/audit/sessions?limit=500&offset=0&fields=",
"limit": 500,
"match_count": 39,
"next": null,
"offset": 0,
"parent": "/api/audit",
"previous": null
}
}
When retrieving the endpoint of a specific connection, the response is the following.
{
"body": {
"active": false,
"alerts": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/alerts"
},
"analytics": {
"interesting_events": [],
"scripted": false,
"scripted_results": {},
"similar_sessions": [],
"tags": []
},
"channels": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/channels"
},
"client": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"name": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 59125
},
"creation_time": "2018-11-14T12:26:59.244Z",
"duration": 57,
"end_time": "2018-09-15T14:22:00+05:00",
"events": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/events"
},
"hidden": false,
"indexing": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/indexing"
},
"node_id": "6fed7872-065e-41d2-9cfa-ba75e8cad901",
"origin": "RECORDING",
"phantom": false,
"protocol": "SSH",
"recording": {
"archived": false,
"audit_trail": {
"archive": null,
"download": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/audit_trail"
}
},
"auth_method": "password",
"channel_policy": "shell-only",
"command_extracted": false,
"connection_policy": "myconnectionpolicy",
"connection_policy_id": "15682863055beac3c8d23bf",
"content_reference_id": 30,
"has_accepted_channel": true,
"index_status": "INDEXED",
"server_local": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"name": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 55386
},
"session_id": "svc/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/abcde:29",
"target": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"name": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 221
},
"verdict": "Accepted",
"window_title_extracted": false
},
"revision": 15,
"server": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"name": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 22
},
"start_time": "2018-09-15T15:53:00+05:00",
"user": {
"id": "myid",
"name": "myname",
"server_username": "myserver"
},
"verdict": "ACCEPT"
},
"key": "rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq",
"parent": "/api/audit/sessions",
"remaining_seconds": 594
}
}
key |
|
|
string |
Top level element, contains the key of the connection or audit trail. |
body |
|
|
Top level element (string) |
Contains the properties of the connection. |
|
active |
|
boolean |
If the returned value is true, the connection is ongoing. |
|
alerts |
|
Top level item |
Contains a link to the details of the alerts. For details, see Session alerts.
An event is listed as alert only if the Actions > Store in Connection Database option is selected in the Content Policy used to handle the session. "alerts": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/7930f4308efe8aecd710202d815b76ff/alerts"
}, |
|
analytics |
|
Top level item |
Contains analytics details of the connection. |
|
channels |
|
Top level list |
Contains a link to the details of the channel. "channels": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/svc-rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq-kecske-29/channels"
}, |
|
client |
|
Top level item |
The IP address and port number of the client. |
|
creation_time |
|
date |
The time this document was created. In optimal cases this is near equal to the session's original start_time. However, it can be later than start_time. |
|
duration |
|
int |
The duration of the session in seconds. Computed value. |
|
end_time |
|
ISO 8601 date |
The timestamp of the end of the connection. For ongoing connection, the value is null.
Starting with SPS 5 LTS, the timestamp is in ISO 8601 format, for example, 2018-10-11T09:23:38.000+02:00. In earlier versions, it was in UNIX timestamp format. |
|
events |
|
Top level item |
Contains a link to the details of the events. For details, see Session events. "events": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/7930f4308efe8aecd710202d815b76ff/events"
}, |
|
hidden |
|
boolean |
True if this is a session that has not been displayed on the SPS GUI yet (due to fragmented data about the session). |
|
indexer |
|
Top level item |
Contains the details of indexing. For details on configuring indexing, see Local services: configuring the indexer. "indexer": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/indexer"
}, |
|
node_id |
|
string |
The node ID of the SPS machine where this session has been recorded. |
|
origin |
|
string |
How SPA received this session. The following values are possible:
|
|
protocol |
|
string |
The protocol of the connection. |
|
recording |
|
Top level item |
Contains the properties of the audit trail. |
|
|
archived |
boolean |
If the audit trail has been archived, this value is true, otherwise it is false. For details about the archiving, see the archive object of the psm.audit_trail field. |
|
|
audit_trail |
Top level item |
The path to the audit trail file on SPS. If the session does not have an audit trail, this element is not used. To download the audit trail, see Download audit trails. |
|
|
auth_method |
Top level item |
Authentication method: The authentication method used in the connection. For example, password |
|
|
channel_policy |
string |
References the name of the channel policy. You can find the list of channel policies for each protocol at the /api/configuration/<protocol>/channel_policies/ endpoint. |
|
|
command_extracted |
boolean |
If commands have been extracted from this terminal session, this value is true, otherwise it is false. The extracted commands are available in the events object field. |
|
|
connection_policy |
string |
The name of the Connection Policy that handled the session, for example, ssh_gateway_auth. This is the name displayed on the Control > Connections page of the SPS web interface, and in the name field of the Connection Policy object. You can find the list of connection policies for each protocol at the /api/configuration/<protocol>/connections/ endpoint. |
|
|
connection_policy_id |
string |
The key of the Connection Policy that handled the session, for example, 54906683158e768e727100. You can find the list of connection policies for each protocol at the /api/configuration/<protocol>/connections/ endpoint. |
|
|
content_reference_id |
long |
The unique ID of the TCP connection. |
|
|
has_accepted_channel |
boolean |
True, if at least the connection has been built successfully, the authentication was successful, and there was actual traffic. |
|
|
index_status |
string |
Channel's indexing status: Shows if the channel has been indexed. The following values are possible:
-
CHANNEL_OPEN (0): The connection of the channel is still open (indexer is waiting for the connection to close).
-
NOT_INDEXED (1): All channels of the connection have been closed which belong to the connection. The channel is ready for indexing, unless the audit trail was placed in the skipped_connections queue.
-
INDEXING_IN_PROGRESS (2): The channel is being indexed (indexing in progress). Note that SPS will return search results for the parts of the channel are already indexed.
-
INDEXED (3): Indexing the channel is complete.
-
INDEXING_NOT_REQUIRED (4): Indexing not required (indexing is not enabled for the connection).
-
INDEXING_FAILED (5): Indexing failed. The indexer service writes the corresponding error message in the error_message column of the indexer_jobs table. Note that SPS will return search results for the parts of the channel that were successfully indexed before the error occurred. For example, if the error occurred at the end of a long audit trail, you can still search for content from the first part of the audit trail.
-
NO_TRAIL (6): Auditing is not enabled for the channel. |
|
|
network_id |
string |
The ID of the Linux network namespace where the session originated from. |
|
|
server_local |
Top level item |
The IP address and port number of SPS. |
|
|
session_id |
string |
The identifier of the session. |
|
|
target |
Top level item |
The IP address and port number the client targeted for connection. |
|
|
verdict |
string |
The connection verdict. Possible values are:
-
accept
The connection attempt was successful.
-
accept-terminated
The connection violated a content policy, and was terminated by SPS.
-
auth-fail
Authentication failure.
-
deny
The connection was denied.
-
fail
The connection attempt failed.
-
gw-auth-fail
Gateway authentication failure.
-
key-error
The connection attempt failed due to a host key mismatch.
-
user-mapping-fail
The connection attempt failed due to a user mapping failure. |
|
|
window_title_extracted |
boolean |
If window titles have been extracted from this graphical session, this value is true, otherwise it is false. The extracted window titles are available in the events object field. |
|
revision |
|
int |
The revision number of the document. A newer document has a larger revision number than an older one. This helps you to determine which session version is newer. |
|
server |
|
Top level item |
The IP address and port number of the remote server. |
|
trail_downloads |
|
Top level item |
Contains a link to the details of the audit-trail downloads in this session (if any). "trail_downloads": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/rUhhQZ3jYsY1NDWYp9DEpq/trail_downloads"
}, |
|
start_time |
|
ISO 8601 date |
The timestamp of the start of the connection.
Starting with SPS 5 LTS, the timestamp is in ISO 8601 format, for example, 2018-10-11T09:23:38.000+02:00. In earlier versions, it was in UNIX timestamp format. |
|
user |
|
Top level item |
The details of the user authenticating on the remote server. |
|
|
id |
string |
The ID of the user. |
|
|
name |
string |
The username used for authenticating against the gateway. |
|
|
server_username |
string |
The username used for authenticating on the remote server. |
|
verdict |
|
string |
Indicates what SPS decided about the session. A session verdict that originates from log events or other external events. |
analytics |
|
Top level element |
Contains analytics details of the connection. For example: "analytics": {
"interesting_events": [],
"scripted": false,
"scripted_results": {},
"similar_sessions": [],
"tags": []
}, |
|
interesting_events |
string |
A list of commands and window titles from the session that could be interesting from a security point of view. |
|
score.aggregated |
int |
The risk score that SPA assigned to the session. Values range from 0 to 100, with 100 representing the highest risk. |
|
score.details |
object |
This is an object where the keys are algorithm names and values are algorithm-specific details about the score result. |
|
scripted |
boolean |
True if the SPA module marked the session as scripted because of non-human activity. |
|
scripted_results |
object |
A key-value pair, where key=<algorithm-name>, value=<reason-of-the-decision>. The algorithm can be clockmaster or gapminder.
Result: True/False. Reason: Either the reason behind the result, or if no result is avalialble, an error message (for example, the baseline has not been built yet). |
|
similar_sessions |
string |
Collection of similar sessions from different sources. |
|
tags |
string |
The Analytics tags section in Search > Details. |
archive |
|
Top level element |
Indicates whether the audit trail has been archived or not. If the audit trail has not been archived yet, the value of the element is null. For example: "audit_trail": {
"archive": {
"date": "2018-11-25T12:00:05.000Z",
"path": "2018-11-23/",
"policy": "8106930065bf7eb4c3cf59",
"server": "\\\\10.20.30.40\\archive\\abc123 (user: myuser)"
},
"download": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/10/audit_trail"
}
}, |
|
date |
ISO 8601 date |
The date when the audit trail was archived in ISO 8601 date. |
|
server |
hostname or IP address |
The address of the remote server where the audit trail was archived. |
|
path |
string |
The path on the remote server where the audit trail was archived. |
|
policy |
string |
The ID of the archiving policy that was used to archive the audit trail. |
download |
|
string |
The download element allows downloading the audit trail. |
key |
|
string |
Top level element, contains the ID of the channel. |
items |
|
Top level element (string) |
The properties of the channel. |
|
active |
boolean |
If the returned value is true, the session has not ended yet and the channel is active. |
|
audit_stream_id |
string |
The identifier of the channel's audit stream. If the session does not have an audit trail, this element is not used. |
|
channel_id |
long |
The unique ID of the channel. |
|
client_x509_subject |
string |
The client's certificate in Telnet or VNC sessions. Available only if the Traffic Controls > Protocol name > Connections > Client-side transport security settings > Peer certificate validation is enabled in SPS. |
|
duration |
int |
The duration of the connection. Computed value. |
|
end_time |
ISO 8601 date |
The ISO 8601 date of the end of the connection. For ongoing connections, the value is null. |
|
rule_num |
string |
The number of the line in the Channel policy applied to the channel. |
|
start_time |
ISO 8601 date |
The ISO 8601 date of the start of the connection. |
|
type |
string |
The type of the channel. Additional elements might be used with certain ICA, SSH and RDP channel types. |
|
verdict |
string |
The channel's connection verdict. Possible values are:
-
accept
The connection attempt was successful.
-
deny
The connection attempt was denied.
-
four-eyes-deferred
Four-eyes authorization is unable to progress as it is waiting for a remote username.
-
four-eyes-error
An internal error occurred during four-eyes authorization.
-
four-eyes-reject
The connection attempt was rejected by a four-eyes agent on SPS.
-
four-eyes-timeout
Four-eyes authorization timed out. |
|
command |
string |
Used with the session exec SSH channel type.
The executed command. |
|
scp_path |
string |
Used with the session exec scp SSH channel type.
The folder used for Secure Copy. |
|
subsystem_name |
string |
Used with the session subsystem sftp SSH channel type.
The name of the used subsystem. |
|
originator.ip |
string |
Used with the local forward and remote forward SSH channel types.
The source address of the forwarded traffic. |
|
originator.name |
string |
The source host name of the forwarded traffic. If this information is not available, the value is the IP address instead. |
|
originator.port |
int |
Used with the local forward and remote forward SSH channel types.
The source port of the forwarded traffic. |
|
connected.ip |
string |
Used with the local forward and remote forward SSH channel types.
The target address of the forwarded traffic. |
|
connected.name |
string |
The target host name of the forwarded traffic. If this information is not available, the value is the IP address instead. |
|
connected.port |
int |
Used with the local forward and remote forward SSH channel types.
The target port of the forwarded traffic. |
|
dynamic_channel |
string |
Used with the dynamic virtual RDP channel type.
The name of the dynamic channel. |
|
device_name |
string |
Used with the serial redirect, parallel redirect, printer redirect, disk redirect, and scard redirect RDP channel types.
The name of the device. |
|
application |
string |
Used with ICA connections.
The name of the application accessed in a seamless Citrix ICA connection. |
|
four_eyes_authorizer |
string |
The username of the user who authorized the session.
Available only if four-eyes authorization is required for the channel. |
|
four_eyes_description |
string |
The description of the session submitted by the authorizer of the session.
Available only if four-eyes authorization is required for the channel. |
client |
|
Top level element |
The IP address and port number of the client. For example: "client": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 59125
}, |
|
ip |
string |
The IP address of the client. |
|
name |
string |
The host name of the client. If this information is not available, the value is the IP address instead. |
|
port |
int |
The port number of the client. |
server |
|
Top level element |
The IP address and port number of the remote server. For example: "server": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 55386
}, |
|
ip |
string |
The IP address of the remote server. |
|
name |
string |
The host name of the remote server. If this information is not available, the value is the IP address instead. |
|
port |
int |
The port number of the remote server. |
server_local |
|
Top level element |
The IP address and port number of SPS. For example: "server_local": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 55386
}, |
|
ip |
string |
The IP address of SPS. |
|
name |
string |
The host name of SPS. If this information is not available, the value is the IP address instead. |
|
port |
int |
The port number of SPS. |
target |
|
Top level element |
The IP address and port number the client targeted for connection. For example: "target": {
"ip": "10.20.30.40",
"port": 221
}, |
|
ip |
string |
The IP address the client targeted for connection. |
|
name |
string |
The host name of the client targeted for connection. If this information is not available, the value is the IP address instead. |
|
port |
int |
The port number the client targeted for connection. |
Examples:
All possible SSH channel types:
"channels": [
{
"key": "1",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/1"
},
"body": {
"type": "session shell",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451901988,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 157
}
},
{
"key": "2",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/2"
},
"body": {
"type": "session exec",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902141,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 4,
"command": "ls"
}
},
{
"key": "3",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/3"
},
"body": {
"type": "session exec scp",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902141,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 4,
"scp_path": "<path-to-folder>"
}
},
{
"key": "4",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/4"
},
"body": {
"type": "session subsystem sftp",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902142,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 3,
"subsystem_name": "sftp"
}
},
{
"key": "5",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/5"
},
"body": {
"type": "local forward",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902145,
"end_time": 1451902146,
"duration": 1,
"originator.address": "::1",
"originator.port": 59578,
"connected.address": "<server>",
"connected.port": 22
}
},
{
"key": "6",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/6"
},
"body": {
"type": "remote forward",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902145,
"end_time": 1451902146,
"duration": 1,
"originator.address": "::1",
"originator.port": 42212,
"connected.address": "localhost",
"connected.port": 9898
}
},
{
"key": "7",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/7"
},
"body": {
"type": "x11 forward",
"verdict": "deny",
"start_time": 1451902149,
"end_time": 1451902149,
"duration": 0
}
}
]
All possible RDP channel types:
"channels": [
{
"key": "1",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/1"
},
"body": {
"type": "drawing",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451901988,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 157
}
},
{
"key": "2",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/2"
},
"body": {
"type": "sound",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902141,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 4
}
},
{
"key": "3",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/3"
},
"body": {
"type": "clipboard",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902141,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 4
}
},
{
"key": "4",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/4"
},
"body": {
"type": "seamless",
"verdict": "deny",
"start_time": 1451902142,
"end_time": 1451902142,
"duration": 0
}
},
{
"key": "5",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/5"
},
"body": {
"type": "dynamic virtual",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902145,
"end_time": 1451902146,
"duration": 1,
"dynamic_channel": "Microsoft::Windows::RDS::Geometry::v08.01"
}
},
{
"key": "6",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/6"
},
"body": {
"type": "custom",
"verdict": "deny",
"start_time": 1451902145,
"end_time": 1451902145,
"duration": 0
}
},
{
"key": "7",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/7"
},
"body": {
"type": "serial redirect",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902149,
"end_time": 1451902150,
"duration": 1,
"device_name": "COM1"
}
},
{
"key": "8",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/8"
},
"body": {
"type": "parallel redirect",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902149,
"end_time": 1451902150,
"duration": 1,
"device_name": "LPT1"
}
},
{
"key": "9",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/9"
},
"body": {
"type": "printer redirect",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902149,
"end_time": 1451902150,
"duration": 1,
"device_name": "PRN22"
}
},
{
"key": "10",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/10"
},
"body": {
"type": "disk redirect",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902149,
"end_time": 1451902150,
"duration": 1,
"device_name": "J:"
}
},
{
"key": "11",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/1/channels/11"
},
"body": {
"type": "scard redirect",
"verdict": "accept",
"start_time": 1451902149,
"end_time": 1451902150,
"duration": 1,
"device_name": "SCARD"
}
}
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 |
InvalidQuery |
The requested filter or its value is invalid. |
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 download the audit trail of a session from the /api/audit/sessions/<session-id>/audit_trail endpoint. To find a specific audit trail, see Searching in the session database with the basic search method. You can download audit trails that are available on SPS, and also audit trails that have been archived (if SPS can access the archived audit trail).
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions/<session-id>/audit_trail"
To actually create a file, you must save the downloaded data into a file (use the .zat file extension), for example:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions/<session-id>/audit_trail" > my-downloaded-trail.zat
You can replay the downloaded audit trails with the Safeguard Desktop Player application. For details, see Safeguard Desktop Player User Guide.
If you want to replay an ongoing session in follow mode, you have to download the audit trail in .srs format. Use the ?format=srs option:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions/<session-id>/audit_trail?format=srs" > my-downloaded-trail.srs
For details, see Replaying audit files in follow mode in the Safeguard Desktop Player User Guide.
You can list, search, and filter the SPS session database at the /api/audit/sessions endpoint.
Limitations
NOTE: Searching in the session database with the basic search method has the limitation of returning a maximum of 10000 sessions from the session database. With pagination, you can only iterate through the first 10000 results. If you have to retrieve all sessions from the database that match your specified query and results in a match count of 10000 (or more), use the advanced search method.
Actions available with the basic search method
You can use the following actions:
-
?start
Display sessions that started after the specified date. Use the ISO 8601 format for the date, for example, 2017-01-25T10:00.
-
?end
Display sessions that ended before the specified date. Use the ISO 8601 format for the date, for example, 2017-01-25T10:00.
-
?fields
Display the selected properties (elements and values) of the listed sessions.
-
?q
Filter the list using one or more properties (elements) of the sessions.
-
?limit
Configure the pagination of the displayed results using the ?offset and ?limit parameters.
The ?limit parameter allows you to configure the maximum number of results to display on a page at once.
The default value of ?limit is 500.
NOTE: The default value of 500 is the maximum permitted value you can set for ?limit. If you set the ?limit parameter to a value bigger than 500, only the first 500 results will be displayed.
-
?offset
Configure the pagination of the displayed results using the ?offset and ?limit parameters.
The ?offset parameter allows you to configure the offset from the first result that is displayed. This can be useful if the number of items returned exceeds the number of items displayed on the first page, and you want to navigate to any of the subsequent items displayed on other pages.
The default value of ?offset is null.
NOTE: The maximum number of search results in One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions is 10000. As a result, any ?offset values set to larger than 10000 will be ignored and the results exceeding the value of 10000 will not be displayed.
-
?sort
Sort the results based on the values of the fields.
-
?format
Configure the format of the displayed results.
The default value of ?format is json. If you do not configure the ?format parameter, the results will be displayed in JSON format.
To display search results in a CSV format, enter csv as a value.
To combine multiple expressions, use the & (ampersand) character, for example:
Display the target server and port of each active session:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?fields=psm.target.address,psm.target.port&q=active:true"
Display 10 sessions at once, and navigate to 31-40:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?limit=10&offset=31"
Search in metadata and session content at the same time:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?q=protocol:ssh&content=sudo"
NOTE: If you use curl, use quotation marks for the URL to avoid problems with the & (ampersand) character.
Response
The response to search or filtering action contains a list of the matching sessions, as well as some additional meta fields. For example:
{
"items": [
{
"body": {
"duration": 0,
"name": "myname",
"start_time": "2017-01-25T11:11:52.000+01:00"
},
"key": "2",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/2"
}
},
{
"body": {
"duration": 34,
"name": "myname",
"start_time": "2017-01-25T11:11:11.000+01:00"
},
"key": "10",
"meta": {
"href": "/api/audit/sessions/10"
}
}
],
"meta": {
"fields": [
"start_time",
"name",
"duration"
],
"first": "/api/audit/sessions?limit=500&offset=0&fields=start_time,name,duration&q=name%3Amyname&=duration",
"href": "/api/audit/sessions",
"last": "/api/audit/sessions?limit=500&offset=0&fields=start_time,name,duration&q=name%3Amyname&sort=duration",
"limit": 500,
"match_count": 2,
"next": null,
"offset": 0,
"parent": "/api/audit",
"previous": null
}
items |
|
list |
Top level element, a list containing the details of the matching sessions. |
|
body |
JSON object |
Contains the information returned about a session, that is, the fields selected with the ?fields expression. For example, if you used the fields=start_time,psm.gateway_username,duration expression in your query, then the body element contains these fields for each returned session: "body": {
"duration": 0,
"name": null,
"start_time": "2017-01-25T11:11:52.000+01:00"
}, |
|
key |
string |
A globally unique string that identifies the session. This session ID has the following format: svc/<unique-random-hash>/<name-of-the-connection-policy>:<session-number-since-service-started>/<protocol>, for example, svc/5tmEaM7xdNi1oscgVWpbZx/ssh_console:1/ssh.
Log messages related to the session also contain this ID. For example: 2015-03-20T14:29:15+01:00 demo.example
zorp/scb_ssh[5594]: scb.audit(4):
(svc/5tmEaM7xdNi1oscgVWpbZx/ssh_console:0/ssh):
Closing connection; connection='ssh_console',
protocol='ssh', connection_id='409829754550c1c7a27e7d',
src_ip='10.40.0.28', src_port='39183',
server_ip='10.10.20.35', server_port='22',
gateway_username='', remote_username='example-username',
verdict='ZV_ACCEPT'
Note that when using the session ID in a REST call, you must replace the special characters in the ID with the hyphen (-) character. For example, if the session ID in the log message is svc/fNLgRmAyf5EtycgUYnKc1B/ssh_demo2:2, use the svc-fNLgRmAyf5EtycgUYnKc1B-ssh_demo2-2 ID in REST calls. |
In addition to the usual meta elements of other endpoints, search results can contain the following additional elements.
meta |
|
JSON object |
Top level element, a list containing meta information about the response. |
|
fields |
list |
Contains the list of data fields returned about each session, that is, the fields selected with the ?fields expression. For example, if you used the fields=start_time,psm.gateway_username,duration expression in your query, then the body element contains these fields for each returned session: "fields": [
"start_time",
"name",
"duration"
], |
|
limit |
integer |
The maximum number of sessions returned in a the response (by default, 500). |
|
match_count |
integer |
The number of results matching the query.
NOTE: Searching in the session database with the basic search method has the limitation of returning a maximum of 10000 sessions from the session database. With pagination, you can only iterate through the first 10000 results. If you have to retrieve all sessions from the database that match your specified query and results in a match count of 10000 (or more), use the advanced search method.
|
|
next |
string |
A query to retrieve the next set of search results, if match_count is higher than limit. |
|
offset |
integer |
Indicates the position of the results in this response, relative to the total number of results (match_count). Otherwise, its value is null. |
|
previous |
string |
A query to retrieve the previous set of search results, if match_count is higher than limit, and offset is higher than 0. Otherwise, its value is null. |
Filtering
You can use the ?q option to filter the list using one or more property (element) of the sessions.
?q=protocol:ssh
You can escape special characters using the backslash character.
?q=server_username:\"Windows User\"
To add multiple elements to the filter, you can use the AND, AND NOT, and OR operators.
?q=protocol:ssh AND verdict:accept AND NOT name:admin
You can create groups using () (parentheses).
?q=(client.address:10.20.30.40 OR target.address:10.20.30.40) AND verdict:accept
You can also use () (parentheses) to add multiple possible values for a property.
?q=protocol:(ssh rdp)
You can use the * (asterisk) and ? (question mark) wildcards for string-type values.
?q=name:?dmi*
You can define ranges using [] (brackets) or {} (braces) and the TO operator. This only works for numeric (int) values.
-
[ means equal or higher than the following value
-
] means equal or lower than the preceding value
-
{ means higher than the following value
-
}means lower than the preceding value
For example, the following range resolves to 22:
?q=port:{21 TO 23}
You can also use the * (asterisk) wildcard in the range.
?q=start_time:[* TO 1461654799]
Note that not all connection data can be used for filtering. The available elements are:
-
active
Boolean, true means the session is ongoing (it is still active).
-
auth_method
String, the authentication method used.
-
channel_policy
String, the key of the channel policy.
-
client.address
String, the IP address of the client.
-
client.port
Integer, the port of the client.
-
psm.connection_policy
String, the key of the connection policy.
-
end_time
The date of the end of the session in ISO 8601 format.
-
name
String, the username used for authenticating against the gateway.
-
protocol
String, the protocol of the session.
-
server.address
String, the IP of the remote server.
-
psm.server_local.address
String, the IP of SPS.
-
psm.server_local.port
String, the port of SPS.
-
server.port
String, the port of the remote server.
-
server_username
String, the username used for authenticating on the remote server.
-
session_id
String, the identifier of the session.
-
start_time
The date of the start of the session in ISO 8601 format.
-
target.address
String, the IP the client targeted in the session.
-
target.port
Integer, the port the client targeted in the session.
-
verdict
String, the connection verdict. Possible values are:
-
accept
The connection attempt was successful.
-
accept-terminated
The connection violated a content policy, and was terminated by SPS.
-
auth-fail
Authentication failure.
-
deny
The connection was denied.
-
fail
The connection attempt failed.
-
gw-auth-fail
Gateway authentication failure.
-
key-error
The connection attempt failed due to a host key mismatch.
-
user-mapping-fail
The connection attempt failed due to a user mapping failure.
Content search in indexed audit trails
You can use the ?q=screen.content option to search for keywords that appear in the screen content of the audit trails. Such content is any text that appeared on the screen in terminal or graphical sessions, or commands that the user entered in terminal sessions. Note that content search works only if:
-
Indexing was enabled in the connection policy related to the audit trail during the session, and
-
the audit trail has already been indexed.
?q=screen.content:"my-search-expression"
You can use the Apache Lucene query syntax to create the search expression, but note the following points.
-
You must format the search expression as an URL, and escape special characters accordingly. For example, if your search expression is man iptables, you must escape the whitespace: man%20iptables
For a list of special (reserved) URL characters, see RFC3986.
-
Do not begin the expression with the * wildcard.
Examples:
Search for the word example
?q=screen.content:example
Search for the words example, examples, and so on:
?q=screen.content:example%3F
Search for the words example, examine, and so on:
?q=screen.content:exam%2A
Search in metadata and session content at the same time:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?q=protocol:ssh&content=sudo"
For further details and examples, see Searching in the contents of audit trails in the Administration Guide.
Displaying session data
You can use the ?fields option to display the selected data (body elements) of each session.
?fields=protocol
To list multiple elements, use the , (comma) character. Note that the response includes the selected fields in alphabetic order, not in the order they were specified.
?fields=protocol,name
To list all possible elements, use the fields=* expression.
?fields=*
Note that not all connection data can be displayed in the generated list. The available elements are:
-
active
Boolean, true means the connection is ongoing.
-
archived
Boolean, true means the session has been archived.
-
auth_method
String, the authentication method used.
-
channel_policy
String, the key of the channel policy.
-
client.address
String, the IP address of the client.
-
client.port
Integer, the port of the client.
-
connection_policy
String, the key of the connection policy.
-
duration
Integer, the duration of the session. Computed value.
-
end_time
The date of the end of the session in ISO 8601 format.
-
name
String, the username used for authenticating against the gateway.
-
protocol
String, the protocol of the session.
-
server.address
String, the IP of the remote server.
-
server_local.address
String, the IP of SPS.
-
server_local.port
Integer, the port of SPS.
-
server.port
Integer, the port of the remote server.
-
server_username
String, the username used for authenticating on the remote server.
-
session_id
String, the identifier of the session.
-
start_time
The date of the start of the session in ISO 8601 format.
-
target.address
String, the IP the client targeted in the session.
-
target.port
Integer, the port the client targeted in the session.
Date-specific search
To display search results only for specific date intervals, you can use the ?start and ?end options.
-
The ?start option selects the sessions that started after the specified date (based on the value of the start_time field).
-
The ?end option selects the sessions that ended before the specified date (based on the value of the end_time field).
-
Both options accept the date in ISO 8601 format.
?start=2017-01-25T11:11:52.000+01:00
?end=2017-01-25T11:41:52.000+01:00
?start=2017-01-24&end=2017-01-25
Examples:
Select sessions that started on January 20, 2017, or later:
?start=2017-01-20
Select sessions that started on 11:00 January 20, 2017, or later:
?start=2017-01-20T11:00
Select sessions that ended on January 20, 2017:
?end=2017-01-20
Select sessions started and ended on January 20, 2017:
?start=2017-01-20&end=2017-01-20
Select sessions started after 11:00, January 20, 2017, and ended before 09:00, January 21, 2017:
?start=2017-01-20T11:00&end=2017-01-21T09:00
Changing the display limit
You can use the ?limit option to change the number of items displayed at once. The default maximum limit is 500.
?limit=100
To navigate beyond the displayed set, use the offset option.
Navigating large datasets
You can use the ?offset option to navigate data sets that extend beyond the display limit. The default value of the offset is 0, this is the initially displayed set. To move to other items beyond the initial set, increase the value to a number that corresponds to the item where you want to start displaying results from.
Example: the display limit is the default 500, and the number of sessions is 1012. The initial 500 sessions are listed at:
?offset=0
To view sessions from 501 to 1000, change the offset to 501:
?offset=501
To display the remaining 12 sessions, change the offset to 1001:
?offset=1001
Sort the results
You can sort the search results using the sort expression, for example, based on the length of the sessions:
?sort=duration
You can use any field to sort the results. By default, sorting returns the results in ascending order, if you use ?sort=duration, then the shortest session is at the beginning of the list. To sort the results in descending order, add the minus sign (-) before the field name. For example, the response to the following expression starts with the longest session:
?sort=-duration
You can specify multiple fields to order the list. In this case, the list is first ordered using the first field, then the second, and so on. For example, to order the list first by duration, then by start time, use the following expression.
?sort=duration,start_time
The following example sorts the results by duration, and displays the start time, gateway username, and duration fields.
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?sort=duration&fields=start_time,psm.gateway_username,duration"
Configure the format of the displayed results
The default value of ?format is json. If you do not configure the ?format parameter, the results will be displayed in JSON format.
?format=json
To display search results in a CSV format, enter csv as a value.
?format=csv
Example: querying sessions in CSV result format
Given that the following sessions were recorded:
{
"1": {
"channel": [
{"channel_id": 1},
{"channel_id": 2}
],
"recording": {
"session_id": 1,
"archived": false,
"channel_policy": "policy1",
"content_reference_id": 1,
"connection_policy": "connection1",
"auth_method": "password",
"target": {
"port": 2222,
"ip": "1.1.1.1",
"name": "1.1.1.1"
},
"server_local": {
"port": 46,
"ip": "1.1.1.1",
"name": "1.1.1.1"
}
},
"user": {
"server_username": "user1",
"gateway_username": "user1"
},
"client": {
"port": 48679,
"ip": "2.2.2.2",
"name": "2.2.2.2"
},
"active": false,
"start_time": 1,
"duration": 4,
"server": {
"port": 22,
"ip": "2.2.2.2",
"name": "2.2.2.2"
},
"end_time": 5,
"protocol": "ssh"
},
"2": {
"channel": [
{"channel_id": 3},
{"channel_id": 4}
],
"recording": {
"session_id": 2,
"archived": false,
"channel_policy": "policy2",
"content_reference_id": 2,
"connection_policy": "connection2",
"auth_method": "password",
"target": {
"port": 2222,
"ip": "1.1.1.1",
"name": "1.1.1.1"
},
"server_local": {
"port": 46,
"ip": "1.1.1.1",
"name": "1.1.1.1"
}
},
"user": {
"server_username": "user2",
"gateway_username": "user2"
},
"client": {
"port": 48680,
"ip": "3.3.3.3",
"name": "3.3.3.3"
},
"active": false,
"start_time": 1,
"duration": 4,
"server": {
"port": 24,
"ip": "2.2.2.2",
"name": "2.2.2.2"
},
"end_time": 7,
"protocol": "ssh"
}
}
When the query is the following:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?format=csv&fields=protocol,end_time,user.gateway_username,server.ip,client.ip,client.port"
The response is the following:
"Key","Protocol","End time","Gateway username","Server IP","Client IP","Client port"
"2","ssh","7","user2","2.2.2.2","3.3.3.3","48680"
"1","ssh","5","user1","2.2.2.2","2.2.2.2","48679"
Example: querying sessions in CSV result format with interesting events
Given that the following sessions were recorded:
{
"1":{
"origin": "RECORDING",
"protocol": "SSH",
"analytics": {
"interesting_events": ["ssh", "sudo"],
"similar_sessions": []
},
"recording": {
"session_id": "1",
"verdict": "ACCEPT",
"audit_trail": "/var/lib/zorp/audit/532078660569910c6542b2/01/audit-scb_ssh-1451900800-1.zat",
"connection_policy": "ssh1",
"content_reference_id": 1
}
},
"2":{
"origin": "RECORDING",
"protocol": "SSH",
"analytics": {
"interesting_events": ["sudo", "systemctl"],
"similar_sessions": []
},
"recording": {
"session_id": "2",
"verdict": "ACCEPT",
"connection_policy": "ssh2",
"content_reference_id": 2
}
}
}
When the query is the following:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?sort=recording.session_id&format=csv&fields=recording.session_id,analytics.interesting_events,analytics.similar_sessions"
The response is the following:
"Key","Recording Session ID","Analytics Interesting events","Similar Sessions"
"1","1","ssh",""
"1","1","sudo",""
"2","2","sudo",""
"2","2","systemctl",""
Example: querying sessions in CSV result format with audit trail link
Given that the following sessions were recorded:
{
"svc-paKzcMJwXghEFJ9UvsdqFU-sid-1": {
"origin": "RECORDING",
"protocol": "SSH",
"recording": {
"session_id": "1",
"verdict": "ACCEPT",
"audit_trail": "/var/lib/zorp/audit/532078660569910c6542b2/01/audit-scb_ssh-1451900800-1.zat",
"connection_policy": "ssh1",
"content_reference_id": 1
}
},
"svc-paKzcMJwXghEFJ9UvsdqFU-sid-2": {
"origin": "RECORDING",
"protocol": "SSH",
"recording": {
"session_id": "2",
"verdict": "ACCEPT",
"connection_policy": "ssh2",
"content_reference_id": 2
}
}
}
When the query is the following:
curl --cookie cookies.txt "https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/audit/sessions?format=csv&fields=trail_download_link"
The response is the following:
"Key","Audit trail download link"
"svc-paKzcMJwXghEFJ9UvsdqFU-sid-2",""
"svc-paKzcMJwXghEFJ9UvsdqFU-sid-1","https://127.0.0.1/api/audit/sessions/svc-paKzcMJwXghEFJ9UvsdqFU-sid-1/audit_trail"