SSH settings policies define protocol-level settings (algorithms, greetings and banners, timeout). You can create multiple policies, and choose the appropriate one for each SSH connection.

URL

GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies

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 SSH settings policies.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies

The following command retrieves the properties of a specific policy.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/<policy-id>

Response

The following is a sample response received when listing SSH settings policies.

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

{
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "-300",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/-300"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "236283841571912b948b88",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/236283841571912b948b88"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/ssh/authentication_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies",
    "last": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/ssh",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/ssh/options",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}

When retrieving the endpoint of a specific policy, the response is the following.

{
  "body": {
    "name": "default",
    "timeout": 600,
    "inactivity_timeout": {
      "enabled": true
      "value": 13000
    },
    "preconnect_channel_check": false,
    "greeting": "",
    "userauth_banner": "",
    "software_version": "SSH",
    "strict_mode": true,
    "client_side_algorithms": {
      "kex": ["diffie-hellman-group14-sha1", "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1"],
      "cipher": ["aes128-ctr", "aes192-ctr", "aes256-ctr", "aes128-cbc", "blowfish-cbc", "cast128-cbc", "aes192-cbc", "aes256-cbc", "3des-cbc", "arcfour"],
      "mac": ["hmac-sha1", "hmac-md5"],
      "compression": ["none"]
    },
    "server_side_algorithms": {
      "kex": ["diffie-hellman-group14-sha1", "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1"],
      "cipher": ["aes128-ctr", "aes192-ctr", "aes256-ctr", "aes128-cbc", "blowfish-cbc", "cast128-cbc", "aes192-cbc", "aes256-cbc", "3des-cbc", "arcfour"],
      "mac": ["hmac-sha1", "hmac-md5"],
      "compression": ["none"]
    }
  },
  "key": "236283841571912b948b88",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/-300",
    "href": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/236283841571912b948b88",
    "last": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/236283841571912b948b88",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/-300",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}

Element			Type	Description
key			string	Top level element, contains the ID of the policy.
body			Top level element (string)	The elements of the SSH settings policy.
	client_side_algorithms		Top level element (list)	Lists the permitted client-side encryption parameters.
		cipher	list	Lists the permitted client-side cipher algorithms.
		compression	list	Lists the permitted client-side compression algorithms.
		kex	list	Lists the permitted client-side KEX algorithms.
		mac	list	Lists the permitted client-side MAC algorithms.
	greeting		string	Greeting message for the connection.
	name		string	Name of the SSH settings policy.
	preconnect_channel_check		boolean	Before establishing the server-side connection, SPS can evaluate the connection and channel policies to determine if the connection might be permitted at all. The server-side connection is established only if the evaluated policies permit the client to access the server. To enable this function, set the parameter to true.
	server_side_algorithms		Top level element (list)	Lists the permitted server-side encryption parameters.
		cipher	list	Lists the permitted server-side cipher algorithms.
		compression	list	Lists the permitted server-side compression algorithms.
		kex	list	Lists the permitted server-side KEX algorithms.
		mac	list	Lists the permitted server-side MAC algorithms.
	software_version		string	Specifies additional text to append to the SSH protocol banner sent by the server upon connection.
	strict_mode		boolean	When this option is enabled, SPS rejects connections that use unrealistic parameters (for example, terminals of thousand by thousand characters) and port-forwarding connections where the address in the port-forwarding request and the channel-opening request does not match. Note that this can interfere with certain client or server applications. Strict mode is allowed by default. To turn it off, set the parameter to false.
	timeout		int	Connection timeout, in seconds.
	inactivity_timeout		Top level element
		enabled	boolean	true: If no user activity is detected, it terminates the session after the configured time has passed since the last user activity. false: No user inactivity timeout.
		value	int	Only if enabled is true The value of user activity timeout. Must be greater than or equal to the value of timeout
	userauth_banner		string	You can display a banner message to the clients before authentication (as specified in RFC 4252 — The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol). You can use this banner to inform the users that the connection is audited.

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.
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.

Add SSH settings policies

To add a settings policy, you have to:

1. Open a transaction.

   For more information, see Open a transaction.

2. Create the JSON object for the new policy.

   POST the JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/ endpoint. You can find a detailed description of the available parameters listed in Element .

   If the POST request is successful, the response includes the key of the new policy. For example:

   {
     "key": "59790911-415c-4ed3-a0d2-1164637472ca",
     "meta": {
       "href": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/59790911-415c-4ed3-a0d2-1164637472ca",
       "parent": "/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies",
       "transaction": "/api/transaction"
     }
   }

3. Commit your changes.

   For more information, see Commit a transaction.

Modify SSH settings policies

To modify a settings policy, you have to:

1. Open a transaction.

   For more information, see Open a transaction.

2. Modify the JSON object of the policy.

   PUT the modified JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ssh/settings_policies/<key-of-the-object> endpoint. You can find a detailed description of the available parameters listed in Element .

3. Commit your changes.

   For more information, see Commit a transaction.