Configuration options for sending traffic-related alerts.

E-mail alerts, when enabled, are sent to the e-mail address configured in the alerting_address element of the /api/configuration/management/email endoint.

SNMP alerts, when enabled, are sent to the SNMP server configured at the /api/configuration/management/snmp/trap endpoint.

URL

GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/alerting/traffic_alerts

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 details 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 for traffic-related alerts..

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/alerting/traffic_alerts

Response

The following is a sample response received when listing the configuration options for traffic-related alerts.

For details of the meta object, see Message format.

{
  "body": {
    "scbAuthFailure": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbAuthSuccess": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbChannelDenied": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbConnectionDenied": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbConnectionFailed": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbConnectionTimedout": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbCredStoreClosed": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbCredStoreDecryptError": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbCredStoreUnlockFailure": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbGWAuthFailure": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbGWAuthSuccess": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbProtocolViolation": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbRealTimeAlert": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbSshHostKeyLearned": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbSshHostKeyMismatch": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    },
    "scbUserMappingFailure": {
      "email": false,
      "snmp": false
    }
  },
  "key": "traffic_alerts",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/alerting/system_alerts",
    "href": "/api/configuration/alerting/traffic_alerts",
    "last": "/api/configuration/alerting/traffic_alerts",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/alerting",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/alerting/system_alerts",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}

Element			Type	Description
key			string	Top level element, contains the ID of the endpoint.
body			Top level element (string)	Contains the configuration options for traffic-related alerts.
	scbAuthFailure		Top level item	User authentication failed.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbAuthSuccess		Top level item	Successful user authentication.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbChannelDenied		Top level item	Channel opening denied.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbConnectionDenied		Top level item	Connection denied.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbConnectionFailed		Top level item	Connection to the server failed.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbConnectionTimedout		Top level item	Connection timed out.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbCredStoreClosed		Top level item	The requested credential store is closed.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbCredStoreDecryptError		Top level item	Failure to decrypt a credential.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbCredStoreUnlockFailure		Top level item	Failure to unlock the credential store.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbGWAuthFailure		Top level item	The user failed to authenticate on the gateway.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbGWAuthSuccess		Top level item	Successful authentication on the gateway.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbProtocolViolation		Top level item	Protocol violation.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbRealTimeAlert		Top level item	Real-time audit event detected.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbSshHostKeyLearned		Top level item	New SSH host key learned.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbSshHostKeyMismatch		Top level item	SSH host key mismatch.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.
	scbUserMappingFailure		Top level item	User mapping failed on the gateway.
		email	boolean	Set to true to enable e-mail alerts.
		snmp	boolean	Set to true to enable SNMP alerts.

Modify a traffic-related alert

To enable or disable an alert, you have to:

1. Open a transaction.

   For more information, see Open a transaction.

2. Modify the JSON object of the endpoint.

   PUT the modified JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/alerting/traffic_alerts 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.

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 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.