Reporting subchapters created from audit trail content (statistics of search keywords, and screenshots). You have to provide a list of keywords, and create the appropriate filters to narrow down the scope of the search. SPS searches the indexed content of all audit trails that fit the filter criteria, and provide the resulting statistics and screenshots in the report.

Configure and enable indexing for all connections that you want to include in the reports.

URL

GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters

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 that 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 content subchapters.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters

The following command retrieves the properties of a specific subchapter.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters/<subchapter-key>

Response

The following is a sample response received when listing content subchapters.

For details of the meta object, see Message format.

{
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters",
    "href": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters",
    "last": "/api/configuration/reporting/statistics_subchapters",
    "next": "/api/configuration/reporting/custom_subchapters",
    "parent": "/api/configuration/reporting",
    "previous": null,
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "13869311625707e0a3e0892",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters/13869311625707e0a3e0892"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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

{
  "body": {
    "access": [
      "search"
    ],
    "filter": {
      "channel_policy": {
        "key": "-10200",
        "meta": {
          "href": "/api/configuration/ssh/channel_policies/-10200"
        }
      },
      "connection_policy": "8348340645707e2575e3c6",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "server_address": "192.168.56.102",
      "server_port": 22,
      "source_address": "192.168.56.101",
      "source_port": 22,
      "username": "admin"
    },
    "name": "API_test_subchapter",
    "search_words": [
      "logout"
    ]
  },
  "key": "13869311625707e0a3e0892",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters/13869311625707e0a3e0892",
    "href": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters/13869311625707e0a3e0892",
    "last": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters/13869311625707e0a3e0892",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters",
    "previous": null,
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}

Element			Type	Description
key			string	Top level element, contains the ID of the subchapter.
body			Top level element (string)	The elements of the subchapter.
	access		list	Required. List of access control groups whose members can access the subchapter. To deny access to the subchapter, use "admin" as the only value for the element.
	filter		Top level element.	Filter options for narrowing the scope of the keyword search. See the corresponding table for more details.
		channel_policy	string	References the key of the channel policy. You can configure channel policies at the "/api/configuration/<protocol>/channel_policies/<policy-ID>" endpoint. Note that the path is different for each protocol. To modify or add a channel policy, use the value of the returned key as the value of the channel_policy element, and remove any child elements (including the key).
		connection_policy	string	The key of the connection policy specified for the search. To use a connection policy, you must also set the protocol using the protocol element.
		protocol	string	The protocol of the connection or channel policy specified for the search.
		server_address	string	The target server's address. Use an IPv4 address.
		server_port	int	The port of the target server's address.
		source_address	string	The address from where the connection is initiated.
		source_port	int	The port of the address from where the connection is initiated.
		username	string	The username used to connect to the target server.
	name		string	The name of the subchapter.
	search_words		list	The list of search keywords to generate statistics and screenshots for in the subchapter.

Examples:

Create a content subchapter for the occurences of the "logout" keyword in SSH connections. Make the subchapter accessible to the search and report usergroups.

• Search connections where the "shell-only" channel policy is used.

  {
    "access": [
      "search",
      "report"
    ],
    "filter": {
      "channel_policy": "-10000",
      "connection_policy": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "server_address": null,
      "server_port": null,
      "source_address": null,
      "source_port": null,
      "username": null
    },
    "name": "Shell_access",
    "search_words": [
      "logout"
    ]
  }

• Search connections of a specific connection policy. Provide the protocol of the connection. The key of the connection policy is available at the /api/configuration/<protocol>/connections/ endpoint.

  {
    "access": [
      "search",
      "report"
    ],
    "filter": {
      "channel_policy": null,
      "connection_policy": "<key-of-connection-policy>",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "server_address": null,
      "server_port": null,
      "source_address": null,
      "source_port": null,
      "username": null
    },
    "name": "Controlled_access",
    "search_words": [
      "logout"
    ]
  }

• Search connections where the "admin" username was used.

  {
    "access": [
      "search",
      "report"
    ],
    "filter": {
      "channel_policy": null,
      "connection_policy": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "server_address": null,
      "server_port": null,
      "source_address": null,
      "source_port": null,
      "username": "admin"
    },
    "name": "Login_as_admin",
    "search_words": [
      "logout"
    ]
  }

• Search connections made to a specific server address and port.

  {
    "access": [
      "search",
      "report"
    ],
    "filter": {
      "channel_policy": null,
      "connection_policy": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "server_address": "<server-ip>",
      "server_port": <port>,
      "source_address": null,
      "source_port": null,
      "username": null
    },
    "name": "Server_access",
    "search_words": [
      "logout"
    ]
  }

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.
400	Path: <endpoint>/filter/channel_policy Type: SyntacticError	You have included the key and meta elements of a channel_policy in a PUT or POST request.
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 a content subchapter

To add a content subchapter, you have to:

1. Open a transaction.

   For more information, see Open a transaction.

2. Create the JSON object for the new content subchapter.

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

   • To use a channel policy for filtering, use the key of the policy. You must also set the protocol element to the corresponding protocol.

     For example, to use the shell-only channel policy, which is a default SSH policy provided by SPS, you have to configure both the channel_policy element…

     "channel_policy": "-10000"

     …and the protocol element:

     "protocol": "ssh"

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

   {
     "key": "416bb324-b44e-4ed3-a49d-02e99e53e941",
     "meta": {
       "href": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters/416bb324-b44e-4ed3-a49d-02e99e53e941",
       "parent": "/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters",
       "transaction": "/api/transaction"
     }
   }

3. Commit your changes.

   For more information, see Commit a transaction.

Modify a content subchapter

To modify a content subchapter, you have to:

1. Open a transaction.

   For more information, see Open a transaction.

2. Modify the JSON object of the subchapter.

   You can find a detailed description of the available parameters listed in Element

   To use a channel policy for filtering, do not include the returned key and meta elements of the channel policy in your PUT request. Instead, set the value of the channel_policy to the value of its key.

   For example, if a GET request for the subchapter returns the following channel_policy filter:

   "channel_policy": {
     "key": "-10200",
     "meta": {
       "href": "/api/configuration/ssh/channel_policies/-10200"
     }
   }

   You have to change it in your PUT request to:

   "channel_policy": "-10200"

   You must also configure the protocol element to the protocol of the channel policy.

3. Upload the modified configuration

   PUT the modified JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/reporting/content_subchapters/<subchapter-key> endpoint.

4. Commit your changes.

   For more information, see Commit a transaction.