One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 7.4

Connection policies determine if a server can be accessed from a particular client. Connection policies reference other resources (policies, usergroups, keys) that must be configured and available before creating a connection policy.

Caution:

The connection policies of this protocol are available in READ-ONLY mode on the REST API. Also, the returned data is incomplete, it does not include any protocol-specific settings, only the parameters that are common to every supported protocol.

To modify the connection policies of this protocol, you must use the SPS web interface.

Using the REST API, you can modify the connection policies of the RDP and SSH protocols.

URL

GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ica/connections/

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 ICA connection policies.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ica/connections/

The following command retrieves the properties of a specific policy.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ica/connections/<connection-key>

ICA channels

The available ICA channel types and their functionalities are described below. For details on configuring channel policies, see Channel policy.

Channel	Special options	Description
CTXTW	Yes	Drawing (Thinwire): Enables access to the server's desktop (screen). This channel is for remoting graphics and user input (keyboard, mouse). This channel must be enabled for ICA to work. Channel-specific actions: content_policy reference: The ID of the Content policy to apply to the connection. For example: "actions": { "audit": true, "four_eyes": true, "content_policy": { "key": "433849548566ab327522e6" "meta": { "href": "/api/configuration/policies/content_policies/44287216854f482e7f2b24" } }, }
CTXCAM	None	Audio Mapping: Enable access to the sound device of the server.
CTXCDM	None	Drive Mapping: Enable access to the client's hard drives on the server.
CTXCLIP	None	Clipboard: Enable access to the server's clipboard: the clipboard of the remote desktop can be pasted into local applications (and vice-versa). Note that SPS can audit the clipboard channel, but the Safeguard Desktop Player cannot search or display its contents.
CTXSCRD	None	Smartcard: Enable using client side installed smartcards in server-side applications.
CTXCOM1	None	Printer (COM1): Enable access to the serial port COM1.
CTXCOM2	None	Printer (COM2): Enable access to the serial port COM2.
CTXLPT1	None	Printer (LPT1): Enable access to the parallel port LPT1.
CTXLPT2	None	Printer (LPT2): Enable access to the parallel port LPT2.
CTXCPM	None	Printer Spooler: Enable access to the client's printer from the remote desktops and applications.
CTXFLSH	None	HDX Mediastream: Some user widgets (for example Flash player) will not run on the server but on the client. These widgets are controlled from the server side using this channel. This is not supported by Safeguard Desktop Player and it is disabled by default.
CTXUSB	None	USB: Enable using client side installed USB devices in server-side applications.
CTXTWI	None	Seamless:Enable seamless channels that run a single application on the ICA server, instead of accessing the entire desktop. When disabled, the application window will be accessed along with an empty desktop.
SPDBRS	None	Speedbrowse: Speeds up web browsing. Not currently supported by Safeguard Desktop Player, should be disabled by default.
custom	Yes	Custom: Applications can open custom channels to the clients connecting remotely to the server. Enabling the Custom channel allows the clients to access all of these custom channels. To permit only specific channels, configure the channels field. Channel-specific access control rules: channels: To permit only specific custom channels, configure this field. For example:. "channels": { "selection": "restricted", "restrictions": [ "CUSTOM1", "CUSTOM2" ] }

Global ICA options

List of options that affect all ICA connections.

URL

GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ica/options

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 global ICA options.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ica/options

Response

The following is a sample response received when listing the list of default global ICA options.

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

{
  "body": {
      "channel_database_cleanup": {
        "enabled": false
      },
      "service": {
        "enabled": false        
      }
    }
  }
  "key": "options",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/ica/channel_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/ica/options",
    "last": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "next": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "parent": "/api/configuration/ica",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/ica/channel_policies",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}

Element			Type
key		Top level item	Contains the ID of the endpoint.
body		Top level item	Contains the elements of the global ICA options.
	channel_database_cleanup	Top level item	Contains settings for database cleanup.
	service	Top level item	Global setting to enable ICA connections, and specify the logging detail.

Elements of channel_database_cleanup	Type	Description
days	integer	Applies only if enabled is set to true. Global retention time for the metadata of ICA connections, in days. Must exceed the retention time of the archiving policy (or policies) used for ICA connections, and the connection-specific database cleanup times (if configured).
enabled	boolean	To enable the global cleanup of ICA connection metadata, set enabled to true.

Elements of channel_database_cleanup

Type

Description

days

integer

Applies only if enabled is set to true.

Global retention time for the metadata of ICA connections, in days. Must exceed the retention time of the archiving policy (or policies) used for ICA connections, and the connection-specific database cleanup times (if configured).

enabled

boolean

To enable the global cleanup of ICA connection metadata, set enabled to true.

Elements of service	Type	Description
log_level	integer	Applies only if enabled is set to true. Defines the logging detail of ICA connections.
enabled	boolean	To enable ICA connections, set to true.

Elements of service

Type

Description

log_level

integer

Applies only if enabled is set to true.

Defines the logging detail of ICA connections.

enabled

boolean

To enable ICA connections, set to true.

Examples

Querying the full list of global ICA options:

{
  "body": {
    "channel_database_cleanup": {
      "enabled": true,
      "days": 365
     },
    "service": {
      "enabled": true,
      "log_level": 4
    }
  }
  "key": "options",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/ica/channel_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/ica/options",
    "last": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "next": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "parent": "/api/configuration/ica",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/ica/channel_policies",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}

Modify global ICA settings

To modify global ICA settings, you have to:

Open a transaction

For more information, see Open a transaction.
Modify the JSON object of the global ICA settings endpoint.

PUT the modified JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ica/options endpoint.

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

For more information about the elements of the channel_database_cleanup item, see Elements of channel_database_cleanup.

For more information about the elements of the service item, see Elements of service.
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 the SPS REST API attempted to access, but could not retrieve.
403	Unauthorized	The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authorized to access it. The details section contains the path that the SPS REST API attempted to access, but could not retrieve.
404	NotFound	The requested object does not exist.

ICA settings policies

ICA settings policies define protocol-level settings (timeout, reliability). You can create multiple policies, and choose the appropriate one for each ICA connection.

URL

GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/ica/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 ICA settings policies.

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

The following command retrieves the properties of a specific policy.

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

Response

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

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

{
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "-301101020",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies/-301101020"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/ica/channel_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "last": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/ica",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/ica/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,
    "reliability": {
      "reconnect_attempts": 30,
      "reconnect_sleep": 2,
      "reconnect_timeout": 600
    },
    "timeout": 600
  },
  "key": "-301101020",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies/-301101020",
    "href": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies/-301101020",
    "last": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies/-301101020",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "previous": null,
    "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 ICA settings policy.
	name		string	Name of the ICA settings policy. Cannot contain whitespace.
	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.
	reliability		Top level item	Settings for ICA connection attempts.
	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

Elements of reliability	Type	Description
reconnect_attempts	int	The number of times SPS attempts to connect to the target server.
reconnect_sleep	int	The number of seconds SPS waits between connection attempts.
reconnect_timeout	int	The number of seconds SPS waits after exhausting the number of reconnect_attempts.

Add ICA settings policies

To add a settings policy, you have to:

Open a transaction

For more information, see Open a transaction.
Create the JSON object for the new policy.

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

If the POST request is successful, the response includes the key of the new policy. For example:
```
{
  "key": "dcd58077-98b3-4c73-8f0b-b34147863028",
  "meta": {
    "href": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies/dcd58077-98b3-4c73-8f0b-b34147863028",
    "parent": "/api/configuration/ica/settings_policies",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}
```
Commit your changes

For more information, see Commit a transaction.

Modify ICA settings policies

To modify a settings policy, you have to:

Open a transaction

For more information, see Open a transaction.
Modify the JSON object of the policy.

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

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ICA connection policies

URL

Cookies

Sample request

ICA channels

Global ICA options

URL

Cookies

Sample request

Response

Examples

Modify global ICA settings

Open a transaction

Modify the JSON object of the global ICA settings endpoint.

Commit your changes

Status and error codes

ICA settings policies

URL

Cookies

Sample request

Response

Add ICA settings policies

Open a transaction

Create the JSON object for the new policy.

Commit your changes

Modify ICA settings policies

Open a transaction

Modify the JSON object of the policy.

Commit your changes

Status and error codes