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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 7.0.5.1 LTS - REST API Reference Guide

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ICA connection policies

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/
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
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.

{
  "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 Description
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 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:

  1. 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.

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
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.

{
  "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"
  }
}
Add ICA settings policies

To add a settings policy, you have to:

  1. 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"
  }
}
Modify ICA settings policies

To modify a settings policy, you have to:

  1. 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.

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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