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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 5.7.0 - REST API Reference Guide

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VNC connections

VNC connections

List of endpoints for configuring the policies, options and connection rules of VNC connections.

URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc
Headers
Header 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 Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API.

Note that this session ID refers to the connection between the REST client and the Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API. It is not related to the sessions that Safeguard for Privileged Sessions records (and which also have a session ID, but in a different format).
Sample request

The following command lists the available settings for configuring for VNC connections.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc
Response

The following is a sample response received when listing the configuration settings. For details of the meta object, see Introduction.

{
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "channel_policies",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/vnc/channel_policies"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "options",
      "meta": {
        "href": "/api/configuration/vnc/options"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/aaa",
    "href": "/api/configuration/vnc",
    "last": "/api/configuration/x509",
    "next": "/api/configuration/x509",
    "parent": "/api/configuration",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/troubleshooting",
    "transaction": "/api/transaction"
  }
}
Item Description
channel_policies List of the default and custom channel policies.
options List of global VNC options that affect all connections.
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 Using the Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API.

Code Description Notes
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.
401 AuthenticationFailure Authenticating the user with the given credentials has failed.
404 NotFound The requested object does not exist.

VNC 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 Safeguard for Privileged Sessions web interface.

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

URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc/connections/
Headers
Header 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 Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API.

Note that this session ID refers to the connection between the REST client and the Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API. It is not related to the sessions that Safeguard for Privileged Sessions records (and which also have a session ID, but in a different format).
Sample request

The following command lists VNC connection policies.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc/connections/

The following command retrieves the properties of a specific policy.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc/connections/<connection-key>

Global VNC options

List of options that affect all VNC connections.

URL
GET https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc/options
Headers
Header 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 Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API.

Note that this session ID refers to the connection between the REST client and the Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API. It is not related to the sessions that Safeguard for Privileged Sessions records (and which also have a session ID, but in a different format).
Sample request

The following command lists global VNC options.

curl --cookie cookies https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc/options
Response

The following is a sample response received when listing global VNC options. For details of the meta object, see Introduction.

{
  "body": {
    "audit": {
      "cleanup": {
        "enabled": false
      },
      "timestamping": {
        "selection": "local",
        "signing_interval": 30
      }
    },
    "service": {
      "enabled": true,
      "log_level": 4
    }
  },
  "key": "options",
  "meta": {
    "first": "/api/configuration/vnc/channel_policies",
    "href": "/api/configuration/vnc/options",
    "last": "/api/configuration/vnc/options",
    "next": null,
    "parent": "/api/configuration/vnc",
    "previous": "/api/configuration/vnc/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 VNC options.
audit Top level item Contains settings for timestamping and cleanup.
service Top level item Global setting to enable VNC connections, and specify the logging detail.
enabled boolean Set to true to enable VNC connections.
log_level int Defines the logging detail of VNC connections.
Elements of audit Type Description
cleanup Top level item Global retention settings for VNC connection metadata. To configure retention time for a specific connection policy, use the archive_cleanup_policy element at the endpoint of the policy instead.
channel_database_cleanup_days int Global retention time for the metadata of VNC connections, in days. Must exceed the retention time of the archiving policy (or policies) used for VNC connections, and the connection-specific database cleanup times (if configured).
enabled boolean To enable the global cleanup of VNC connection metadata, set this element to true.
timestamping Top level item Global timestamping settings for VNC connections.
selection string

Configures local or remote timestamping.

  • Set local to use Safeguard for Privileged Sessions for timestamping.

  • Set remote to configure a remote timestamping server.

server_url string

Required for remote timestamping.

The URL of the timestamping server. Note that HTTPS and password-protected connections are not supported.

oid Top level item The Object Identifier of the policy used for timestamping.
enabled boolean

Required for remote timestamping.

Set to true to configure the Object Identifier of the timestamping policy on the timestamping remote server.

policy_oid string

Required if the oid is enabled.

The Object Identifier of the timestamping policy on the remote timestamping server.

signing_interval int Time interval for timestamping open connections, in seconds.
Examples:

Set Safeguard for Privileged Sessions as the timestamping server:

{
  "audit": {
    "cleanup": {
      "enabled": false
    },
    "timestamping": {
      "selection": "local",
      "signing_interval": 30
    }
  },
  "service": {
    "enabled": true,
    "log_level": 4
  }
}

Enable cleanup, and set it to occur every 10 days:

{
  "audit": {
    "cleanup": {
      "channel_database_cleanup_days": 10,
      "enabled": true
    },
    "timestamping": {
      "selection": "local",
      "signing_interval": 30
    }
  },
  "service": {
    "enabled": true,
    "log_level": 4
  }
}

Change timestamping to a remote server, without specifying a timestamping policy:

{
  "audit": {
    "cleanup": {
      "channel_database_cleanup_days": 10,
      "enabled": true
    },
    "timestamping": {
        "oid": {
          "enabled": false
        },
        "selection": "remote",
        "server_url": "<url-of-timestamping-server>",
        "signing_interval": 30
      }
  },
  "service": {
    "enabled": true,
    "log_level": 4
  }
}

Change timestamping to a remote server, and specify the 1.2.3 timestamping policy:

{
  "audit": {
    "cleanup": {
      "channel_database_cleanup_days": 10,
      "enabled": true
    },
    "timestamping": {
        "oid": {
          "enabled": true,
          "policy_oid": "1.2.3"
        },
        "selection": "remote",
        "server_url": "<url-of-timestamping-server>",
        "signing_interval": 30
      }
  },
  "service": {
    "enabled": true,
    "log_level": 4
  }
}
Modify global VNC settings

To modify global VNC settings, you have to:

  1. Open a transaction.

    For details, see Open a transaction.

  2. Modify the JSON object of the global VNC settings endpoint.

    PUT the modified JSON object to the https://<IP-address-of-Safeguard for Privileged Sessions>/api/configuration/vnc/options endpoint. You can find a detailed description of the available parameters listed in Global VNC options. The elements of the audit item are described in Global VNC options.

  3. Commit your changes.

    For details, 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 Using the Safeguard for Privileged Sessions REST API.

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.
401 AuthenticationFailure Authenticating the user with the given credentials has failed.
404 NotFound The requested object does not exist.
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