GET /compliancePolicies

Use this method to export a firmware-update compliance policy or retrieve basic or detailed information for a specified compliance policy or all policies. The basic information includes the name, last modified, and description. The detailed information includes the target versions and information about the firmware-update packages.

Authentication

Authentication with username and password is required.

Request URL

GET https://{management_server_IP}/compliancePolicies

Query parameters

Parameters	Required / Optional	Description
basic_full=`{type}`	Optional	Returns the specified type of information. This can be one of the following values. basic. Returns basic information for the compliance policy. full. Returns detailed information for the compliance policy.
exportDownload=`{file_name}`	Optional	Downloads the specified compliance policy as a .zip file to your local system
policyname_all=`{policy_name}`	Optional	Returns information about the specified compliance policy. If the value is empty, information is returned for all compliance policies.
refresh=`{Boolean}`	Optional	Indicates whether to refresh the compliance-policy data before returning the results. This can be one of the following values. true. Refreshes the compliance-policy data. false. (default) Does not refresh the compliance policy data.

The following example refreshes the compliance-policy data and then returns basic information about all compliance policies.

GET https://{management_server_IP}/compliancePolicies?basic_full=basic
&policyname_all=&refresh=false

Response codes

Code	Description	Comments
200	OK	The request completed successfully.
400	Bad Request	A query parameter or request attribute is missing or not valid, or the operation is not supported. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.
403	Forbidden	The orchestrator server was prevented from fulfilling the request. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body. Ensure that you have privileges to perform the request.
409	Conflict	There is a conflict with the current state of the resource. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.
500	Internal Server Error	An internal error occurred. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.

Response body

Table 1. Basic information for compliance policies.
Attributes		Type	Description
policies		Array	Information about the compliance policy
	description	String	Compliance policy description
	id	String	Compliance policy ID
	inUse	Boolean	Identifies whether the compliance policy is in use. This can be one of the following values. true. The compliance policy is in use. false. The compliance policy is not in use.
	filterType	String	Filter type. This can be one of the following values. all. All supported machine types managed. Only managed machine types.
	lastAction	String	Last action that was performed on the compliance policy. This can be one of the following values. Predefined. The compliance policy is predefined. Created by `{user_name}`. The user-defined compliance policy was created by the specified user. Edited by `<user_name}`. The user-defined compliance policy was edited by the specified user.
	lastEdited	String	Timestamp of the last change to the compliance policy
	lastModified	String	Timestamp of the last change to the compliance policy
	name	String	Compliance policy name
	updateRule	String	Internal use only
	userDefined	String	Identifies whether the compliance policy is user-defined. This can be one of the following values. yes. The compliance policy is user-defined. no. The compliance policy is predefined.

This example response is returned if the request is successful when the basic_full=basic query parameter is specified and the policyname_all query parameter is not specified.

{
   "policies":[{
      "id": "1612876820379",
      "description": "",
      "filterType": "managed",
      "inUse": "true",
      "lastAction": "Created by USER1",
      "lastEdited": "2021-02-09T13:20:20Z",
      "lastModified": "This policy was created by USER1 on 2021-02-09T13:20:20Z",
      "name": "7162-imm2-dsa",
      "updateRule": "",
      "userDefined": "yes"
   }]
}

Table 2. Detailed information for compliance policies.
Attributes				Type	Description
policies				Array	Information about the compliance policy
	id			String	Compliance policy ID
	description			String	Compliance policy description
	details			Array	Details about each compliance policy
		id		String	System type used to identify the CMM. Internal use only
		baseVersion		String	For CMMs or switches, this is the fix ID of the package. For servers, the following is returned. `xxxx_utl_uxsp_xxxxxx-1.00_xxxx_32-64`
		build		String	Firmware update build number
		components		Array	Information about each component in the firmware update package
			build	String	Component firmware update build number.
			isDefault	String	Indicates whether the component update is the default component (the latest component update). If so, yes is returned.
			isGA	String	Indicates whether the component update is the GA level version of the update. This can be one of the following values. yes. Component update is the GA level
			name	String	Component name
			packageExistence	String	Indicates whether the update exists in the firmware-updates repository. This can be one of the following values. yes. Update package exists. no. Update package does not exist.
			releaseDate	String	Release date of the component update
			rule	String	Rule for raising a non-compliant alert. This can be one of the following values. alertIfNotExactMatch. Show non-compliance when the installed version on device does not exactly match the compliance target. alertIfDownlevel. Show non-compliance when the installed version on device is earlier than the compliance target. noAlerting. Never show non-compliance.
			targetVersion	String	Firmware level that is considered to be the baseline for the specified system type
			type	String	For CMMs or switches, this attribute is empty. For servers, specifies the type of package. This can be one of the following values. IMM IMM-Backup UEFI UEFI-Backup
			version	String	Component firmware update version
		isDefault		String	Indicates whether the update package is the default package (the latest package). This can be one of the following values. yes. This is the default update package no. This is not the default update package
		isDoNotUpdate		String	Indicates whether to not update the firmware for this component. This can be one of the following values. Yes. Do not update firmware on this component. No. Update firmware on this component.
		isGA		String	Indicates whether the package is the GA level version of the update
		isUXSP		String	Indicates whether this update package is an UpdateXpress System Pack (UXSP). This can be one of the following values. yes. This is a UXSP. no. This is not a UXSP.
		name		String	Compliance policy name
		packageExistence		String	Indicates whether the update package exists in the firmware-updates repository. This can be one of the following values. yes. Update package exists. no. Update package does not exist.
		releaseDate		String	For CMMs or switches, the release date of the update package. If so, yes is returned. For servers, this attribute is empty.
		rule		String	Rule for raising a non-compliant alert. This can be one of the following values. alertIfNotExactMatch. Show non-compliance when the installed version on device does not exactly match the compliance target. alertIfDownlevel. Show non-compliance when the installed version on device is earlier than the compliance target. noAlerting. Never show non-compliance. custom. Follow the detailed rules of each firmware component.
		systemType		String	Type of device for which the policy applies
		version		String	Firmware update version
	filterType			String	Filter type. This can be one of the following values. all. All supported machine types managed. Only managed machine types.
	inUse			Boolean	Identifies whether the compliance policy is in use. This can be one of the following values. true. The compliance policy is in use. false. The compliance policy is not in use.
	lastAction			String	Last action that was performed on the compliance policy. This can be one of the following values. Predefined. The compliance policy is predefined. Created by `{user_name}`. The user-defined compliance policy was created by the specified user. Edited by `{user_name}`. The user-defined compliance policy was edited by the specified user.
	lastEdited			String	Timestamp of the last change to the compliance policy
	lastModified			String	Timestamp of the last change to the compliance policy
	name			String	Compliance policy name
	updateRule			String	Internal use only
	userDefined			String	Identifies whether the compliance policy is user-defined. This can be one of the following values. yes. The compliance policy is user-defined. no. The compliance policy is predefined.

This example response is returned if the request is successful when the basic_full=full query parameter is not specified and the policyname_all query parameter is specified.

{
   "policies": [{
      "id": "1612876820379",
      "description": "",
      "details": [{
         "id": "7162",
         "baseVersion": "xxxx_utl_uxsp_xxxxxx-1.00_xxxx_32-64",
         "build": "",
         "components": [{
            "build": "",
            "isDefault": "yes",
            "isGA": "no",
            "name": "Integrated Management Module 2 (IMM2) Update (Backup)",
            "packageExistence": "yes",
            "releaseDate": "",
            "rule": "alertIfDownlevel",
            "targetVersion": "DoNotUpdate_SERVER_IMM2-BACKUP",
            "type": "IMM-Backup",
            "version": ""
         },
         {
            "build": "TCOO75J",
            "isDefault": "yes",
            "isGA": "no",
            "name": "Integrated Management Module 2 (IMM2) Update",
            "packageExistence": "yes",
            "releaseDate": "2020-12-30",
            "rule": "alertIfDownlevel",
            "size": 90447000,
            "targetVersion": "lnvgy_fw_imm2_tcoo75j-9.00_anyos_noarch",
            "type": "IMM",
            "version": "9.00"
         },
         {
            "build": "DSALB5S",
            "isDefault": "yes",
            "isGA": "no",
            "name": "Lenovo Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) - Preboot Embedded (For AnyOS)",
            "packageExistence": "yes",
            "releaseDate": "2020-10-13",
            "rule": "alertIfDownlevel",
            "size": 241505000,
            "targetVersion": "lnvgy_fw_dsa_dsalb5s-10.8_anyos_32-64",
            "type": "Diagnostics",
            "version": "10.8"
         }],
         "isDefault": "yes",
         "isDoNotUpdate": "no",
         "isGA": "yes",
         "isUXSP": "yes",
         "packageExistence": "yes"
         "name": "Lenovo Flex System x240 Compute Node-7162",
         "releaseDate": "",
         "rule": "alertIfDownlevel",
         "systemType": "7162",
         "version": "",
      }],
      "filterType": "managed",
      "inUse": "true",
      "lastAction": "Created by JBRUNDIDGE",
      "lastModified": "This policy was created by JBRUNDIDGE on 2021-02-09T13:20:20Z",
      "lastEdited": "2021-02-09T13:20:20Z",
      "name": "7162-imm2-dsa",
      "updateRule": "",
      "userDefined": "yes"
   }]
}

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