CheckPoint

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Check Point Pre-requisites

CREATE AN ADMINISTRATOR IN SMARTCONSOLE

1. Log in to the SmartConsole
2. Go to Manage & Settings > Permissions & Administrators
3. Add New
4. Enter the desired username and password
5. Select the authentication method as “Check Point Password”
6. Click OK
7. Publish the SmartConsole Session.

ENABLE THE MANAGEMENT API (REST API)

1. Login to the SmartConsole.
2. From SmartDashboard, Select Manage & Settings> Blades > Management API
3. Set “Accept API calls from” to “All IP addresses”
4. Next Publish
5. Run the api restart command on the security management server.
6. Restart the API using the command

   api restart

   • Please note restarting the API is an essential step after making the above changes to the accessibility setting of the REST API.

1. Verify the status of the API using the command

   api status

Note the Accessibility Setting (it will display Require all granted)

1. Validate the connectivity with Postman

https://mgmt-server:port/web_api/login

• Replace mgmt-server:port with actual values as per your environment and pass the user credentials as parameters in the POST Request.

References

How to

Please refer to this link Check Point - Management API reference for more details