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I just install the Check Point API Python Development Kit and run a simple login. But it says "You don't have permission to access /web_api/login this server.
How could I troubleshoot the issue?
Code:
import getpass
from cpapi import APIClient, APIClientArgs
api_server = "fwmgr"
username = input("Enter username: ")
password = getpass.getpass("Enter password: ")
client_args = APIClientArgs(server=api_server)
client = APIClient(client_args)
client.debug_file = "api_calls.json"
login_res = client.login(username, password)
login_res.error_message
Error message returned:
cpapi.api_exceptions.APIException('APIResponse received a response which is not a valid JSON.', b'<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">\n<html><head>\n<title>403 Forbidden</title>\n</head><body>\n<h1>Forbidden</h1>\n<p>You don\'t have permission to access /web_api/login\non this server.<br />\n</p>\n</body></html>\n')
Hi PhoneBoy
I' have the same problem:
You haven't restarted the API server?
Hi
thanks for you reply, Yes I do, with the command:
api restart
What does api status say?
Api status: started
What precise IP are you connecting to here?
It should be the the CMA/Domain IP.
My R80 ip is https://192.0.2.80, I'm tring to connect from 192.0.2.81
You're either not connecting to the correct IP or there's an issue the TAC probably needs to assist you with.
Hi PhoneBoy
I think the ip is correct because I have a 403 error from R80, I'm not sure that with mgmt_cli I enabled the api to accept all ip addresses. It is possibile from gui to check the configuration?
Thanks
Ottavio
SmartConsole will only give you the status of the flag
It won't give you the full details, which api status will give you.
If you're still having issues, you may want to review the file created by api status -s.
And, like I said, a TAC case may be in order.
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