Master switch to turn off all API calls?

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Is there a master switch setting in Platform, Compliance and Inventory that will allow me to disable all API access and turn it back on when I need to? I know I can do it by going through each operator but that is time consuming.

Thx
Neville

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You could use roles for this:

  • Turn off REST API access to all operators
  • Add all to a new role
  • Use the role’s REST API access for control
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Hi Jeremy, I was thinking of doing that as last resort but was really hoping for a client setting.

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We have a role to disable api access for the console users but this doesn’t translate over to Inventory though.

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This would apply to only Bigfix console and not inventory\compliance as I don’t see an option to restrict api access using roles.

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Badly need a way in Inventory to turn off the api, run imports, then turn it back on. If you have too many api calls during import, the import falls down.

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Perhaps this will help:

Synchronizing with Data Imports

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I have not seen any such failures during imports. As suggested by @itsmpro92 having scripts check import status before making API calls would be the best approach.

Some other suggestions would be to

  • schedule import during maintenance hours or when scheduled scripts are not running.
  • increase the memory used by BFI in jvm.options
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In a larg org, you don’t have the control. Vote plz https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-320