You can use WebSockets with the SMC API to monitor status information and browse log data.
Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Manager (SMC) is part of the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN solution. You can access the SMC in two ways: through the Management Client or through the SMC application programming interface (API).
The Application Programming Interface (API) of SMC allows external applications to connect with the SMC.
If you want to use WebSockets to get monitoring information from the SMC API, set up WebSockets in your browser.
You can use WebSockets to listen to notifications about elements stored in the Management Server database.
You can use WebSockets to listen to notifications about the status of monitored elements.
You can use WebSockets to monitor connections, block lists, VPN SAs, users, routing, SSL VPNs, and neighbors.
You can specify some parameters on fetch requests to reduce the scope of the query and to define the formatting of the output.
Adding a filter to a query narrows down the records that the fetch command returns.
The SMC API is a RESTful API that includes these features.
Each entry point contains an operation verb and other information to direct the user to a URI.
You can retrieve elements from the API in both JSON and XML formats.
You can manage resource elements with several operations.
The API makes it possible to execute specific searches, such as unused elements or duplicate IP addresses.
As you begin working with the SMC API, see these examples as a reference.