Cisco Identity Services Engine Device Administration - Authorization Rules API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cisco ISE API - Policy Device Administration - Authorization Rules API
  version: 1.0.0
  x-provenance:
    method: harvested
    authored_by: Cisco
    harvested_by: API Evangelist
    harvested_on: '2026-08-19'
    first_party: true
    provider_published: true
    source_host: pubhub.devnetcloud.com
    note: 103 ISE API descriptions (1,490 operations; 32 OpenAPI 3.0.x + 71 Swagger 2.0) enumerated from Cisco's own DevNet project manifest and fetched anonymously. Byte-identity reconfirmed 2026-08-19 by SHA-256 against the live source.
  x-evidence:
  - type: source
    url: https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/identity-services-engine-api-v1/docs/
  - type: source
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/identity-services-engine/
servers:
- url: https://172.23.9.91:443
  description: Inferred Url
tags:
- name: Device Administration - Authorization Rules
paths:
  /api/v1/policy/device-admin/policy-set/{policyId}/authorization:
    get:
      tags:
      - Device Administration - Authorization Rules
      summary: Device Admin - Get authorization rules.
      description: Device Admin - Get authorization rules.
      operationId: getDeviceAdminPolicyByIdAuthorizationRuleList
      parameters:
      - name: policyId
        in: path
        description: Policy id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: X-Request-ID
        in: header
        description: request Id, will return in the response headers, and appear in logs
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          exampleSetFlag: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Device Admin Authorization Rule response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleListResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: The specified resource was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
    post:
      tags:
      - Device Administration - Authorization Rules
      summary: Device Admin - Create authorization rule.
      description: 'Device Admin - Create authorization rule: <ul> <li> Rule must include name and condition. </li> <li> Condition has hierarchical structure which define a set of conditions for which authoriztion policy rule could be match. </li> <li> Condition can be either reference to a stored Library condition, using model <b>ConditionReference</b> </li> or dynamically built conditions which are not stored in the conditions Library, using models <b>ConditionAttributes, ConditionAndBlock, ConditionOrBlock</b>. </li> </ul> '
      operationId: createDeviceAdminPolicyByIdAuthorizationRule
      parameters:
      - name: policyId
        in: path
        description: Policy id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: X-Request-ID
        in: header
        description: request Id, will return in the response headers, and appear in logs
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          exampleSetFlag: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleAuthorizationDeviceAdmin'
              exampleSetFlag: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '201':
          description: Device Admin Authorization Rule response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: The specified resource was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
  /api/v1/policy/device-admin/policy-set/{policyId}/authorization/reset-hitcount:
    post:
      tags:
      - Device Administration - Authorization Rules
      summary: Device Admin - Reset HitCount for Authorization Rules
      description: Device Admin - Reset HitCount for Authorization Rules
      operationId: resetHitCountsDeviceAdminPolicyByIdAuthorizationRules
      parameters:
      - name: policyId
        in: path
        description: Policy id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: X-Request-ID
        in: header
        description: request Id, will return in the response headers, and appear in logs
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          exampleSetFlag: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Response with success message
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '201':
          description: Created
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: The specified resource was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
  /api/v1/policy/device-admin/policy-set/{policyId}/authorization/{ruleId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Device Administration - Authorization Rules
      summary: Device Admin - Get authorization rule attributes.
      description: Device Admin - Get authorization rule attributes.
      operationId: getDeviceAdminPolicyByIdAuthorizationRuleById
      parameters:
      - name: policyId
        in: path
        description: Policy id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: ruleId
        in: path
        description: Rule id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: X-Request-ID
        in: header
        description: request Id, will return in the response headers, and appear in logs
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          exampleSetFlag: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Device Admin Authorization Rule response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: The specified resource was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
    put:
      tags:
      - Device Administration - Authorization Rules
      summary: Device Admin - Update authorization rule.
      description: Device Admin - Update authorization rule.
      operationId: updateDeviceAdminPolicyByIdAuthorizationRuleById
      parameters:
      - name: policyId
        in: path
        description: Policy id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: ruleId
        in: path
        description: Rule id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: X-Request-ID
        in: header
        description: request Id, will return in the response headers, and appear in logs
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          exampleSetFlag: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleAuthorizationDeviceAdmin'
              exampleSetFlag: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Device Admin Authorization Rule response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '201':
          description: Created
        '204':
          description: No Content
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: The specified resource was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
    delete:
      tags:
      - Device Administration - Authorization Rules
      summary: Device Admin - Delete authorization rule.
      description: Device Admin - Delete authorization rule.
      operationId: deleteDeviceAdminPolicyByIdAuthorizationRuleById
      parameters:
      - name: policyId
        in: path
        description: Policy id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: ruleId
        in: path
        description: Rule id
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          exampleSetFlag: true
      - name: X-Request-ID
        in: header
        description: request Id, will return in the response headers, and appear in logs
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          exampleSetFlag: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Response with object ID
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IdResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '204':
          description: No Content
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IdResponseEntity'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: The specified resource was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                exampleSetFlag: false
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    RuleCommon:
      title: RuleCommon
      required:
      - name
      type: object
      properties:
        condition:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Condition'
          exampleSetFlag: true
        default:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates if this rule is the default one
          example: false
          exampleSetFlag: true
        hitCounts:
          type: integer
          description: The amount of times the rule was matched
          format: int32
          readOnly: true
          example: 2
          exampleSetFlag: true
        id:
          type: string
          description: The identifier of the rule
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
          example: d82952cb-b901-4b09-b363-5ebf39bdbaf9
          exampleSetFlag: true
        name:
          type: string
          description: Rule name, [Valid characters are alphanumerics, underscore, hyphen, space, period, parentheses]
          example: MyRuleName_1
          exampleSetFlag: true
        rank:
          type: integer
          description: The rank(priority) in relation to other rules. Lower rank is higher priority.
          format: int32
          example: 1
          exampleSetFlag: true
        state:
          type: string
          description: The state that the rule is in. A disabled rule cannot be matched.
          example: enabled
          exampleSetFlag: true
          enum:
          - disabled
          - enabled
          - monitor
      description: Common attributes in rule authentication/authorization
      exampleSetFlag: false
    Link:
      title: Link
      required:
      - href
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          example: https://{{ISE_IP}}/api/v1/policy/{{protocol}}/policy-set/{{resource-id}}
          exampleSetFlag: true
        rel:
          type: string
          example: self
          exampleSetFlag: true
          enum:
          - next
          - previous
          - self
          - status
        type:
          type: string
          example: application/json
          exampleSetFlag: true
      exampleSetFlag: false
    MessageResponseEntity:
      title: MessageResponseEntity
      required:
      - message
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          example: Success
          exampleSetFlag: true
      description: Response object containing success message
      exampleSetFlag: false
    IdResponseEntity:
      title: IdResponseEntity
      required:
      - id
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          example: 07da6fd8-5abc-4dc4-bcec-df309dbf4d17
          exampleSetFlag: true
      description: response object containing object ID
      exampleSetFlag: false
    Error:
      title: Error
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: '400'
          exampleSetFlag: true
        message:
          type: string
          example: Bad Request
          exampleSetFlag: true
      exampleSetFlag: false
    Condition:
      title: Condition
      required:
      - conditionType
      type: object
      properties:
        conditionType:
          type: string
          description: <ul><li>Inidicates whether the record is the condition itself(data) or a logical(or,and) aggregation</li> <li>Data type enum(reference,single) indicates than "conditonId" OR "ConditionAttrs" fields should contain condition data but not both</li> <li>Logical aggreation(and,or) enum indicates that additional conditions are present under the children field</li></ul>
          example: ConditionAttributes
          exampleSetFlag: true
          enum:
          - ConditionAndBlock
          - ConditionAttributes
          - ConditionOrBlock
          - ConditionReference
          - LibraryConditionAndBlock
          - LibraryConditionAttributes
          - LibraryConditionOrBlock
          - TimeAndDateCondition
        isNegate:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whereas this condition is in negate mode
          example: false
          exampleSetFlag: true
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
          exampleSetFlag: true
      description: <ul><li>Hierarchical structure which defines a set of conditions for which authentication or authorization policy rules could be matched.</li> <li>Logical operations(AND, OR) relationship between conditions are supported</li> <li>Each condition can have subconditions with relation to logical operations</li></ul>
      exampleSetFlag: false
    DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleListResponseEntity:
      title: DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleListResponseEntity
      required:
      - response
      - version
      type: object
      properties:
        response:
          type: array
          example: '[{"profile":"Default Shell Profile","rule":{"condition":{"conditionType":"ConditionAttributes","dictionaryName":"Network Access","attributeName":"EapAuthentication","operator":"equals","attributeValue":"EAP-TLS","isNegate":false},"default":false,"hitCounts":2,"id":"d82952cb-b901-4b09-b363-5ebf39bdbaf9","name":"MyRuleName_1","rank":1,"state":"enabled"},"commands":["DenyAllCommands"],"link":{"href":"https://{{ISE_IP}}/api/v1/policy/device-admin/policy-set/{{policy-id]}}/authorization/d82952cb-b901-4b09-b363-5ebf39bdbaf9","rel":"self","type":"application/json"}}]'
          exampleSetFlag: true
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleAuthorizationDeviceAdmin'
            exampleSetFlag: false
        version:
          type: string
          example: 1.0.0
          exampleSetFlag: true
      exampleSetFlag: false
    DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleResponseEntity:
      title: DeviceAdminAuthorizationRuleResponseEntity
      required:
      - response
      - version
      type: object
      properties:
        response:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleAuthorizationDeviceAdmin'
          exampleSetFlag: true
        version:
          type: string
          example: 1.0.0
          exampleSetFlag: true
      exampleSetFlag: false
    RuleAuthorizationDeviceAdmin:
      title: RuleAuthorizationDeviceAdmin
      required:
      - rule
      type: object
      properties:
        commands:
          type: array
          description: Command sets enforce the specified list of commands that can be executed by a device administrator
          example: '["DenyAllCommands"]'
          exampleSetFlag: true
          items:
            type: string
            exampleSetFlag: false
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
          exampleSetFlag: true
        profile:
          type: string
          description: Device admin profiles control the initial login session of the device administrator
          example: Default Shell Profile
          exampleSetFlag: true
        rule:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleCommon'
          exampleSetFlag: true
      description: Authorization rule for device admin
      exampleSetFlag: false
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      description: Basic authorization
      scheme: basic