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Sysdig Policies API

Manage runtime security policies

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Operations 5

GET /api/policies/v2 List Policies #

POST /api/policies/v2 Create Policy #

GET /api/policies/v2/{policyId} Get Policy #

PUT /api/policies/v2/{policyId} Update Policy #

DELETE /api/policies/v2/{policyId} Delete Policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sysdig Monitor Activity Audit Policies API
  description: The Sysdig Monitor API provides programmatic access to monitoring and observability capabilities for cloud-native environments. Manage dashboards, alerts, events, metrics, notification channels, teams, and scanning results for containers and Kubernetes workloads.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Sysdig Support
    url: https://sysdig.com/support/
  termsOfService: https://sysdig.com/legal/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://sysdig.com/legal/
servers:
- url: https://api.us1.sysdig.com
  description: US East
- url: https://api.eu1.sysdig.com
  description: EU Central
- url: https://api.au1.sysdig.com
  description: Asia Pacific
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Policies
  description: Manage runtime security policies
paths:
  /api/policies/v2:
    get:
      operationId: listPolicies
      summary: List Policies
      description: Retrieve all runtime security policies.
      tags:
      - Policies
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Filter by policy type
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - falco
          - list
          - awscloudtrail
          - k8s_audit
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of policies
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyListResponse'
    post:
      operationId: createPolicy
      summary: Create Policy
      description: Create a new runtime security policy.
      tags:
      - Policies
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Policy created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyResponse'
  /api/policies/v2/{policyId}:
    get:
      operationId: getPolicy
      summary: Get Policy
      description: Retrieve a specific runtime security policy.
      tags:
      - Policies
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PolicyId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updatePolicy
      summary: Update Policy
      description: Update an existing runtime security policy.
      tags:
      - Policies
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PolicyId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyResponse'
    delete:
      operationId: deletePolicy
      summary: Delete Policy
      description: Delete a runtime security policy.
      tags:
      - Policies
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PolicyId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Policy deleted
components:
  parameters:
    PolicyId:
      name: policyId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Unique identifier of the policy
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    PolicyListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        policies:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy'
        total:
          type: integer
    PolicyRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - policy
      properties:
        policy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy'
    Policy:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        severity:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 7
        enabled:
          type: boolean
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - falco
          - list
          - awscloudtrail
          - k8s_audit
        scope:
          type: string
        runAsUser:
          type: boolean
        actions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
              isLimitedToContainer:
                type: boolean
        ruleNames:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        notificationChannelIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
    PolicyResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        policy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Authenticate using a Sysdig API Token, Team-Based Service Account, or Global Service Account token as a Bearer token.
externalDocs:
  description: Sysdig Developer Tools Documentation
  url: https://docs.sysdig.com/en/developer-tools/sysdig-api/