Connectivity Guide

Accessing SOAP Web Services
Use the List Web Services command link available from the Administration page, or go to Administration > Web
Services, to access the SOAP Web Services user interface.
Configuring SOAP Web Services
Use the Configure Web Services command link to make changes to system settings affecting the SOAP API.
SOAPDebugging
Select a higher level for the SOAP Debugging configuration option to log additional details to the application log.
To access the application log, go to Administration > Plugin Manager > Application Log.
At the highest debugging level of 4, every SOAP request and response will be logged including full HTTP headers
and contents, which may be useful when trying to identify the exact cause of a problem.
Creating a SOAPAPI Operator
The SOAP API requires both authentication and authorization components.
l Authentication means that suitable credentials must be provided via the HTTP “basic” access authentication
method. A valid ClearPass Guest operator username and password must be provided.
l Authorization for the SOAP API requires that the corresponding user account has sufficient privileges to perform
the requested operation. In the ClearPass Guest role-based access control system, this requires at a minimum that the
SOAP API privilege is granted, as well as any additional privileges required for the operation requested.
While the default administrative account will automatically gain SOAP API privileges, for security reasons it is
strongly recommended that a specific operator profile be created for use by SOAP API clients.
To create a suitable operator profile, navigate to Administration > Operator Logins > Profiles, then click the Create
a new operator profile link.
In the Privileges list, select either Full Access for the SOAP Web Services privilege, or choose Custom… and then
select either Read Only or Full for the SOAP API privilege.
You should also select suitable permissions for the Guest Manager privilege, depending on the type of requests that
will be made.
An example profile is shown below.
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