Checckpoint app for interacting with various checkpoint firewall functions from shuffle.

1. Connect with SmartConsole to the Security Management Server.
2. From the left navigation panel, click Manage & Settings.
3. In the upper left section, click Blades.
4. In the Management API section, click Advanced Settings.
5. Configure the Startup Settings and the Access Settings.

• Configure startup settings. Select Automatic start to automatically start the API server when you start or reboot the Management Server.

• Configure startup settings. Select one of these options to configure which clients can connect to the API Server:

  1. All IP addresses that can be used for GUI clients - You can send API requests from all IP addresses that are defined as Trusted Clients in SmartConsole. This includes requests from SmartConsole, Web services, and the mgmt_cli utility on the Management Server.

  2. All IP addresses - You can send API requests from all IP addresses. This includes requests from SmartConsole, Web services, and the mgmt_cli utility on the Management Server.

6. Publish the SmartConsole session.

7. Restart the API Server on the Management Server with this command:

api restart

Read more about setting up API server here.

• Management server IP, username and password are used for authenticating with the checkpoint app.
• Make sure user have permissions to access the web APIs.

• Checkpoint API has limit of max 3 session per user per minute. If you're opening more than 3 sessions make sure to add delay among workflow nodes.