topic Any way to logout or disconnect from API to prevent &quot;logged in admins&quot; growing? in Automation/API Discussions https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/any-way-to-logout-or-disconnect-from-api-to-prevent-quot-logged/m-p/35394#M845 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm using PAN::XAPI XML API module to perform various actions on a Palo Alto firewall.&nbsp; The connections seem to work fine.&nbsp; However, after a while I still see the admin logged in according to the Dashboard tab.&nbsp;&nbsp; They stay there until the idle timeout is reached.</P><P></P><P>I'd prefer to be able to call a disconnect() or logout() type of method when I'm done with the XML calls so the user isn't still logged in.&nbsp; A lot of the actions we do may connect, do a few commands and then disconnect.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:32:50 GMT Jerify 2014-08-16T22:32:50Z Any way to logout or disconnect from API to prevent "logged in admins" growing? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/any-way-to-logout-or-disconnect-from-api-to-prevent-quot-logged/m-p/35394#M845 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm using PAN::XAPI XML API module to perform various actions on a Palo Alto firewall.&nbsp; The connections seem to work fine.&nbsp; However, after a while I still see the admin logged in according to the Dashboard tab.&nbsp;&nbsp; They stay there until the idle timeout is reached.</P><P></P><P>I'd prefer to be able to call a disconnect() or logout() type of method when I'm done with the XML calls so the user isn't still logged in.&nbsp; A lot of the actions we do may connect, do a few commands and then disconnect.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:32:50 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/any-way-to-logout-or-disconnect-from-api-to-prevent-quot-logged/m-p/35394#M845 Jerify 2014-08-16T22:32:50Z Re: Any way to logout or disconnect from API to prevent "logged in admins" growing? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/any-way-to-logout-or-disconnect-from-api-to-prevent-quot-logged/m-p/35395#M846 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As a workaround, I've been using the panxapi and panaddr commands that come with the API module.&nbsp; They do not have admin sessions hanging around after exiting.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:02:49 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/any-way-to-logout-or-disconnect-from-api-to-prevent-quot-logged/m-p/35395#M846 Jerify 2014-08-25T15:02:49Z