Delete a CIS compliance policy group

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Deletes a custom CIS compliance policy group and its profile mappings. Generates configuration for agents to remove the policy

Request URL

https://{server-hostname}:8383/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId} Copied!

Scope

VulnerabilityMgmt.DELETECopied!

Header

Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Request Parameters

- Path Parameters

policyGrpIdstringMandatory

The ID of the policy group to delete. Fetch from List Policy Groups

- Query Parameters

policyGrpIdlongOptional

The ID of the policy group to delete

Sample Request

Curl
Java
Python
Deluge
PowerShell
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curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://appdomain/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId}?policyGrpId=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'

Response Parameters

- HTTP code 200

Response Body - application/json
JSON Object
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statusstring

Result status. success or failed

statusMsgstring

Error message when the policy group ID is not found

- HTTP code 401

Response Body - application/json
JSON Object
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error_codestring

Unauthorized error code: API key or OAuth token missing, expired or invalid

error_descriptionstring

Authentication failure reason

- HTTP code 429

Response Body - application/json
JSON Object
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error_codestring

Rate limit error code: API call threshold exceeded for this endpoint group

error_descriptionstring

Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

Sample Response: HTTP 200

Policy group deleted successfully

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  {
    "status": "success"
  }
                
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Policy group ID not found

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  {
    "statusMsg": "policy grp id not present",
    "status": "failed"
  }
                
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Sample Response: HTTP 401

User is action-restricted for this policy group

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  {
    "errorMessage": "User Not Authorized",
    "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
  }
                
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Sample Response: HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded

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  {
    "errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
    "errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
  }
                
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Duration: 1 minute | Threshold: 30 | Lock period: 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.