ProtectionServices Settings

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The ProtectionServices settings allow you to enable and disable protection services and set the aging period for quarantined files. Select a setting from the table below to go to the edit methods Trellix supports.

Setting Key

Default

Supported Edit Methods

Web UI

CLI

API

enable

true

No

Yes

Yes

age_to_purge

90

Yes

Yes

Yes

The ProtectionServices settings must be enclosed in braces and listed within quotation marks ("). See the example below.

"ProtectionServices": {

"enable": true,

age_to_purge" : 90,

},

ProtectionServices enable key

The ProtectionServices enable key allows you to enable and disable protection services. Valid values are true and false. The default value is true.

If you manually set the ProtectionServices enable key value to true, you must also define the age_to_purge Key manually. The ProtectionServices enable key cannot be changed the Endpoint Security (HX)Web UI.

Change this setting using one of the following methods:

For manual changes, the ProtectionServices enable key must be enclosed in braces and listed within quotation marks ("). See the example below.

"ProtectionServices": {

"enable": true,

age_to_purge" : 90,

},

ProtectionServices age_to_purge Key

The age_to_purge key defines how long quarantine files are stored on your host endpoint before they are removed. Valid values range from 1-365 days. The default aging period is 90 days.

If you define the age_to_purge key manually, you must also define the ProtectionServices enable key manually.

Change this setting using one of the following methods:

For manual changes, the ProtectionServices settings must be enclosed in braces and listed within quotation marks ("). See the example below.

"ProtectionServices": {

"enable": true,

age_to_purge" : 90,

},