Commands for managing Application Control

-A is a prefix indicating that the command belongs to the group of commands to manage Application Control.

kesl-control --get-app-list

The command outputs a list of applications found on a client device by the Inventory task.

Command syntax

kesl-control [-A] --get-app-list [--json]

Arguments and keys

--json: output data in JSON format.

kesl-control --get-categories

This command outputs a list of created application control categories.

Command syntax

kesl-control [-A] --get-categories [--names <name of category 1> <name of category 2> ... <name of category N>] [--file <path to configuration file>] [--json]

Arguments and keys

<name of category 1> <name of category 2> ... <name of category N> – names of the categories whose information you want to view. If you want to view information about several categories, specify the names of the categories, separated by a space.

--file <path to configuration file> – full path to the JSON configuration file to which the settings will be output.

--json: output data in JSON format.

kesl-control --set-categories

This command lets you create or edit the list of created Application Control categories.

Command syntax

kesl-control [-A] --set-categories [--names <name of category 1> <name of category 2> ... <name of category N>] --file <path to configuration file>

Arguments and keys

<name of category 1> <name of category 2> ... <name of category N> – names of the categories whose information you want to change. If you want to change information about several categories, specify the names of the categories, separated by a space. If you do not specify a category name, the category will be removed from the list.

--file <path to configuration file> – full path to the configuration file with the category settings.

kesl-control --get-settings 21

This command outputs a list of created application control rules.

Command syntax

kesl-control --get-settings 21 [--file <path to configuration file>] [--json]

Arguments and keys

--file <path to configuration file> – full path to the configuration file to which the settings will be exported.

--json: output data in JSON format.

kesl-control --set-settings 21

This command lets you edit the list of created application categories and Application Control rules.

Command syntax

kesl-control --set-settings 21 [--file <path to configuration file>] [--json]

Arguments and keys

--file <path to configuration file> – full path to the configuration file from which the settings will be imported.

--json – import data from a JSON file.

kesl-control --set-to-default 21

This command lets you delete a list of application categories and Application Control rules.

Command syntax

kesl-control --set-settings 21 --set-to-default

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