Viewing the list of created categories

In the command line, you can view the list of created application categories using the Application Control administration command.

The list of created categories contains the following categories:

• Categories created in Kaspersky Security Center.
• Categories added in the Application Control task settings using the command line.
• The "GoldenImage" category created using the Inventory task (in Kaspersky Security Center or using the command line).

To view the list of all created application categories, run the following command:

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

where:

• --file <path to configuration file> – full path to the JSON configuration file to which the settings will be output.
• --json is specified to output the settings in JSON format. If the --json key is omitted, the settings are output in the INI format.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security displays the following information about the each application category:

• Unique identifier (GUID) of the category
• Category name
• list of inclusive conditions to trigger the rule
• list of exclusive conditions to trigger the rule

To view the list of created application categories, execute the following command:

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

where:

• <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 category list will be exported.
• --json is specified to output the settings in JSON format. If the --json key is omitted, the settings are output in the INI format.

If in the Application Control task settings in the [Categories.item_#] section for including or excluding conditions for triggering a rule you specify symbolic links to an application file or directory with executable files, then when viewing the list of categories for these conditions, the source path to which the symbolic link refers will be displayed.