Get Active Sessions - Get Active Sessions

Service:

Virtual Networks

API Version:

2025-05-01

Returns the list of currently active sessions on the Bastion.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/bastionHosts/{bastionHostName}/getActiveSessions?api-version=2025-05-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
bastionHostName	path	True	string	The name of the Bastion Host.
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string (uuid)	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	BastionActiveSessionListResult	Azure operation completed successfully.
202 Accepted		Resource operation accepted. Headers Location: string Retry-After: integer
Other Status Codes	CloudError	An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

Returns a list of currently active sessions on the Bastion

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/rg1/providers/Microsoft.Network/bastionHosts/bastionhosttenant/getActiveSessions?api-version=2025-05-01

Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.network import NetworkManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-network
# USAGE
    python bastion_sessions_list.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = NetworkManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="SUBSCRIPTION_ID",
    )

    response = client.begin_get_active_sessions(
        resource_group_name="rg1",
        bastion_host_name="bastionhosttenant",
    ).result()
    for item in response:
        print(item)


# x-ms-original-file: 2025-05-01/BastionSessionsList.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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JavaScript

const { NetworkManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-network");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Returns the list of currently active sessions on the Bastion.
 *
 * @summary Returns the list of currently active sessions on the Bastion.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/network/resource-manager/Microsoft.Network/Network/stable/2025-05-01/examples/BastionSessionsList.json
 */
async function returnsAListOfCurrentlyActiveSessionsOnTheBastion() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["NETWORK_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "subid";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["NETWORK_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rg1";
  const bastionHostName = "bastionhosttenant";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new NetworkManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const resArray = new Array();
  for await (const item of client.beginListActiveSessionsAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    bastionHostName,
  )) {
    resArray.push(item);
  }
  console.log(resArray);
}

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Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "value": [
    {
      "resourceType": "VM",
      "sessionDurationInMins": 0,
      "sessionId": "sessionId",
      "startTime": "2019-1-1T12:00:00.0000Z",
      "targetHostName": "vm01",
      "targetIpAddress": "1.1.1.1",
      "targetResourceGroup": "rg1",
      "targetResourceId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/rg1/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm01",
      "targetSubscriptionId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "userName": "user",
      "protocol": "SSH"
    }
  ]
}

Status code:

202

location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/bastionHosts/{bastionHostName}/getActiveSessions/operationResults/{operationId}?api-version={api-version}

Definitions

Name	Description
BastionActiveSession	The session detail for a target.
BastionActiveSessionListResult	Response for GetActiveSessions.
BastionConnectProtocol	The protocol used to connect to the target.
CloudError	An error response from the service.
CloudErrorBody	An error response from the service.

BastionActiveSession

Object

The session detail for a target.

Name	Type	Description
protocol	BastionConnectProtocol	The protocol used to connect to the target.
resourceType	string	The type of the resource.
sessionDurationInMins	number (float)	Duration in mins the session has been active.
sessionId	string	A unique id for the session.
startTime	management.azure.com.virtualnetwork.getactivesessions.getactivesessions	The time when the session started.
targetHostName	string	The host name of the target.
targetIpAddress	string	The IP Address of the target.
targetResourceGroup	string	The resource group of the target.
targetResourceId	string	The resource id of the target.
targetSubscriptionId	string	The subscription id for the target virtual machine.
userName	string	The user name who is active on this session.

BastionActiveSessionListResult

Object

Response for GetActiveSessions.

Name	Type	Description
nextLink	string (uri)	The link to the next page of items
value	BastionActiveSession[]	The BastionActiveSession items on this page

BastionConnectProtocol

Enumeration

The protocol used to connect to the target.

Value	Description
SSH	SSH
RDP	RDP

CloudError

Object

An error response from the service.

Name	Type	Description
error	CloudErrorBody	Cloud error body.

CloudErrorBody

Object

An error response from the service.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	An identifier for the error. Codes are invariant and are intended to be consumed programmatically.
details	CloudErrorBody[]	A list of additional details about the error.
message	string	A message describing the error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.
target	string	The target of the particular error. For example, the name of the property in error.