open-vault/website/source/api/system/config-cors.html.md

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api	/sys/config/cors - HTTP API	<code>/sys/config/cors</code>	api-http-system-config-cors	The '/sys/config/cors' endpoint configures how the Vault server responds to cross-origin requests.

/sys/config/cors

The /sys/config/cors endpoint is used to configure CORS settings.

• sudo required – All CORS endpoints require sudo capability in addition to any path-specific capabilities.

Read CORS Settings

This endpoint returns the current CORS configuration.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/sys/config/cors	200 application/json

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/config/cors

Sample Response

{
  "enabled": true,
  "allowed_origins": ["http://www.example.com"],
  "allowed_headers": [
    "Content-Type",
    "X-Requested-With",
    "X-Vault-AWS-IAM-Server-ID",
    "X-Vault-No-Request-Forwarding",
    "X-Vault-Token",
    "Authorization",
    "X-Vault-Wrap-Format",
    "X-Vault-Wrap-TTL",
  ]
}

Configure CORS Settings

This endpoint allows configuring the origins that are permitted to make cross-origin requests, as well as headers that are allowed on cross-origin requests.

Method	Path	Produces
PUT	/sys/config/cors	204 (empty body)

Parameters

• allowed_origins (string or string array: <required>) – A wildcard (*), comma-delimited string, or array of strings specifying the origins that are permitted to make cross-origin requests.

• allowed_headers (string or string array: "" or []) – A comma-delimited string or array of strings specifying headers that are permitted to be on cross-origin requests. Headers set via this parameter will be appended to the list of headers that Vault allows by default.

Sample Payload

{
  "allowed_origins": "*",
  "allowed_headers": "X-Custom-Header"
}

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request PUT \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/config/cors

Delete CORS Settings

This endpoint removes any CORS configuration.

Method	Path	Produces
DELETE	/sys/config/cors	204 (empty body)

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/config/cors