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---
layout: api
page_title: 'Identity Secret Backend: Entity Alias - HTTP API'
sidebar_title: Entity Alias
description: >-
This is the API documentation for managing entity aliases in the identity
store.
---
## Create an Entity Alias
This endpoint creates a new alias for an entity.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :----------------------- |
| `POST` | `/identity/entity-alias` |
### Parameters
- `name` `(string: <required>)` - Name of the alias. Name should be the identifier
of the client in the authentication source. For example, if the alias belongs
to userpass backend, the name should be a valid username within userpass
backend. If alias belongs to GitHub, it should be the GitHub username.
- `id` `(string: <optional>)` - ID of the entity alias. If set, updates the
corresponding entity alias.
- `canonical_id` `(string: <required>)` - Entity ID to which this alias belongs to.
- `mount_accessor` `(string: <required>)` - Accessor of the mount to which the
alias should belong to.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"name": "testuser",
"canonical_id": "404e57bc-a0b1-a80f-0a73-b6e92e8a52d3",
"mount_accessor": "auth_userpass_e50b1a44"
}
```
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity-alias
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"canonical_id": "404e57bc-a0b1-a80f-0a73-b6e92e8a52d3",
"id": "34982d3d-e3ce-5d8b-6e5f-b9bb34246c31"
}
}
```
## Read Entity Alias by ID
This endpoint queries the entity alias by its identifier.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------------------------ |
| `GET` | `/identity/entity-alias/id/:id` |
### Parameters
- `id` `(string: <required>)` Identifier of entity alias.
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity-alias/id/34982d3d-e3ce-5d8b-6e5f-b9bb34246c31
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"creation_time": "2017-07-25T21:41:09.820717636Z",
"canonical_id": "404e57bc-a0b1-a80f-0a73-b6e92e8a52d3",
"id": "34982d3d-e3ce-5d8b-6e5f-b9bb34246c31",
"last_update_time": "2017-07-25T21:41:09.820717636Z",
"metadata": {
"group": "san_francisco",
"region": "west"
},
"mount_accessor": "auth_userpass_e50b1a44",
"mount_path": "userpass/",
"mount_type": "userpass",
"name": "testuser"
}
}
```
## Update Entity Alias by ID
This endpoint is used to update an existing entity alias.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------------------------ |
| `POST` | `/identity/entity-alias/id/:id` |
### Parameters
- `id` `(string: <required>)` Identifier of the entity alias.
- `name` `(string: <required>)` - Name of the alias. Name should be the identifier
of the client in the authentication source. For example, if the alias belongs
to userpass backend, the name should be a valid username within userpass
backend. If alias belongs to GitHub, it should be the GitHub username.
- `canonical_id` `(string: <required>)` - Entity ID to which this alias belongs to.
- `mount_accessor` `(string: <required>)` - Accessor of the mount to which the
alias should belong to.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"name": "testuser",
"canonical_id": "404e57bc-a0b1-a80f-0a73-b6e92e8a52d3",
"mount_accessor": "auth_userpass_e50b1a44"
}
```
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity-alias/id/34982d3d-e3ce-5d8b-6e5f-b9bb34246c31
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"canonical_id": "404e57bc-a0b1-a80f-0a73-b6e92e8a52d3",
"id": "34982d3d-e3ce-5d8b-6e5f-b9bb34246c31"
}
}
```
### Delete Entity Alias by ID
This endpoint deletes an alias from its corresponding entity.
| Method | Path |
| :------- | :------------------------------ |
| `DELETE` | `/identity/entity-alias/id/:id` |
### Parameters
- `id` `(string: <required>)` Identifier of the entity alias.
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request DELETE \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity-alias/id/34982d3d-e3ce-5d8b-6e5f-b9bb34246c31
```
### List Entity Aliases by ID
This endpoint returns a list of available entity aliases by their identifiers.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------------------------------ |
| `LIST` | `/identity/entity-alias/id` |
| `GET` | `/identity/entity-alias/id?list=true` |
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request LIST \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity-alias/id
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"keys": [
"2e8217fa-8cb6-8aec-9e22-3196d74ca2ba",
"91ebe973-ec86-84db-3c7c-f760415326de",
"92308b08-4139-3ec6-7af2-8e98166b4e0c",
"a3b042e6-5cc1-d5a9-8874-d53a51954de2",
"d5844921-017f-e496-2a9a-23d4a2f3e8a3"
]
}
}
```