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api	Azure - Auth Methods - HTTP API	docs-http-auth-azure	This is the API documentation for the Vault Azure authentication method plugin.

Azure Auth Method (API)

This is the API documentation for the Vault Azure auth method plugin. To learn more about the usage and operation, see the Vault Azure method documentation.

This documentation assumes the plugin method is mounted at the /auth/azure path in Vault. Since it is possible to enable auth methods at any location, please update your API calls accordingly.

Configure

Configures the credentials required for the plugin to perform API calls to Azure. These credentials will be used to query the metadata about the virtual machine.

Method	Path	Produces
POST	/auth/azure/config	204 (empty body)

Parameters

• tenant_id (string: <required>) - The tenant id for the Azure Active Directory organization.
• resource (string: <required>) - The configured URL for the application registered in Azure Active Directory.
• client_id (string: '') - The client id for credentials to query the Azure APIs. Currently read permissions to query compute resources are required.
• client_secret (string: '') - The client secret for credentials to query the Azure APIs.

Sample Payload

{
  "tenant_id": "kd83...",
  "resource": "https://vault.hashicorp.com/",
  "client_id": "12ud...",
  "client_secret": "DUJDS3..."
}

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/config

Read Config

Returns the previously configured config, including credentials.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/auth/azure/config	200 application/json

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/config

Sample Response

{
  "data":{
    "tenant_id": "kd83...",
    "resource": "https://vault.hashicorp.com/",
    "client_id": "12ud...",
    "client_secret": "DUJDS3..."
  },
  ...
}

Delete Config

Deletes the previously configured Azure config and credentials.

Method	Path	Produces
DELETE	/auth/azure/config	204 (empty body)

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/config

Create Role

Registers a role in the method. Role types have specific entities that can perform login operations against this endpoint. Constraints specific to the role type must be set on the role. These are applied to the authenticated entities attempting to login.

Method	Path	Produces
POST	/auth/azure/role/:name	204 (empty body)

Parameters

• name (string: <required>) - Name of the role.
• policies (array: []) - Policies to be set on tokens issued using this role.
• ttl (string: "") - The TTL period of tokens issued using this role in seconds.
• max_ttl (string: "") - The maximum allowed lifetime of tokens issued in seconds using this role.
• period (string: "") - If set, indicates that the token generated using this role should never expire. The token should be renewed within the duration specified by this value. At each renewal, the token's TTL will be set to the value of this parameter.
• bound_service_principal_ids (array: []) - The list of Service Principal IDs that login is restricted to.
• bound_group_ids (array: []) - The list of group ids that login is restricted to.
• bound_location (array: []) - The list of locations that login is restricted to.
• bound_subscription_ids (array: []) - The list of subscription IDs that login is restricted to.
• bound_resource_group_names (array: []) - The list of resource groups that login is restricted to.

Sample Payload

{
  "policies": [
    "default",
    "dev",
    "prod"
  ],
  "max_ttl": 1800000,
  "max_jwt_exp": 10000,
  "bound_resource_groups": [
    "vault-dev",
    "vault-staging",
    "vault-prod"
  ]
}

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/role/dev-role

Read Role

Returns the previously registered role configuration.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/auth/azure/role/:name	200 application/json

Parameters

• name (string: <required>) - Name of the role.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/role/dev-role

Sample Response

{
  "data":{
    "policies": [
        "default",
        "dev",
        "prod"
    ],
    "max_ttl": 1800000,
    "max_jwt_exp": 10000,
    "bound_resource_groups": [
        "vault-dev",
        "vault-staging",
        "vault-prod"
    ]
  },
  ...
}

List Roles

Lists all the roles that are registered with the plugin.

Method	Path	Produces
LIST	/auth/azure/roles	200 application/json

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request LIST \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/roles

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "keys": [
      "dev-role",
      "prod-role"
    ]
  },
  ...
}

Delete Role

Deletes the previously registered role.

Method	Path	Produces
DELETE	/auth/azure/role/:name	204 (empty body)

Parameters

• name (string: <required>) - Name of the role.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/role/dev-role

Login

Fetch a token. This endpoint takes a signed JSON Web Token (JWT) and a role name for some entity. It verifies the JWT signature to authenticate that entity and then authorizes the entity for the given role.

Method	Path	Produces
POST	/auth/azure/login	200 application/json

Sample Payload

• role (string: <required>) - Name of the role against which the login is being attempted.
• jwt (string: <required>) - Signed JSON Web Token (JWT) from Azure MSI.
• subscription_id (string: "") - The subscription ID for the machine that generated the MSI token. This information can be obtained through instance metadata.
• resource_group_name (string: "") - The resource group for the machine that generated the MSI token. This information can be obtained through instance metadata.
• vm_name (string: "") - The virtual machine name for the machine that generated the MSI token. This information can be obtained through instance metadata.

Sample Payload

{
    "role": "dev-role",
    "jwt": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9..."
}

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/azure/login

Sample Response

{
    "auth":{
        "client_token":"f33f8c72-924e-11f8-cb43-ac59d697597c",
        "accessor":"0e9e354a-520f-df04-6867-ee81cae3d42d",
        "policies":[
            "default",
            "dev",
            "prod"
        ],
        "lease_duration":2764800,
        "renewable":true
    },
    ...
}