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

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api	/sys/config/auditing - HTTP API	docs-http-system-config-auditing	The `/sys/config/auditing` endpoint is used to configure auditing settings.

/sys/config/auditing/request-headers

The /sys/config/auditing endpoint is used to configure auditing settings.

Read All Audited Request Headers

This endpoint lists the request headers that are configured to be audited.

• sudo required – This endpoint requires sudo capability in addition to any path-specific capabilities.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/sys/config/auditing/request-headers	200 application/json

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    https://vault.rocks/v1/sys/config/auditing/request-headers

Sample Response

{
  "headers": {
    "X-Forwarded-For": {
      "hmac": true
    }
  }
}

Read Single Audit Request Header

This endpoint lists the information for the given request header.

• sudo required – This endpoint requires sudo capability in addition to any path-specific capabilities.

Method	Path	Produces
POST	/sys/config/auditing/request-headers/:name	200 application/json

Parameters

• name (string: <required>) – Specifies the name of the request header to query. This is specified as part of the URL.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    https://vault.rocks/v1/sys/config/auditing/request-headers/my-header

Sample Response

{
  "X-Forwarded-For": {
    "hmac": true
  }
}

Create/Update Audit Request Header

This endpoint enables auditing of a header.

• sudo required – This endpoint requires sudo capability in addition to any path-specific capabilities.

Method	Path	Produces
PUT	/sys/config/auditing/request-headers/:name	204 (empty body)

Parameters

• hmac (bool: false) – Specifies if this header's value should be HMAC'ed in the audit logs.

Sample Payload

{
  "hmac": true
}

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request PUT \
    --data @payload.json \
    https://vault.rocks/v1/sys/config/auditing/request-headers/my-header

Delete Audit Request Header

This endpoint disables auditing of the given request header.

• sudo required – This endpoint requires sudo capability in addition to any path-specific capabilities.

Method	Path	Produces
DELETE	/sys/config/auditing/request-headers/:name	204 (empty body)

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    https://vault.rocks/v1/sys/config/auditing/request-headers/my-header