open-vault/website/source/api/secret/identity/entity-alias.html.md

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api	Identity Secret Backend: Entity Alias - HTTP API	docs-http-secret-identity-entity-alias	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	Produces
POST	/identity/entity-alias	200 application/json

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.

• metadata (key-value-map: {}) – Metadata to be associated with the alias.

Sample Payload

{
  "name": "testuser",
  "metadata": {
    "group": "san_francisco",
    "region": "west"
  },
  "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

{
  "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	Produces
GET	/identity/entity-alias/id/:id	200 application/json

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

{
  "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	Produces
POST	/identity/entity-alias/id/:id	200 application/json

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.

• metadata (key-value-map: {}) – Metadata to be associated with the alias. Format should be a list of key=value pairs.

Sample Payload

{
  "name": "testuser",
  "metadata": {
    "group": "philadelphia",
    "region": "east"
  },
  "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

{
  "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	Produces
DELETE	/identity/entity-alias/id/:id	204 (empty body)

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	Produces
LIST	/identity/entity-alias/id	200 application/json
GET	/identity/entity-alias/id?list=true	200 application/json

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request LIST \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity-alias/id

Sample Response

{
  "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"
    ]
  }
}