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api	Cubbyhole - Secrets Engines - HTTP API	docs-http-secret-cubbyhole	This is the API documentation for the Vault Cubbyhole secrets engine.

Cubbyhole Secrets Engine (API)

This is the API documentation for the Vault Cubbyhole secrets engine. For general information about the usage and operation of the Cubbyhole secrets engine, please see the Vault Cubbyhole documentation.

This documentation assumes the Cubbyhole secrets engine is enabled at the /cubbyhole path in Vault. Since it is possible to enable secrets engines at any location, please update your API calls accordingly.

Read Secret

This endpoint retrieves the secret at the specified location.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/cubbyhole/:path	200 application/json

Parameters

• path (string: <required>) – Specifies the path of the secret to read. This is specified as part of the URL.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/cubbyhole/my-secret

Sample Response

{
  "auth": null,
  "data": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "lease_id": "",
  "renewable": false
}

List Secrets

This endpoint returns a list of secret entries at the specified location. Folders are suffixed with /. The input must be a folder; list on a file will not return a value. The values themselves are not accessible via this command.

Method	Path	Produces
LIST	/cubbyhole/:path	200 application/json

Parameters

• path (string: <required>) – Specifies the path of the secrets to list. This is specified as part of the URL.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request LIST \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/cubbyhole/my-secret

Sample Response

The example below shows output for a query path of cubbyhole/ when there are secrets at cubbyhole/foo and cubbyhole/foo/bar; note the difference in the two entries.

{
  "auth": null,
  "data": {
    "keys": ["foo", "foo/"]
  },
  "lease_duration": 2764800,
  "lease_id": "",
  "renewable": false
}

Create/Update Secret

This endpoint stores a secret at the specified location.

Method	Path	Produces
POST	/cubbyhole/:path	204 (empty body)
PUT	/cubbyhole/:path	204 (empty body)

Parameters

• path (string: <required>) – Specifies the path of the secrets to create/update. This is specified as part of the URL.

• :key (string: "") – Specifies a key, paired with an associated value, to be held at the given location. Multiple key/value pairs can be specified, and all will be returned on a read operation. A key called ttl will trigger some special behavior; see above for details.

Sample Payload

{
  "foo": "bar",
  "zip": "zap"
}

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/cubbyhole/my-secret

Delete Secret

This endpoint deletes the secret at the specified location.

Method	Path	Produces
DELETE	/cubbyhole/:path	204 (empty body)

Parameters

• path (string: <required>) – Specifies the path of the secret to delete. This is specified as part of the URL.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/cubbyhole/my-secret