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VAULT-6818 Docs for entity merge functionality (#16593)
* VAULT-6818 Docs for entity merge functionality

* VAULT-6818 Elaborate more on what happens to non-kept aliases
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---
layout: api
page_title: 'Identity Secret Backend: Entity - HTTP API'
description: This is the API documentation for managing entities in the identity store.
---
## Create an Entity
This endpoint creates or updates an Entity.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :----------------- |
| `POST` | `/identity/entity` |
### Parameters
- `name` `(string: entity-<UUID>)` Name of the entity.
- `id` `(string: <optional>)` - ID of the entity. If set, updates the
corresponding existing entity.
- `metadata` `(key-value-map: {})` Metadata to be associated with the
entity.
- `policies` `(list of strings: [])` Policies to be tied to the entity.
- `disabled` `(bool: false)` Whether the entity is disabled. Disabled
entities' associated tokens cannot be used, but are not revoked.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"metadata": {
"organization": "hashicorp",
"team": "vault"
},
"policies": ["eng-dev", "infra-dev"]
}
```
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"id": "8d6a45e5-572f-8f13-d226-cd0d1ec57297",
"aliases": null
}
}
```
## Read Entity by ID
This endpoint queries the entity by its identifier.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------------------ |
| `GET` | `/identity/entity/id/:id` |
### Parameters
- `id` `(string: <required>)` Identifier of the entity.
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/id/8d6a45e5-572f-8f13-d226-cd0d1ec57297
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"bucket_key_hash": "177553e4c58987f4cc5d7e530136c642",
"creation_time": "2017-07-25T20:29:22.614756844Z",
"disabled": false,
"id": "8d6a45e5-572f-8f13-d226-cd0d1ec57297",
"last_update_time": "2017-07-25T20:29:22.614756844Z",
"metadata": {
"organization": "hashicorp",
"team": "vault"
},
"name": "entity-c323de27-2ad2-5ded-dbf3-0c7ef98bc613",
"aliases": [],
"policies": ["eng-dev", "infra-dev"]
}
}
```
## Update Entity by ID
This endpoint is used to update an existing entity.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------------------ |
| `POST` | `/identity/entity/id/:id` |
### Parameters
- `id` `(string: <required>)` Identifier of the entity.
- `name` `(string: entity-<UUID>)` Name of the entity.
- `metadata` `(key-value-map: {})` Metadata to be associated with the entity.
- `policies` `(list of strings: [])` Policies to be tied to the entity.
- `disabled` `(bool: false)` Whether the entity is disabled. Disabled
entities' associated tokens cannot be used, but are not revoked.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"name": "updatedEntityName",
"metadata": {
"organization": "hashicorp",
"team": "nomad"
},
"policies": ["eng-developers", "infra-developers"]
}
```
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/id/8d6a45e5-572f-8f13-d226-cd0d1ec57297
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"id": "8d6a45e5-572f-8f13-d226-cd0d1ec57297",
"aliases": null
}
}
```
## Delete Entity by ID
This endpoint deletes an entity and all its associated aliases.
| Method | Path |
| :------- | :------------------------ |
| `DELETE` | `/identity/entity/id/:id` |
### Parameters
- `id` `(string: <required>)` Identifier of the entity.
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request DELETE \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/id/8d6a45e5-572f-8f13-d226-cd0d1ec57297
```
## Batch Delete Entities
This endpoint deletes all entities provided.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------------------------ |
| `POST` | `/identity/entity/batch-delete` |
### Parameters
- `entity_ids` `([]string: <required>)` List of entity identifiers to delete.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"entity_ids": [
"02fe5a88-912b-6794-62ed-db873ef86a95",
"3bf81bc9-44df-8138-57f9-724a9ae36d04",
"627fba68-98c9-c012-71ba-bfb349585ce1",
"6c4c805b-b384-3d0e-4d51-44d349887b96",
"70a72feb-35d1-c775-0813-8efaa8b4b9b5",
"f1092a67-ce34-48fd-161d-c13a367bc1cd",
"faedd89a-0d82-c197-c8f9-93a3e6cf0cd0"
]
}
```
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/batch-delete
```
## List Entities by ID
This endpoint returns a list of available entities by their identifiers.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------------------------ |
| `LIST` | `/identity/entity/id` |
| `GET` | `/identity/entity/id?list=true` |
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request LIST \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/id
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"keys": [
"02fe5a88-912b-6794-62ed-db873ef86a95",
"3bf81bc9-44df-8138-57f9-724a9ae36d04",
"627fba68-98c9-c012-71ba-bfb349585ce1",
"6c4c805b-b384-3d0e-4d51-44d349887b96",
"70a72feb-35d1-c775-0813-8efaa8b4b9b5",
"f1092a67-ce34-48fd-161d-c13a367bc1cd",
"faedd89a-0d82-c197-c8f9-93a3e6cf0cd0"
]
}
}
```
## Create/Update Entity by Name
This endpoint is used to create or update an entity by a given name.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :---------------------------- |
| `POST` | `/identity/entity/name/:name` |
### Parameters
- `name` `(string: entity-<UUID>)` Name of the entity.
- `metadata` `(key-value-map: {})` Metadata to be associated with the entity.
- `policies` `(list of strings: [])` Policies to be tied to the entity.
- `disabled` `(bool: false)` Whether the entity is disabled. Disabled
entities' associated tokens cannot be used, but are not revoked.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"metadata": {
"organization": "hashicorp",
"team": "nomad"
},
"policies": ["eng-developers", "infra-developers"]
}
```
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/name/testentityname
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"aliases": null,
"id": "0826be06-577c-a076-3942-2f92da0310ce"
}
}
```
## Read Entity by Name
This endpoint queries the entity by its name.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :---------------------------- |
| `GET` | `/identity/entity/name/:name` |
### Parameters
- `name` `(string: <required>)` Name of the entity.
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/name/testentityname
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"aliases": [],
"creation_time": "2018-09-19T17:20:27.705389973Z",
"direct_group_ids": [],
"disabled": false,
"group_ids": [],
"id": "0826be06-577c-a076-3942-2f92da0310ce",
"inherited_group_ids": [],
"last_update_time": "2018-09-19T17:20:27.705389973Z",
"merged_entity_ids": null,
"metadata": {
"organization": "hashicorp",
"team": "nomad"
},
"name": "testentityname",
"policies": ["eng-developers", "infra-developers"]
}
}
```
## Delete Entity by Name
This endpoint deletes an entity and all its associated aliases, given the
entity name.
| Method | Path |
| :------- | :---------------------------- |
| `DELETE` | `/identity/entity/name/:name` |
### Parameters
- `name` `(string: <required>)` Name of the entity.
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request DELETE \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/name/testentityname
```
## List Entities by Name
This endpoint returns a list of available entities by their names.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :-------------------------------- |
| `LIST` | `/identity/entity/name` |
| `GET` | `/identity/entity/name?list=true` |
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request LIST \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/name
```
### Sample Response
```json
{
"data": {
"keys": ["testentityname"]
}
}
```
## Merge Entities
This endpoint merges many entities into one entity. Additionally, all groups associated with `from_entity_ids` are merged with those of `to_entity_id`.
Note that if these entities contain aliases sharing the same mount accessor, the merge will fail unless `conflicting_alias_ids_to_keep` is present, and
entities must be merged one at a time. This is because each entity can only have one alias with each mount accessor - for more
information, see the [identity concepts page](/docs/concepts/identity).
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :----------------------- |
| `POST` | `/identity/entity/merge` |
### Parameters
- `from_entity_ids` `(list of strings: <required>)` - Entity IDs which need to get
merged.
- `to_entity_id` `(string: <required>)` - Entity ID into which all the other
entities need to get merged.
- `force` `(bool: false)` - Setting this will follow the 'mine' strategy for
merging MFA secrets. If there are secrets of the same type both in entities
that are merged from and in entity into which all others are getting merged,
secrets in the destination will be unaltered. If not set, this API will throw
an error containing all the conflicts.
- `conflicting_alias_ids_to_keep` `(list of strings: [])` - A list of entity
aliases to keep in the case where the to-Entity and from-Entity have aliases
with the same mount accessor. In the case where alias share mount accessors,
the alias ID given in this list will be kept or merged, and the other alias will be deleted.
Note that merges requiring this parameter must have only one from-Entity.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"to_entity_id": "f2cdefbe-f510-a226-77fa-989a48ba6abc",
"from_entity_ids": [
"1ade80ec-ba5c-8eed-91e2-b9dcd41d6fff",
"270976d0-9bab-14a5-4b92-3861805ef73d"
]
}
```
### Sample Request
```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/entity/merge
```