TLS certificate auth method (API)
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This is the API documentation for the Vault TLS Certificate authentication method. For general information about the usage and operation of the TLS Certificate method, please see the Vault TLS Certificate method documentation.
This documentation assumes the TLS Certificate method is mounted at the /auth/cert
path in Vault. Since it is possible to enable auth methods at any location, please update your API calls accordingly.
Sets a CA cert and associated parameters in a role name.
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name
(string: <required>)
- The name of the certificate role.
certificate
(string: <required>)
- The PEM-format CA certificate.
allowed_names
(string: "")
- DEPRECATED: Please use the individual allowed_X_sans
parameters instead. Constrain the Common and Alternative Names in the client certificate with a globbed pattern. Value is a comma-separated list of patterns. Authentication requires at least one Name matching at least one pattern. If not set, defaults to allowing all names.
allowed_common_names
(string: "" or array: [])
- Constrain the Common Names in the client certificate with a globbed pattern. Value is a comma-separated list of patterns. Authentication requires at least one Name matching at least one pattern. If not set, defaults to allowing all names.
allowed_dns_sans
(string: "" or array: [])
- Constrain the Alternative Names in the client certificate with a globbed pattern. Value is a comma-separated list of patterns. Authentication requires at least one DNS matching at least one pattern. If not set, defaults to allowing all dns.
allowed_email_sans
(string: "" or array: [])
- Constrain the Alternative Names in the client certificate with a globbed pattern. Value is a comma-separated list of patterns. Authentication requires at least one Email matching at least one pattern. If not set, defaults to allowing all emails.
allowed_uri_sans
(string: "" or array: [])
- Constrain the Alternative Names in the client certificate with a globbed pattern. Value is a comma-separated list of URI patterns. Authentication requires at least one URI matching at least one pattern. If not set, defaults to allowing all URIs.
allowed_organizational_units
(string: "" or array: [])
- Constrain the Organizational Units (OU) in the client certificate with a globbed pattern. Value is a comma-separated list of OU patterns. Authentication requires at least one OU matching at least one pattern. If not set, defaults to allowing all OUs.
required_extensions
(string: "" or array: [])
- Require specific Custom Extension OIDs to exist and match the pattern. Value is a comma separated string or array of oid:value
. Expects the extension value to be some type of ASN1 encoded string. All conditions must be met. To match on the hex-encoded value of the extension, including non-string extensions, use the format hex:<oid>:<value>
.Supports globbing on value
.
allowed_metadata_extensions
(array:[])
- A comma separated string or array of oid extensions. Upon successful authentication, these extensions will be added as metadata if they are present in the certificate. The metadata key will be the string consisting of the oid numbers separated by a dash (-) instead of a dot (.) to allow usage in ACL templates.
ocsp_enabled
(bool: false)
- If enabled, validate certificates' revocation status using OCSP.
ocsp_ca_certificates
(string: "")
Any additional CA certificates needed to verify OCSP responses. Provided as base64 encoded PEM data.
ocsp_servers_override
(array: [])
: A comma-separated list of OCSP server addresses. If unset, the OCSP server is determined from the AuthorityInformationAccess extension on the certificate being inspected.
ocsp_fail_open
(bool: false)
- If true and an OCSP response cannot be fetched or is of an unknown status, the login will proceed as if the certificate has not been revoked.
ocsp_query_all_servers
(bool: false)
- If set to true, rather than accepting the first successful OCSP response, query all servers and consider the certificate valid only if all servers agree.
~> Note: When using Vault's PKI engine with Performance Replication clusters as the OCSP provider, and without unified_crls=true
set on the source mount or when using cluster-local OCSP resolvers, we recommend enabling this option.
display_name
(string: "")
- The display_name
to set on tokens issued when authenticating against this CA certificate. If not set, defaults to the name of the role.
@include 'tokenfields.mdx'
Gets information associated with the named role.
name
(string: <required>)
- The name of the certificate role.
Lists configured certificate names.
Deletes the named role and CA cert from the method mount.
name
(string: <required>)
- The name of the certificate role.
Lists configured certificate revocation lists.
Sets a named CRL.
name
(string: <required>)
- The name of the CRL.
crl
(string: "")
- The PEM format CRL.
url
(string: "")
- The URL of a CRL distribution point.
Note: Either 'crl' or 'url' parameters must be provided, if both are provided, 'crl' is used.
Gets information associated with the named CRL (currently, the serial numbers contained within). As the serials can be integers up to an arbitrary size, these are returned as strings.
name
(string: <required>)
- The name of the CRL.
Deletes the named CRL from the auth method mount.
name
(string: <required>)
- The name of the CRL.
Configuration options for the method.
disable_binding
(boolean: false)
- If set, during renewal, skips the matching of presented client identity with the client identity used during login.
enable_identity_alias_metadata
(boolean: false)
- If set, metadata of the certificate including the metadata corresponding to allowed_metadata_extensions
will be stored in the alias
ocsp_cache_size
(int: 100)
- The size of the OCSP response LRU cache. Note that this cache is used for all configured certificates.
Log in and fetch a token. If there is a valid chain to a CA configured in the method and all role constraints are matched, a token will be issued. If the certificate has DNS SANs in it, each of those will be verified. If Common Name is required to be verified, then it should be a fully qualified DNS domain name and must be duplicated as a DNS SAN (see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6125#section-2.3)
name
(string: "")
- Authenticate against only the named certificate role, returning its policy list if successful. If not set, defaults to trying all certificate roles and returning any one that matches.
~> NOTE The --cacert
value used here is for the Vault TLS Listener CA certificate, not the CA that issued the client authentication certificate. This can be omitted if the CA used to issue the Vault server certificate is trusted by the local system executing this command.
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