tokens
Configure the identity tokens backend
This endpoint updates configurations for OIDC-compliant identity tokens issued by Vault.
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issuer
(string: "")
– Issuer URL to be used in the iss claim of the token. If not set, Vault's api_addr will be used. The issuer is a case sensitive URL using the https scheme that contains scheme, host, and an optional port number.
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Read configurations for the identity tokens backend
This endpoint queries vault identity tokens configurations.
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Create a named key
This endpoint creates or updates a named key which is used by a role to sign tokens.
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name
(string)
– Name of the named key.rotation_period
(int or time string: "24h")
- How often to generate a new signing key. Uses duration format strings.verification_ttl
(int or time string: "24h")
- Controls how long the public portion of a signing key will be available for verification after being rotated. Uses duration format strings.allowed_client_ids
(list: [])
- Array of role client ids allowed to use this key for signing. If empty, no roles are allowed. If "*", all roles are allowed.algorithm
(string: "RS256")
- Signing algorithm to use. Allowed values are: RS256 (default), RS384, RS512, ES256, ES384, ES512, EdDSA.
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Read a named key
This endpoint queries a named key and returns its configurations.
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name
(string)
– Name of the key.
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Delete a named key
This endpoint deletes a named key.
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name
(string)
– Name of the key.
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List named keys
This endpoint will List all named keys.
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Rotate a named key
This endpoint rotates a named key.
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name
(string)
– Name of the key to be rotated.verification_ttl
(string: <optional>)
- Controls how long the public portion of the key will be available for verification after being rotated. Setting verification_ttl here will override the verification_ttl set on the key.
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Create or update a role
Create or update a role. ID tokens are generated against a role and signed against a named key.
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name
(string)
– Name of the role.key
(string)
– A configured named key, the key must already exist.template
(string: <optional>)
- The template string to use for generating tokens. This may be in string-ified JSON or base64 format.client_id
(string: <optional>)
- Optional client ID. A random ID will be generated if left unset.ttl
(int or time string: "24h")
- TTL of the tokens generated against the role. Uses duration format strings.
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Read a role
This endpoint queries a role and returs its configuration.
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name
(string)
– Name of the role.
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Delete a role
This endpoint deletes a role.
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name
(string)
– Name of the role.
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List roles
This endpoint will list all signing keys.
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Generate a signed ID token
Use this endpoint to generate a signed ID (OIDC) token.
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name
(string: "")
– The name of the role against which to generate a signed ID token
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Introspect a signed ID token
This endpoint can verify the authenticity and active state of a signed ID token.
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token
(string)
– A signed OIDC compliant ID tokenclient_id
(string: <optional>)
- Specifying the client ID additionally requires the token to contain a matchingaud
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Read .well-known configurations
Query this path to retrieve a set of claims about the identity tokens' configuration. The response is a compliant OpenID Provider Configuration Response.
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Read active public keys
Query this path to retrieve the public portion of named keys. Clients can use this to validate the authenticity of an identity token.
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