Akeyless Auth API

The Auth API from Akeyless — 1 operation(s) for auth.

Operations 1

POST /auth Auth #

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OpenAPI Specification

akeyless-auth-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@akeyless.io
    name: Akeyless
    url: http://akeyless.io
  description: The purpose of this application is to provide access to Akeyless API.
  title: Akeyless Auth API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.akeyless.io/
tags:
- name: Auth
paths:
  /auth:
    post:
      operationId: auth
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/auth'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthOutput'
          description: authResponse wraps response body.
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONError'
          description: 'errorResponse wraps any error to return it as a JSON object with one "error"

            field.'
        default:
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONError'
          description: 'errorResponse wraps any error to return it as a JSON object with one "error"

            field.'
      tags:
      - Auth
      x-codegen-request-body-name: body
      summary: Auth
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    SystemAccessCredentialsReplyObj:
      example:
        auth_creds: auth_creds
        uam_creds: uam_creds
        kfm_creds: kfm_creds
        expiry: 0
        token: token
      properties:
        auth_creds:
          description: Temporary credentials for accessing Auth
          type: string
          x-go-name: AuthAccessCredentials
        expiry:
          description: Credentials expiration date
          format: int64
          type: integer
          x-go-name: Expiry
        kfm_creds:
          description: Temporary credentials for accessing the KFMs instances
          type: string
          x-go-name: KFMsAccessCredentials
        token:
          description: Credentials tmp token
          type: string
          x-go-name: Token
        uam_creds:
          description: Temporary credentials for accessing the UAM service
          type: string
          x-go-name: UAMAccessCredentials
      title: Combination of three temporary credentials signed by Auth for accessing Auth, UAM and KFMs instances.
      type: object
      x-go-package: akeyless.io/akeyless-main-repo/go/src/infra/akeyless-api/auth
    AuthOutput:
      example:
        creds:
          auth_creds: auth_creds
          uam_creds: uam_creds
          kfm_creds: kfm_creds
          expiry: 0
          token: token
        token: token
      properties:
        creds:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemAccessCredentialsReplyObj'
        token:
          type: string
          x-go-name: Token
      type: object
      x-go-package: akeyless.io/akeyless-main-repo/go/src/client/commands
    JSONError:
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          x-go-name: Err
      title: JSONError wraps an error with JSON object.
      type: object
      x-go-package: akeyless.io/akeyless-main-repo/go/src/client
    auth:
      properties:
        access-id:
          description: Access ID
          type: string
          x-go-name: AccessID
        access-key:
          description: Access key (relevant only for access-type=access_key)
          type: string
          x-go-name: AccessKey
        access-type:
          default: access_key
          description: 'Access Type

            (access_key/password/saml/ldap/k8s/azure_ad/oidc/aws_iam/universal_identity/jwt/gcp/cert)'
          type: string
          x-go-name: AccessType
        admin-email:
          description: Email (relevant only for access-type=password)
          type: string
          x-go-name: AdminEmail
        admin-password:
          description: Password (relevant only for access-type=password)
          type: string
          x-go-name: AdminPass
        cert-data:
          description: Certificate data encoded in base64. Used if file was not provided. (relevant only for access-type=cert)
          type: string
          x-go-name: CertData
        cloud-id:
          description: The cloud identity (relevant only for access-type=azure_ad,aws_iam,gcp)
          type: string
          x-go-name: CloudIdentity
        debug:
          type: boolean
          x-go-name: Debug
        gateway-url:
          description: Gateway URL for the K8S authenticated (relevant only for access-type=k8s)
          type: string
          x-go-name: GatewayURL
        gcp-audience:
          description: GCP JWT audience
          type: string
          x-go-name: GCPAudience
        json:
          description: Set output format to JSON
          type: boolean
          x-go-name: Json
        jwt:
          description: The Json Web Token (relevant only for access-type=jwt/oidc)
          type: string
          x-go-name: JWT
        k8s-auth-config-name:
          description: The K8S Auth config name (relevant only for access-type=k8s)
          type: string
          x-go-name: K8SAuthConfigName
        k8s-service-account-token:
          description: The K8S service account token. (relevant only for access-type=k8s)
          type: string
          x-go-name: K8SServiceAccountToken
        key-data:
          description: Private key data encoded in base64. Used if file was not provided.(relevant only for access-type=cert)
          type: string
          x-go-name: KeyData
        ldap_password:
          description: LDAP password (relevant only for access-type=ldap)
          type: string
          x-go-name: LDAPPassword
        ldap_username:
          description: LDAP username (relevant only for access-type=ldap)
          type: string
          x-go-name: LDAPUsername
        uid_token:
          description: 'The universal_identity token (relevant only for

            access-type=universal_identity)'
          type: string
          x-go-name: UIDToken
      title: auth is a command that creates temporary access credentials.
      type: object
      x-go-package: akeyless.io/akeyless-main-repo/go/src/client/commands