Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Manager Resource Policy API

The Secrets Manager Resource Policy API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 4 operation(s) for secrets manager resource policy.

Operations 4

POST /#DeleteResourcePolicy Delete Resource Policy #
POST /#GetResourcePolicy Get Resource Policy #
POST /#PutResourcePolicy Put Resource Policy #
POST /#ValidateResourcePolicy Validate Resource Policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-secrets-manager-resource-policy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AWS Secrets Manager Resource Policy API
  version: '2017-10-17'
  description: Generated from AWS's published Smithy model for AWS Secrets Manager. 4 operation(s).
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:
- name: Resource Policy
paths:
  /#DeleteResourcePolicy:
    post:
      operationId: DeleteResourcePolicy
      summary: Delete Resource Policy
      description: 'Deletes the resource-based permission policy attached to the secret. To attach a policy to a secret, use PutResourcePolicy. Secrets Manager generates a CloudTrail log entry when you call this action. Do not include sensitive information in request parameters because it might be logged. For more information, see Logging Secrets Manager events with CloudTrail. Required permissions: secretsmanager:DeleteResourcePolicy. For more information, see IAM policy actions for Secrets Manager and Authentication and access control in Secrets Manager.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResourcePolicyResponse'
              example:
                ARN: arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestDatabaseSecret-a1b2c3
                Name: MyTestDatabaseSecret
        '500':
          description: InternalServiceError
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServiceError'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterException; InvalidRequestException; ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterException'
      parameters:
      - name: X-Amz-Target
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - secretsmanager.DeleteResourcePolicy
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-amz-json-1.1:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResourcePolicyRequest'
            example:
              SecretId: MyTestDatabaseSecret
      tags:
      - Resource Policy
  /#GetResourcePolicy:
    post:
      operationId: GetResourcePolicy
      summary: Get Resource Policy
      description: 'Retrieves the JSON text of the resource-based policy document attached to the secret. For more information about permissions policies attached to a secret, see Permissions policies attached to a secret. Secrets Manager generates a CloudTrail log entry when you call this action. Do not include sensitive information in request parameters because it might be logged. For more information, see Logging Secrets Manager events with CloudTrail. Required permissions: secretsmanager:GetResourcePolicy. For more information, see IAM policy actions for Secrets Manager and Authentication and access control in Secrets Manager.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetResourcePolicyResponse'
              example:
                ARN: arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestDatabaseSecret-a1b2c3
                Name: MyTestDatabaseSecret
                ResourcePolicy: '{

                  "Version":"2012-10-17",

                  "Statement":[{

                  "Effect":"Allow",

                  "Principal":{

                  "AWS":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:root"

                  },

                  "Action":"secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",

                  "Resource":"*"

                  }]

                  }'
        '500':
          description: InternalServiceError
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServiceError'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterException; InvalidRequestException; ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterException'
      parameters:
      - name: X-Amz-Target
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - secretsmanager.GetResourcePolicy
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-amz-json-1.1:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetResourcePolicyRequest'
            example:
              SecretId: MyTestDatabaseSecret
      tags:
      - Resource Policy
  /#PutResourcePolicy:
    post:
      operationId: PutResourcePolicy
      summary: Put Resource Policy
      description: 'Attaches a resource-based permission policy to a secret. A resource-based policy is optional. For more information, see Authentication and access control for Secrets Manager For information about attaching a policy in the console, see Attach a permissions policy to a secret. Secrets Manager generates a CloudTrail log entry when you call this action. Do not include sensitive information in request parameters because it might be logged. For more information, see Logging Secrets Manager events with CloudTrail. Required permissions: secretsmanager:PutResourcePolicy. For more information, see IAM policy actions for Secrets Manager and Authentication and access control in Secrets Manager.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PutResourcePolicyResponse'
              example:
                ARN: arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestDatabaseSecret-a1b2c3
                Name: MyTestDatabaseSecret
        '500':
          description: InternalServiceError
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServiceError'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterException; InvalidRequestException; MalformedPolicyDocumentException; PublicPolicyException; ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterException'
      parameters:
      - name: X-Amz-Target
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - secretsmanager.PutResourcePolicy
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-amz-json-1.1:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PutResourcePolicyRequest'
            example:
              SecretId: MyTestDatabaseSecret
              ResourcePolicy: '{

                "Version":"2012-10-17",

                "Statement":[{

                "Effect":"Allow",

                "Principal":{

                "AWS":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:root"

                },

                "Action":"secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",

                "Resource":"*"

                }]

                }'
      tags:
      - Resource Policy
  /#ValidateResourcePolicy:
    post:
      operationId: ValidateResourcePolicy
      summary: Validate Resource Policy
      description: 'Validates that a resource policy does not grant a wide range of principals access to your secret. A resource-based policy is optional for secrets. The API performs three checks when validating the policy: Sends a call to Zelkova, an automated reasoning engine, to ensure your resource policy does not allow broad access to your secret, for example policies that use a wildcard for the principal. Checks for correct syntax in a policy. Verifies the policy does not lock out a caller. Secrets Manager generates a CloudTrail log entry when you call this action. Do not include sensitive information in request parameters because it might be logged. For more information, see Logging Secrets Manager events with CloudTrail. Required permissions: secretsmanager:ValidateResourcePolicy and secretsmanager:PutResourcePolicy. For more information, see IAM policy actions for Secrets Manager and Authentication and access control in Secrets Manager.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidateResourcePolicyResponse'
              example:
                PolicyValidationPassed: true
                ValidationErrors: []
        '500':
          description: InternalServiceError
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServiceError'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterException; InvalidRequestException; MalformedPolicyDocumentException; ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterException'
      parameters:
      - name: X-Amz-Target
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - secretsmanager.ValidateResourcePolicy
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-amz-json-1.1:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidateResourcePolicyRequest'
            example:
              SecretId: MyTestDatabaseSecret
              ResourcePolicy: '{

                "Version":"2012-10-17",

                "Statement":[{

                "Effect":"Allow",

                "Principal":{

                "AWS":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:root"

                },

                "Action":"secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",

                "Resource":"*"

                }]

                }'
      tags:
      - Resource Policy
components:
  schemas:
    ValidateResourcePolicyRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        SecretId:
          type: string
          description: The ARN or name of the secret with the resource-based policy you want to validate.
        ResourcePolicy:
          type: string
          description: A JSON-formatted string that contains an Amazon Web Services resource-based policy. The policy in the string identifies who can access or manage this secret and its versions. For example policies, see Permissions policy examples.
      required:
      - ResourcePolicy
    ValidateResourcePolicyResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        PolicyValidationPassed:
          type: boolean
          description: True if your policy passes validation, otherwise false.
        ValidationErrors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorsEntry'
          description: Validation errors if your policy didn't pass validation.
    PutResourcePolicyRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        SecretId:
          type: string
          description: The ARN or name of the secret to attach the resource-based policy. For an ARN, we recommend that you specify a complete ARN rather than a partial ARN. See Finding a secret from a partial ARN.
        ResourcePolicy:
          type: string
          description: A JSON-formatted string for an Amazon Web Services resource-based policy. For example policies, see Permissions policy examples.
        BlockPublicPolicy:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Specifies whether to block resource-based policies that allow broad access to the secret, for example those that use a wildcard for the principal. By default, public policies aren''t blocked. Resource policy validation and the BlockPublicPolicy parameter help protect your resources by preventing public access from being granted through the resource policies that are directly attached to your secrets. In addition to using these features, carefully inspect the following policies to confirm that they do not grant public access: Identity-based policies attached to associated Amazon Web Services pri'
      required:
      - SecretId
      - ResourcePolicy
    ValidationErrorsEntry:
      type: object
      properties:
        CheckName:
          type: string
          description: Checks the name of the policy.
        ErrorMessage:
          type: string
          description: Displays error messages if validation encounters problems during validation of the resource policy.
    GetResourcePolicyRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        SecretId:
          type: string
          description: The ARN or name of the secret to retrieve the attached resource-based policy for. For an ARN, we recommend that you specify a complete ARN rather than a partial ARN. See Finding a secret from a partial ARN.
      required:
      - SecretId
    DeleteResourcePolicyResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ARN:
          type: string
          description: The ARN of the secret that the resource-based policy was deleted for.
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the secret that the resource-based policy was deleted for.
    DeleteResourcePolicyRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        SecretId:
          type: string
          description: The ARN or name of the secret to delete the attached resource-based policy for. For an ARN, we recommend that you specify a complete ARN rather than a partial ARN. See Finding a secret from a partial ARN.
      required:
      - SecretId
    PutResourcePolicyResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ARN:
          type: string
          description: The ARN of the secret.
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the secret.
    InternalServiceError:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
    GetResourcePolicyResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ARN:
          type: string
          description: The ARN of the secret that the resource-based policy was retrieved for.
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the secret that the resource-based policy was retrieved for.
        ResourcePolicy:
          type: string
          description: A JSON-formatted string that contains the permissions policy attached to the secret. For more information about permissions policies, see Authentication and access control for Secrets Manager.
    InvalidParameterException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header carries an AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical request, with X-Amz-Date (and X-Amz-Security-Token for temporary credentials). Not a bearer token.
      x-aws-sigv4:
        signingName: secretsmanager
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Amazon Web Services
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/api-models-aws/582e55931c45b944739742a2c1620b6026dd2d13/models/secrets-manager/service/2017-10-17/secrets-manager-2017-10-17.json
  note: converted by smithy-to-openapi.py from AWS's Smithy model (roadmap#1001)