Cerbos

Cerbos Admin Policies API

Policy management (Admin API).

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Operations 8

POST /admin/policy Add or update policies #

PUT /admin/policy Add or update policies (PUT) #

GET /admin/policy Get policy by id #

GET /admin/policies List policies #

GET /admin/policies/inspect Inspect policies #

POST /admin/policy/delete Delete a policy #

POST /admin/policy/disable Disable a policy #

POST /admin/policy/enable Enable a policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cerbos PDP REST Admin Audit Admin Policies API
  description: 'REST/JSON interface exposed by the Cerbos Policy Decision Point (PDP) for

    authorization decisions and policy administration. Includes CheckResources,

    PlanResources, ServerInfo, OpenID AuthZEN endpoints, and the Admin API for

    policy and schema management. Generated as a best-effort spec from public

    Cerbos documentation; the canonical OpenAPI is served by every PDP at

    /schema/swagger.json.

    '
  version: 0.x
  contact:
    name: Cerbos
    url: https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/index
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/cerbos/cerbos/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:3592
  description: Local Cerbos PDP (default HTTP port).
tags:
- name: Admin Policies
  description: Policy management (Admin API).
paths:
  /admin/policy:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: Add or update policies
      operationId: adminAddOrUpdatePolicy
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy added/updated.
    put:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: Add or update policies (PUT)
      operationId: adminAddOrUpdatePolicyPut
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy added/updated.
    get:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: Get policy by id
      operationId: adminGetPolicy
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        style: form
        explode: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy document(s).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /admin/policies:
    get:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: List policies
      operationId: adminListPolicies
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: include_disabled
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - in: query
        name: name_regexp
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: scope_regexp
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: version_regexp
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of policy identifiers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /admin/policies/inspect:
    get:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: Inspect policies
      operationId: adminInspectPolicies
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Inspection result with actions and variables.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /admin/policy/delete:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: Delete a policy
      operationId: adminDeletePolicy
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy deleted.
  /admin/policy/disable:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: Disable a policy
      operationId: adminDisablePolicy
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy disabled.
  /admin/policy/enable:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin Policies
      summary: Enable a policy
      operationId: adminEnablePolicy
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy enabled.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Basic authentication for the Admin API (default cerbos/cerbosAdmin; override in production).