Cerbos Server API

PDP server metadata.

Operations 2

GET /api/server_info Server information #
GET /schema/swagger.json OpenAPI specification #

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OpenAPI Specification

cerbos-server-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cerbos PDP REST Admin Audit Server 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: Server
  description: PDP server metadata.
paths:
  /api/server_info:
    get:
      tags:
      - Server
      summary: Server information
      description: Returns Cerbos PDP version, commit hash, and build date.
      operationId: serverInfo
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server metadata.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServerInfo'
  /schema/swagger.json:
    get:
      tags:
      - Server
      summary: OpenAPI specification
      description: Returns the OpenAPI/Swagger specification served by the PDP.
      operationId: swaggerSpec
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OpenAPI document.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  schemas:
    ServerInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
        commit:
          type: string
        buildDate:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Basic authentication for the Admin API (default cerbos/cerbosAdmin; override in production).