Cohesity

Cohesity Principals API

The Principals API from Cohesity — 10 operation(s) for principals.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 17

GET /public/principals/protectionSources Returns the Protection Sources objects and View names that the principals have… #
PUT /public/principals/protectionSources Set the Protection Sources and Views that the specified principal has… #
GET /public/principals/searchPrincipals List the user and group principals that match the filter criteria specified… #
GET /public/sessionUser Get the information of the logged in user #
GET /public/users List the users on the Cohesity Cluster that match the filter criteria specified… #
PUT /public/users Update an existing user on the Cohesity Cluster. #
POST /public/users Create or add a new user to the Cohesity Cluster #
DELETE /public/users Delete one or more users on the Cohesity Cluster #
GET /public/users/privileges List the privileges of the session user #
POST /public/users/s3SecretKey Reset the S3 secret access key for the specified user on the Cohesity Cluster #
GET /public/users/{sid}/apiKeys Fetch API keys for user #
POST /public/users/{sid}/apiKeys Create an API key for user #
GET /public/users/{sid}/apiKeys/{id} Fetch an API key for user by its id #
PUT /public/users/{sid}/apiKeys/{id} Update an API key #
DELETE /public/users/{sid}/apiKeys/{id} Delete an API key for user #
POST /public/users/{sid}/apiKeys/{id}/rotate Fetch an API key for user by its id #
GET /public/usersApiKeys Fetch API keys across all users #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html
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GettingStarted
https://developer.cohesity.com/docs/helios-getting-started
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APIReference
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
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APIReference
https://developers.cohesity.com/page/api-reference
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GettingStarted
https://developers.cohesity.com/docs/getting-started
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/helios-reporting
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/site-continuity

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cohesity/refs/heads/main/openapi/cohesity-principals-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Postman
https://api.cohesity.com/

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OpenAPI Specification

cohesity-principals-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: 'This API list provides operations for interfacing with the Cohesity

    Cluster.'
  title: Cohesity REST Principals API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://<CLUSTER_VIP>/irisservices/api/v1
tags:


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