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Confluent Kafka ACL Management API

Endpoints to create, delete, and list Kafka ACLs.

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Operations 3

DELETE /security/1.0/acls Deletes Kafka ACLs according to the supplied filter #
POST /security/1.0/acls Creates Kafka ACLs for given AclBinding #
POST /security/1.0/acls:search Lists Kafka ACLs according to the supplied filter #

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OpenAPI Specification

confluent-kafka-acl-management-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: '## Confluent Metadata API - Swagger UI

    ---

    This tool (SwaggerUI) and the Open API spec file are provided _for development / test

    purposes only_:


    - **Do _not_ enable in Production.**

    - **This tool only works with HTTP.**


    ### Authenticating

    Authentication is performed by HTTP Basic Auth or by presenting a bearer token.'
  title: MDS Kafka ACL Management API
  version: '1.0'
  x-api-id: 9a0c4222-9190-4816-b872-1a9cf002afab
  x-audience: external-public
servers:
- url: /
security:
- basicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- description: Endpoints to create, delete, and list Kafka ACLs.
  name: Kafka ACL Management
paths:
  /security/1.0/acls:
    delete:
      description: Callable by Admins+AclUsers.
      operationId: removeAclBindings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclFilterRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclBindings'
          description: Deleted AclBindings.
        default:
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Error Response
      summary: Deletes Kafka ACLs according to the supplied filter
      tags:
      - Kafka ACL Management
    post:
      description: Callable by Admins+AclUsers.
      operationId: addAclBinding
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateAclRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Added AclBinding.
        default:
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Error Response
      summary: Creates Kafka ACLs for given AclBinding
      tags:
      - Kafka ACL Management
  /security/1.0/acls:search:
    post:
      description: Callable by Admins+AclUsers.
      operationId: searchAclBinding
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclFilterRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclBindings'
          description: Returns all AclBindings that match the given AclBindingFilter.
        default:
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Error Response
      summary: Lists Kafka ACLs according to the supplied filter
      tags:
      - Kafka ACL Management
components:
  schemas:
    KafkaResourcePatternFilter:
      example:
        name: clicksTopic1
        patternType: LITERAL
        resourceType: TOPIC
      properties:
        resourceType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclResourceType'
        name:
          example: clicksTopic1
          type: string
        patternType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatternType'
      required:
      - patternType
      - resourceType
      type: object
    AclBinding:
      example:
        entry:
          principal: User:bob
          permissionType: ALLOW
          host: host
          operation: ALL
        pattern:
          name: clicksTopic1
          patternType: LITERAL
          resourceType: TOPIC
      properties:
        pattern:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KafkaResourcePattern'
        entry:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessControlEntry'
      required:
      - entry
      - pattern
      type: object
    AccessControlEntryFilter:
      example:
        principal: principal
        permissionType: ALLOW
        host: host
        operation: ALL
      properties:
        principal:
          pattern: ^User:.+$
          type: string
        host:
          type: string
        operation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclOperation'
        permissionType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclPermissionType'
      required:
      - operation
      - permissionType
      type: object
    CreateAclRequest:
      example:
        aclBinding:
          entry:
            principal: User:bob
            permissionType: ALLOW
            host: host
            operation: ALL
          pattern:
            name: clicksTopic1
            patternType: LITERAL
            resourceType: TOPIC
        scope:
          clusters:
            kafka-cluster: kafka-cluster
      properties:
        scope:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KafkaScope'
        aclBinding:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclBinding'
      required:
      - aclBinding
      - scope
      type: object
    KafkaScope_clusters:
      example:
        kafka-cluster: kafka-cluster
      properties:
        kafka-cluster:
          type: string
      required:
      - kafka-cluster
      type: object
    KafkaResourcePattern:
      example:
        name: clicksTopic1
        patternType: LITERAL
        resourceType: TOPIC
      properties:
        resourceType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclResourceType'
        name:
          example: clicksTopic1
          type: string
        patternType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatternType'
      required:
      - name
      - patternType
      - resourceType
      type: object
    AclResourceType:
      enum:
      - UNKNOWN
      - ANY
      - TOPIC
      - GROUP
      - CLUSTER
      - TRANSACTIONAL_ID
      example: TOPIC
      type: string
    AclPermissionType:
      enum:
      - UNKNOWN
      - ANY
      - DENY
      - ALLOW
      example: ALLOW
      type: string
    AclBindings:
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclBinding'
      type: array
    ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        status_code:
          description: Optional - http status code
          example: 400
          type: integer
        error_code:
          description: Optional - Kafka error code (typically 5 digits)
          type: integer
        type:
          description: Optional - Type of error
          example: INVALID REQUEST DATA
          type: string
        message:
          description: Required - Top level error message
          example: Bad request
          type: string
        errors:
          description: Optional - List of errors
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
          type: array
      required:
      - message
      type: object
    AccessControlEntry:
      example:
        principal: User:bob
        permissionType: ALLOW
        host: host
        operation: ALL
      properties:
        principal:
          example: User:bob
          pattern: ^User:.+$
          type: string
        host:
          type: string
        operation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclOperation'
        permissionType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclPermissionType'
      required:
      - host
      - operation
      - permissionType
      - principal
      type: object
    ErrorDetail:
      properties:
        error_type:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
      required:
      - error_type
      - type
      type: object
    PatternType:
      enum:
      - UNKNOWN
      - ANY
      - MATCH
      - LITERAL
      - PREFIXED
      example: LITERAL
      type: string
    AclOperation:
      enum:
      - UNKNOWN
      - ANY
      - ALL
      - READ
      - WRITE
      - CREATE
      - DELETE
      - ALTER
      - DESCRIBE
      - CLUSTER_ACTION
      - DESCRIBE_CONFIGS
      - ALTER_CONFIGS
      - IDEMPOTENT_WRITE
      example: ALL
      type: string
    AclFilterRequest:
      example:
        scope:
          clusters:
            kafka-cluster: kafka-cluster
        aclBindingFilter:
          patternFilter:
            name: clicksTopic1
            patternType: LITERAL
            resourceType: TOPIC
          entryFilter:
            principal: principal
            permissionType: ALLOW
            host: host
            operation: ALL
      properties:
        scope:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KafkaScope'
        aclBindingFilter:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AclBindingFilter'
      required:
      - aclBindingFilter
      - scope
      type: object
    KafkaScope:
      example:
        clusters:
          kafka-cluster: kafka-cluster
      properties:
        clusters:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KafkaScope_clusters'
      required:
      - clusters
      type: object
    AclBindingFilter:
      example:
        patternFilter:
          name: clicksTopic1
          patternType: LITERAL
          resourceType: TOPIC
        entryFilter:
          principal: principal
          permissionType: ALLOW
          host: host
          operation: ALL
      properties:
        patternFilter:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KafkaResourcePatternFilter'
        entryFilter:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessControlEntryFilter'
      required:
      - entryFilter
      - patternFilter
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      scheme: basic
      type: http
    bearerAuth:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      scheme: bearer
      type: http