CyberArk Authentication API

Authenticate hosts and users, exchange credentials for access tokens.

Operations 2

GET /authn/{account}/login Get API key for user #
POST /authn/{account}/{login}/authenticate Get short-lived access token #

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OpenAPI Specification

cyberark-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CyberArk Conjur Secrets Manager Authentication API
  description: Conjur Secrets Manager is CyberArk's machine-identity and secrets management platform, available as Conjur Open Source, Conjur Enterprise (Self-Hosted), and Conjur Cloud (SaaS).
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: CyberArk Developer
    url: https://developer.cyberark.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://conjur.example.com
  description: Conjur Self-Hosted appliance (replace with appliance hostname)
- url: https://{tenant}.secretsmgr.cyberark.cloud/api
  description: Conjur Cloud tenant
  variables:
    tenant:
      default: tenant
      description: CyberArk Conjur Cloud tenant subdomain
security:
- ConjurAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Authenticate hosts and users, exchange credentials for access tokens.
paths:
  /authn/{account}/login:
    get:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Get API key for user
      description: Exchange basic credentials for the user's API key, used as the password in subsequent /authenticate calls.
      operationId: login
      parameters:
      - name: account
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API key returned as plain text.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /authn/{account}/{login}/authenticate:
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Get short-lived access token
      description: Exchange API key for a short-lived Conjur access token used in the Authorization header on subsequent calls.
      operationId: authenticate
      parameters:
      - name: account
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: login
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          text/plain:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: API key
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Conjur access token (Base64-encoded JSON).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ConjurAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: ConjurAccessToken
externalDocs:
  description: Conjur OpenAPI Specification (canonical)
  url: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur-openapi-spec