HashiCorp Vault Policy API

ACL policy management

Operations 4

GET /sys/policies/acl List ACL policies #
GET /sys/policies/acl/{name} Read an ACL policy #
PUT /sys/policies/acl/{name} Create or update an ACL policy #
DELETE /sys/policies/acl/{name} Delete an ACL policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

hashicorp-vault-policy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HashiCorp Vault HTTP Auth - AppRole Policy API
  description: The Vault HTTP API provides full access to Vault functionality via HTTP. Every aspect of Vault can be controlled via this API including secrets management, authentication, system configuration, identity, and policy management.
  version: 1.15.0
  contact:
    name: HashiCorp
    url: https://www.vaultproject.io/
  license:
    name: Business Source License 1.1
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1
  description: Local Vault server
- url: https://{vault_host}:{port}/v1
  description: Custom Vault server
  variables:
    vault_host:
      default: 127.0.0.1
    port:
      default: '8200'
security:
- VaultToken: []
tags:
- name: Policy
  description: ACL policy management
paths:
  /sys/policies/acl:
    get:
      operationId: listACLPolicies
      summary: List ACL policies
      tags:
      - Policy
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of policy names
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  keys:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
  /sys/policies/acl/{name}:
    get:
      operationId: getACLPolicy
      summary: Read an ACL policy
      tags:
      - Policy
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  name:
                    type: string
                  policy:
                    type: string
                    description: HCL or JSON policy document
    put:
      operationId: createACLPolicy
      summary: Create or update an ACL policy
      tags:
      - Policy
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - policy
              properties:
                policy:
                  type: string
                  description: HCL or JSON policy document
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Policy created/updated
    delete:
      operationId: deleteACLPolicy
      summary: Delete an ACL policy
      tags:
      - Policy
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Policy deleted
components:
  securitySchemes:
    VaultToken:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-Vault-Token
      in: header
      description: Vault client token