HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Vault Policy API

Policy management

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Operations 4

GET /sys/policies/acl HashiCorp Vault List ACL policies #

GET /sys/policies/acl/{name} HashiCorp Vault Read ACL policy #

PUT /sys/policies/acl/{name} HashiCorp Vault Create or update ACL policy #

DELETE /sys/policies/acl/{name} HashiCorp Vault Delete ACL policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HashiCorp Vault Vault Auth Methods AppRole Policy API
  description: APIs for authentication methods in HashiCorp Vault including Token, AppRole, Kubernetes, LDAP, JWT/OIDC, GitHub, Userpass, and AWS auth methods. These endpoints handle user and machine authentication to obtain Vault tokens.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: HashiCorp Support
    email: support@hashicorp.com
    url: https://support.hashicorp.com/
  license:
    name: Business Source License 1.1
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://vault.example.com/v1
  description: Vault Server
security:
- vaultToken: []
tags:
- name: Policy
  description: Policy management
paths:
  /sys/policies/acl:
    get:
      operationId: listPolicies
      summary: HashiCorp Vault List ACL policies
      description: Lists all configured ACL policies.
      tags:
      - Policy
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policies listed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  keys:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                    description: List of policy names
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
  /sys/policies/acl/{name}:
    get:
      operationId: readPolicy
      summary: HashiCorp Vault Read ACL policy
      description: Reads an existing ACL policy by name.
      tags:
      - Policy
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/policyName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy'
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: Policy not found
    put:
      operationId: createOrUpdatePolicy
      summary: HashiCorp Vault Create or update ACL policy
      description: Creates a new or updates an existing ACL policy.
      tags:
      - Policy
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/policyName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - policy
              properties:
                policy:
                  type: string
                  description: The policy document in HCL or JSON format
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Policy created or updated
        '400':
          description: Invalid policy
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
    delete:
      operationId: deletePolicy
      summary: HashiCorp Vault Delete ACL policy
      description: Deletes an ACL policy by name.
      tags:
      - Policy
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/policyName'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Policy deleted
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
components:
  parameters:
    policyName:
      name: name
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Name of the policy
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    Policy:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the policy
        policy:
          type: string
          description: Policy document in HCL or JSON format
  securitySchemes:
    vaultToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Vault-Token
      description: Vault authentication token
externalDocs:
  description: Vault Auth Methods API Documentation
  url: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth