Azure Automation Credential API

The Credential API from Azure Automation — 2 operation(s) for credential.

Operations 5

GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/credentials Credential list by automation account #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/credentials/{credentialName} Credential get #
PUT /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/credentials/{credentialName} Credential create or update #
PATCH /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/credentials/{credentialName} Credential update #
DELETE /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/credentials/{credentialName} Credential delete #

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microsoft-azure-automation-credential-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Azure Automation Credential API
  version: '2024-10-23'
  x-typespec-generated:
  - emitter: '@azure-tools/typespec-autorest'
  description: 'Operations tagged Credential across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: microsoft-azure-automation-openapi.json, microsoft-azure-automation-management-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
security:
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
tags:
- name: Credential
paths:
  ? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/credentials
  : get:
      operationId: Credential_ListByAutomationAccount
      tags:
      - Credential
      description: Retrieve a list of credentials.
      externalDocs:
        url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/credentialoperations
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: automationAccountName
        in: path
        description: The name of the automation account.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialListResult'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
      x-ms-examples:
        List credentials by automation account, first 100:
          $ref: ./examples/listCredentialsByAutomationAccount.json
        List credentials by automation account, next 100:
          $ref: ./examples/listCredentialsByAutomationAccount_next100_using_nextLink.json
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
      summary: Credential list by automation account
      x-summary-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://management.azure.com
  ? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/credentials/{credentialName}
  : get:
      operationId: Credential_Get
      tags:
      - Credential
      description: Retrieve the credential identified by credential name.
      externalDocs:
        url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/credentialoperations
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: automationAccountName
        in: path
        description: The name of the automation account.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: credentialName
        in: path
        description: The name of credential.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Credential'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
      x-ms-examples:
        Get a credential:
          $ref: ./examples/getCredential.json
      summary: Credential get
      x-summary-source: derived
    put:
      operationId: Credential_CreateOrUpdate
      tags:
      - Credential
      description: Create a credential.
      externalDocs:
        url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/credentialoperations
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: automationAccountName
        in: path
        description: The name of the automation account.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: credentialName
        in: path
        description: The name of credential.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource 'Credential' update operation succeeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Credential'
        '201':
          description: Resource 'Credential' create operation succeeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Credential'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
      x-ms-examples:
        Create a credential:
          $ref: ./examples/createOrUpdateCredential.json
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialCreateOrUpdateParameters'
        description: The parameters supplied to the create or update credential operation.
        required: true
      summary: Credential create or update
      x-summary-source: derived
    patch:
      operationId: Credential_Update
      tags:
      - Credential
      description: Update a credential.
      externalDocs:
        url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/credentialoperations
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: automationAccountName
        in: path
        description: The name of the automation account.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: credentialName
        in: path
        description: The name of credential.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Credential'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
      x-ms-examples:
        Update a credential:
          $ref: ./examples/updateCredential_patch.json
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialUpdateParameters'
        description: The parameters supplied to the Update credential operation.
        required: true
      summary: Credential update
      x-summary-source: derived
    delete:
      operationId: Credential_Delete
      tags:
      - Credential
      description: Delete the credential.
      externalDocs:
        url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/credentialoperations
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: automationAccountName
        in: path
        description: The name of the automation account.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: credentialName
        in: path
        description: The name of credential.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource deleted successfully.
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
      x-ms-examples:
        Delete a credential:
          $ref: ./examples/deleteCredentialExisting.json
      summary: Credential delete
      x-summary-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://management.azure.com
components:
  schemas:
    CredentialCreateOrUpdateParameters:
      type: object
      description: The parameters supplied to the create or update credential operation.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the name of the credential.
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialCreateOrUpdateProperties'
          description: Gets or sets the properties of the credential.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      required:
      - name
      - properties
    CredentialProperties:
      type: object
      description: Definition of the credential properties
      properties:
        userName:
          type: string
          description: Gets the user name of the credential.
          readOnly: true
        creationTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Gets the creation time.
          readOnly: true
        lastModifiedTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Gets the last modified time.
          readOnly: true
        description:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the description.
    CredentialUpdateProperties:
      type: object
      description: The properties of the Update credential
      properties:
        userName:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the user name of the credential.
        password:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the password of the credential.
        description:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the description of the credential.
    CredentialUpdateParameters:
      type: object
      description: The parameters supplied to the Update credential operation.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the name of the credential.
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialUpdateProperties'
          description: Gets or sets the properties of the variable.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
    Credential:
      type: object
      description: Definition of the credential.
      properties:
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialProperties'
          description: Gets or sets the properties of the credential.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      allOf:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ProxyResource
    CredentialCreateOrUpdateProperties:
      type: object
      description: The properties of the create credential operation.
      properties:
        userName:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the user name of the credential.
        password:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the password of the credential.
        description:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the description of the credential.
      required:
      - userName
      - password
    CredentialListResult:
      type: object
      description: The response of a Credential list operation.
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          description: The Credential items on this page
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Credential'
        nextLink:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The link to the next page of items
      required:
      - value
  securitySchemes:
    azure_auth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          scopes:
            user_impersonation: impersonate your user account
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.
x-refined-from:
- microsoft-azure-automation-openapi.json
- microsoft-azure-automation-management-openapi.yml