X-Road (NIIS) Signing Keys API

resources related to Global Configuration Signing Keys

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Operations 3

DELETE /signing-keys/{sign_key_id} delete key #
PUT /signing-keys/{sign_key_id}/activate activate key #
POST /configuration-sources/{configuration_type}/signing-keys add new key #

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x-road-global-signing-keys-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: X Road Global Signing Keys API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    email: info@niis.org
    name: Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS)
    url: https://github.com/nordic-institute/X-Road-development/#enhancement-requests-and-error-reports
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  description: 'Operations tagged signing-keys across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: central-server-admin-openapi.yaml, x-road-global-central-server-admin-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- description: basepath for API v1
  url: /api/v1
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: signing-keys
  description: resources related to Global Configuration Signing Keys
paths:
  /signing-keys/{sign_key_id}:
    delete:
      description: Administrator deletes the configuration signing key.
      operationId: deleteKey
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SigningKeyIdParam'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: key deletion was successful
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                error_response:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/ErrorExample'
                warnings_response:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/DeleteKeyWarningExample'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo'
          description: request was invalid
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      summary: delete key
      tags:
      - signing-keys
    servers:
    - description: basepath for API v1
      url: /api/v1
  /signing-keys/{sign_key_id}/activate:
    put:
      description: Administrator activates a configuration signing key.
      operationId: activateKey
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SigningKeyIdParam'
      responses:
        '204':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NoContent'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      summary: activate key
      tags:
      - signing-keys
    servers:
    - description: basepath for API v1
      url: /api/v1
  /configuration-sources/{configuration_type}/signing-keys:
    post:
      description: Adds configuration signing key for selected configuration source and token.
      operationId: addKey
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConfigurationTypeParam'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConfigurationSigningKeyAdd'
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConfigurationSigningKey'
          description: created signing key
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      summary: add new key
      tags:
      - signing-keys
    servers:
    - description: basepath for API v1
      url: /api/v1
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: resource requested does not exists
    NoContent:
      description: request was successful
    Forbidden:
      description: request has been refused
    Unauthorized:
      description: authentication credentials are missing
    InternalServerError:
      description: internal server error
    BadRequest:
      description: request was invalid
  schemas:
    ConfigurationSigningKey:
      description: Signing context (key identifier used by the signer and signing certificate) for signing the global configuration. Also includes the possible actions that can be done to this object, e.g DELETE (only for key related operations and does not consider user authorization).
      properties:
        active:
          description: if the key is active
          example: true
          type: boolean
        available:
          description: if the key is available
          example: true
          type: boolean
        created_at:
          description: configuration signing key created at
          example: '2022-01-12T00:00:00.001Z'
          format: date-time
          maxLength: 24
          minLength: 24
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
          description: unique identifier
          example: 123
          minLength: 1
        key_hash:
          description: key hash
          example: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
          format: text
          minLength: 1
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        token_id:
          type: string
          format: text
          description: token id
          example: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
          minLength: 1
          readOnly: true
        label:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyLabel'
        possible_actions:
          description: array containing the possible actions that can be done for this item
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PossibleKeyAction'
          type: array
        source_type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConfigurationType'
        key_algorithm:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyAlgorithm'
      required:
      - id
      - label
      - created_at
      - active
      - available
      - possible_actions
      type: object
    KeyLabel:
      properties:
        label:
          description: label for the new key
          format: text
          maxLength: 255
          minLength: 1
          type: string
      type: object
    KeyAlgorithm:
      description: Key type
      enum:
      - RSA
      - EC
      example: RSA
      type: string
    ConfigurationSigningKeyAdd:
      properties:
        key_label:
          description: label for the new key
          format: text
          maxLength: 255
          minLength: 1
          type: string
        token_id:
          description: token id
          example: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
          format: text
          minLength: 1
          type: string
      required:
      - token_id
      - key_label
      type: object
    PossibleKeyAction:
      description: an action to change state or edit keys
      enum:
      - DELETE
      - ACTIVATE
      example: DELETE
      type: string
    ErrorInfo:
      $ref: ../../../../../common/common-admin-api/src/main/resources/common-openapi-definition.yaml#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo
    ConfigurationType:
      description: configuration type
      enum:
      - INTERNAL
      - EXTERNAL
      example: INTERNAL
      type: string
  parameters:
    SigningKeyIdParam:
      in: path
      name: sign_key_id
      description: Id of the signing key
      required: true
      schema:
        format: text
        minLength: 1
        type: string
    ConfigurationTypeParam:
      in: path
      name: configuration_type
      description: the type of the configuration for which the anchor is fetched for
      required: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConfigurationType'
  examples:
    DeleteKeyWarningExample:
      summary: Warning response when trying to delete an authentication key with a registered authentication certificate
      value:
        error:
          code: warnings_detected
        status: 400
        warnings:
        - code: auth_key_with_registered_cert_warning
          metadata:
          - 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
    ErrorExample:
      $ref: ../../../../../common/common-admin-api/src/main/resources/common-openapi-definition.yaml#/components/examples/ErrorExample
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      description: X-Road-ApiKey token=<api key>
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey
x-refined-from:
- central-server-admin-openapi.yaml
- x-road-global-central-server-admin-openapi.yml