Zitadel

Zitadel Policies API

Manage login, password, and notification policies

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Operations 3

GET /management/v1/policies/login Zitadel Get Login Policy #

PUT /management/v1/policies/login Zitadel Update Login Policy #

GET /management/v1/policies/passwords/lockout Zitadel Get Password Lockout Policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Zitadel Management Policies API
  description: The Zitadel Management API provides comprehensive identity infrastructure management including users, organizations, projects, applications, roles, policies, and identity providers. Accessible via REST at /management/v1/ with gRPC transcoding support. Zitadel is an open source identity platform supporting OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, FIDO2, and passkeys.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Zitadel
    url: https://zitadel.com
  license:
    name: GNU AGPLv3
    url: https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/blob/main/LICENSE
  termsOfService: https://zitadel.com/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.zitadel.cloud
  description: Zitadel Cloud instance
  variables:
    instance:
      default: your-instance
      description: Your Zitadel cloud instance name
- url: https://{custom-domain}
  description: Self-hosted Zitadel instance
  variables:
    custom-domain:
      default: localhost:8080
      description: Your self-hosted Zitadel domain
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Policies
  description: Manage login, password, and notification policies
paths:
  /management/v1/policies/login:
    get:
      operationId: getLoginPolicy
      summary: Zitadel Get Login Policy
      description: Retrieve the login policy configuration for the organization.
      tags:
      - Policies
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Login policy details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoginPolicy'
    put:
      operationId: updateLoginPolicy
      summary: Zitadel Update Login Policy
      description: Update the login policy to configure allowed authentication methods.
      tags:
      - Policies
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoginPolicy'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Login policy updated successfully
  /management/v1/policies/passwords/lockout:
    get:
      operationId: getPasswordLockoutPolicy
      summary: Zitadel Get Password Lockout Policy
      description: Retrieve the password lockout policy for the organization.
      tags:
      - Policies
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Password lockout policy details
components:
  schemas:
    LoginPolicy:
      type: object
      properties:
        allowUsernamePassword:
          type: boolean
        allowRegister:
          type: boolean
        allowExternalIdp:
          type: boolean
        forceMfa:
          type: boolean
        passwordlessType:
          type: string
        hidePasswordReset:
          type: boolean
        ignoreUnknownUsernames:
          type: boolean
        defaultRedirectUri:
          type: string
        passwordCheckLifetime:
          type: string
        externalLoginCheckLifetime:
          type: string
        mfaInitSkipLifetime:
          type: string
        secondFactorCheckLifetime:
          type: string
        multiFactorCheckLifetime:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
externalDocs:
  description: Zitadel API Reference
  url: https://zitadel.com/docs/apis/introduction

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