SPIRE · JSON Structure
Spire Registration Structure
SPIRE Server registration entry defining the SPIFFE ID issued to workloads matching a set of selectors.
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AuthenticationCloud-NativeGraduatedIdentitySecurityZero Trust
RegistrationEntry is a JSON Structure definition published by SPIRE.
Meta-schema:
JSON Structure
{
"name": "RegistrationEntry",
"description": "SPIRE Server registration entry defining the SPIFFE ID issued to workloads matching a set of selectors.",
"fields": [
{
"name": "id",
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique identifier assigned by the SPIRE Server.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "spiffe_id",
"type": "string",
"description": "The SPIFFE ID issued to matching workloads (spiffe://{trust-domain}/{path}).",
"required": true
},
{
"name": "parent_id",
"type": "string",
"description": "SPIFFE ID of the node or parent workload authorized to attest this entry.",
"required": true
},
{
"name": "selectors",
"type": "array",
"description": "List of type:value selector pairs that must all match for this entry to apply.",
"required": true,
"items": {
"name": "Selector",
"fields": [
{
"name": "type",
"type": "string",
"description": "Attestation plugin type (e.g., k8s, unix, docker, aws_iid).",
"required": true
},
{
"name": "value",
"type": "string",
"description": "Selector value (e.g., ns:default, uid:1000, pod-label:app:frontend).",
"required": true
}
]
}
},
{
"name": "ttl",
"type": "integer",
"description": "Time-to-live in seconds for SVIDs issued from this entry. 0 uses server default.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "federates_with",
"type": "array",
"description": "Trust domain names this entry federates with.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "dns_names",
"type": "array",
"description": "DNS Subject Alternative Names to include in X.509-SVIDs.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "admin",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Grants administrative access to the SPIRE Server API when true.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "downstream",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Marks this entry as a downstream SPIRE Server in a nested topology.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "expires_at",
"type": "integer",
"description": "Unix timestamp after which this entry expires. 0 means no expiry.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "hint",
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional hint for workloads holding multiple SVIDs.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "created_at",
"type": "integer",
"description": "Unix timestamp when this entry was created.",
"required": false
},
{
"name": "revision_number",
"type": "integer",
"description": "Monotonically increasing revision counter.",
"required": false
}
]
}
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