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group-alias

Create a group alias

This endpoint creates or updates a group alias.

MethodPath
POST/identity/group-alias

Parameters

  • name (string: entity-<UUID>) – Name of the group alias.

  • id (string: <optional>) - ID of the group alias. If set, updates the corresponding existing group alias.

  • mount_accessor (string: "") – Mount accessor which this alias belongs to.

  • canonical_id (string: "") - ID of the group to which this is an alias.

Sample payload

{
"canonical_id": "b86920ea-2831-00ff-15c5-a3f923f1ee3b",
"mount_accessor": "auth_github_232a90dc",
"name": "dev-team"
}

Sample request

$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/group-alias

Sample response

{
"data": {
"canonical_id": "b86920ea-2831-00ff-15c5-a3f923f1ee3b",
"id": "ca726050-d8ac-6f1f-4210-3b5c5b613824"
}
}

Update group alias by ID

This endpoint is used to update an existing group alias.

MethodPath
POST/identity/group-alias/id/:id

Parameters

  • id (string: <optional>) - ID of the group alias.

  • name (string: entity-<UUID>) – Name of the group alias.

  • mount_accessor (string: "") – Mount accessor which this alias belongs to.

  • canonical_id (string: "") - ID of the group to which this is an alias.

Sample payload

{
"canonical_id": "b86920ea-2831-00ff-15c5-a3f923f1ee3b",
"mount_accessor": "auth_github_232a90dc",
"name": "dev-team"
}

Sample request

$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/group-alias/id/ca726050-d8ac-6f1f-4210-3b5c5b613824

Sample response

{
"data": {
"canonical_id": "b86920ea-2831-00ff-15c5-a3f923f1ee3b",
"id": "ca726050-d8ac-6f1f-4210-3b5c5b613824"
}
}

Read group alias by ID

This endpoint queries the group alias by its identifier.

MethodPath
GET/identity/group-alias/id/:id

Parameters

  • id (string: <required>) – ID of the group alias.

Sample request

$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/group-alias/id/ca726050-d8ac-6f1f-4210-3b5c5b613824

Sample response

{
"data": {
"canonical_id": "b86920ea-2831-00ff-15c5-a3f923f1ee3b",
"creation_time": "2017-11-13T20:09:41.661694Z",
"id": "ca726050-d8ac-6f1f-4210-3b5c5b613824",
"last_update_time": "2017-11-13T20:09:41.661694Z",
"merged_from_canonical_ids": null,
"metadata": null,
"mount_accessor": "auth_github_232a90dc",
"mount_path": "",
"mount_type": "github",
"name": "dev-team"
}
}

Delete group alias by ID

This endpoint deletes a group alias.

MethodPath
DELETE/identity/group-alias/id/:id

Parameters

  • id (string: <required>) – ID of the group alias.

Sample request

$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request DELETE \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/group-alias/id/ca726050-d8ac-6f1f-4210-3b5c5b613824

List group alias by ID

This endpoint returns a list of available group aliases by their identifiers.

MethodPath
LIST/identity/group-alias/id
GET/identity/group-alias/id?list=true

Sample request

$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request LIST \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/group-alias/id

Sample response

{
"data": {
"keys": ["ca726050-d8ac-6f1f-4210-3b5c5b613824"]
}
}