Secret Stores API - Reference

Barbican provides API to manage secret stores available in a deployment. APIs are provided for listing available secret stores and to manage project level secret store mapping. There are two types of secret stores. One is global default secret store which is used for all projects. And then project preferred secret store which is used to store all new secrets created in that project. For an introduction to multiple store backends support, see Using Multiple Secret Store Plugins . This document will focus on the details of the Barbican /v1/secret-stores REST API.

When multiple secret store backends support is not enabled in service configuration, then all of these API will return resource not found (http status code 404) error. Error message text will highlight that the support is not enabled in configuration.

GET /v1/secret-stores

Project administrator can request list of available secret store backends. Response contains list of secret stores which are currently configured in barbican deployment. If multiple store backends support is not enabled, then list will return resource not found (404) error.

Request/Response:

Request:

   GET /secret-stores
   Headers:
      X-Auth-Token: "f9cf2d480ba3485f85bdb9d07a4959f1"
      Accept: application/json

  Response:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

   {
      "secret_stores":[
         {
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "updated": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.114283",
            "name": "PKCS11 HSM",
            "created": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.114283",
            "secret_store_ref": "http://localhost:9311/v1/secret-stores/4d27b7a7-b82f-491d-88c0-746bd67dadc8",
            "global_default": True,
            "crypto_plugin": "p11_crypto",
            "secret_store_plugin": "store_crypto"
         },
         {
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "updated": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.124554",
            "name": "KMIP HSM",
            "created": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.124554",
            "secret_store_ref": "http://localhost:9311/v1/secret-stores/93869b0f-60eb-4830-adb9-e2f7154a080b",
            "global_default": False,
            "crypto_plugin": None,
            "secret_store_plugin": "kmip_plugin"
         },
         {
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "updated": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.127866",
            "name": "Software Only Crypto",
            "created": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.127866",
            "secret_store_ref": "http://localhost:9311/v1/secret-stores/0da45858-9420-42fe-a269-011f5f35deaa",
            "global_default": False,
            "crypto_plugin": "simple_crypto",
            "secret_store_plugin": "store_crypto"
         }
   }

Response Attributes

Name	Type	Description
secret_stores	list	A list of secret store references
name	string	store and crypto plugin name delimited by + (plus) sign.
secret_store _ref	string	URL for referencing a specific secret store

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Description
200	Successful Request
401	Authentication error. Missing or invalid X-Auth-Token.
403	The user was authenticated, but is not authorized to perform this action
404	Not Found. When multiple secret store backends support is not enabled.

GET /v1/secret-stores/{secret_store_id}

A project administrator (user with admin role) can request details of secret store by its ID. Returned response will highlight whether this secret store is currently configured as global default or not.

Request/Response:

Request:
   GET /secret-stores/93869b0f-60eb-4830-adb9-e2f7154a080b
   Headers:
      X-Auth-Token: "f9cf2d480ba3485f85bdb9d07a4959f1"
      Accept: application/json

Response:
   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Content-Type: application/json

   {
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "updated": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.124554",
      "name": "KMIP HSM",
      "created": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.124554",
      "secret_store_ref": "http://localhost:9311/v1/secret-stores/93869b0f-60eb-4830-adb9-e2f7154a080b",
      "global_default": False,
      "crypto_plugin": None,
      "secret_store_plugin": "kmip_plugin"
   }

Response Attributes

Name	Type	Description
name	string	store and crypto plugin name delimited by ‘+’ (plus) sign
global_default	boolean	flag indicating if this secret store is global default or not
status	list	Status of the secret store
updated	time	Date and time secret store was last updated
created	time	Date and time secret store was created
secret_store_ref	string	URL for referencing a specific secret store

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Description
200	Successful Request
401	Authentication error. Missing or invalid X-Auth-Token.
403	The user was authenticated, but is not authorized to perform this action
404	Not Found. When multiple secret store backends support is not enabled or that secret store id does not exist.

GET /v1/secret-stores/preferred

A project administrator (user with admin role) can request a reference to the preferred secret store if assigned previously. When a preferred secret store is set for a project, then new project secrets are stored using that store backend. If multiple secret store support is not enabled, then this resource will return 404 (Not Found) error.

Request/Response:

Request:

  GET /v1/secret-stores/preferred
  Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: "f9cf2d480ba3485f85bdb9d07a4959f1"
    Accept: application/json


Response:

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json

  {
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "updated": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.114283",
    "name": "PKCS11 HSM",
    "created": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.114283",
    "secret_store_ref": "http://localhost:9311/v1/secret-stores/4d27b7a7-b82f-491d-88c0-746bd67dadc8",
    "global_default": True,
    "crypto_plugin": "p11_crypto",
    "secret_store_plugin": "store_crypto"
  }

Response Attributes

Name	Type	Description
secret_store_ref	string	A URL that references a specific secret store

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Description
200	Successful Request
401	Authentication error. Missing or invalid X-Auth-Token.
403	The user was authenticated, but is not authorized to perform this action
404	Not found. No preferred secret store has been defined or multiple secret store backends support is not enabled.

POST /v1/secret-stores/{secret_store_id}/preferred

A project administrator can set a secret store backend to be preferred store backend for his/her project. From there on, any new secret stored in that project will use specified plugin backend for storage and reading thereafter. Existing secret storage will not be impacted as each secret captures its plugin backend information when initially stored. If multiple secret store support is not enabled, then this resource will return 404 (Not Found) error.

Request/Response:

Request:

  POST /v1/secret-stores/7776adb8-e865-413c-8ccc-4f09c3fe0213/preferred
  Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: "f9cf2d480ba3485f85bdb9d07a4959f1"

Response:

  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Description
204	Successful Request
401	Authentication error. Missing or invalid X-Auth-Token.
403	The user was authenticated, but is not authorized to perform this action
404	The requested entity was not found or multiple secret store backends support is not enabled.

DELETE /v1/secret-stores/{secret_store_id}/preferred

A project administrator can remove preferred secret store backend setting. If multiple secret store support is not enabled, then this resource will return 404 (Not Found) error.

Request/Response:

Request:

  DELETE /v1/secret-stores/7776adb8-e865-413c-8ccc-4f09c3fe0213/preferred
  Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: "f9cf2d480ba3485f85bdb9d07a4959f1"

Response:

  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Description
204	Successful Request
401	Authentication error. Missing or invalid X-Auth-Token.
403	The user was authenticated, but is not authorized to perform this action
404	The requested entity was not found or multiple secret store backends support is not enabled.

GET /v1/secret-stores/global-default

A project or service administrator can request a reference to the secret store that is used as default secret store backend for the deployment.

Request/Response:

Request:

  GET /v1/secret-stores/global-default
  Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: "f9cf2d480ba3485f85bdb9d07a4959f1"
    Accept: application/json


Response:

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json

 {
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "updated": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.114283",
    "name": "PKCS11 HSM",
    "created": "2016-08-22T23:46:45.114283",
    "secret_store_ref": "http://localhost:9311/v1/secret-stores/4d27b7a7-b82f-491d-88c0-746bd67dadc8",
    "global_default": True,
    "crypto_plugin": "p11_crypto",
    "secret_store_plugin": "store_crypto"
 }

Response Attributes

Name	Type	Description
secret_store_ref	string	A URL that references a specific secret store

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Description
200	Successful Request
401	Authentication error. Missing or invalid X-Auth-Token.
403	The user was authenticated, but is not authorized to perform this action
404	Not Found. When multiple secret store backends support is not enabled.