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HashiCorp Vault Policy API

ACL policy management

HashiCorp Vault Policy API is one of 9 APIs that HashiCorp Vault publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Policy. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.15.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1, https://{vault_host}:{port}/v1.

4 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.15.0
Base URL
https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HashiCorp Vault Policy API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Vault-Token (VaultToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • VaultToken — Vault client token

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Policy 4

ACL policy management

GET
/sys/policies/acl
List ACL policies
listACLPolicies → 200
GET
/sys/policies/acl/{name}
Read an ACL policy
getACLPolicy 1 param → 200
PUT
/sys/policies/acl/{name}
Create or update an ACL policy
createACLPolicy 1 param body → 204
DELETE
/sys/policies/acl/{name}
Delete an ACL policy
deleteACLPolicy 1 param → 204

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hashicorp-vault-policy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs HashiCorp Vault publishes across the network.

HashiCorp Vault Auth - AppRole API
HashiCorp Vault Auth - Token API
HashiCorp Vault Auth - Userpass API
HashiCorp Vault Identity API
HashiCorp Vault Leases API
HashiCorp Vault Secrets - KV v2 API
HashiCorp Vault Secrets - Transit API
HashiCorp Vault System API