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HashiCorp Vault Configuration API

General Vault configuration

HashiCorp Vault Configuration API is one of 28 APIs that HashiCorp Vault publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Configuration. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://vault.example.com/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
1.0
Base URL
https://vault.example.com/v1/sys
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HashiCorp Vault Configuration 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 authentication 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.

Configuration 4

General Vault configuration

GET
/sys/config/auditing/request-headers
HashiCorp Vault List audited request headers
listAuditRequestHeaders → 200403
GET
/sys/generate-root/attempt
HashiCorp Vault Read root generation progress
readRootGenerationProgress → 200
PUT
/sys/generate-root/attempt
HashiCorp Vault Start root token generation
startRootGeneration body → 200
DELETE
/sys/generate-root/attempt
HashiCorp Vault Cancel root token generation
cancelRootGeneration → 204

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hvault-configuration-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs HashiCorp Vault publishes across the network.

HashiCorp Vault AppRole API
HashiCorp Vault Audit API
HashiCorp Vault Auth API
HashiCorp Vault AWS API
HashiCorp Vault Database API
HashiCorp Vault Entity Alias API
HashiCorp Vault Entity API
HashiCorp Vault GitHub API
HashiCorp Vault Group Alias API
HashiCorp Vault Group API
HashiCorp Vault Health API
HashiCorp Vault Init API