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Istio AuthorizationPolicy API

Fine-grained access control policies for workloads

Istio AuthorizationPolicy API is one of 14 APIs that Istio publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 10 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include AuthorizationPolicy. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 10 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1alpha1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{cluster}/apis/extensions.istio.io/v1alpha1.

5 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1alpha1
Server
https://{cluster}/apis/extensions.istio.io/v1alpha1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Istio AuthorizationPolicy API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth).

  • BearerAuth — Kubernetes API server bearer token authentication

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

AuthorizationPolicy 5

Fine-grained access control policies for workloads

GET
/namespaces/{namespace}/authorizationpolicies
Istio List AuthorizationPolicies
listAuthorizationPolicies 4 params → 200401
POST
/namespaces/{namespace}/authorizationpolicies
Istio Create an AuthorizationPolicy
createAuthorizationPolicy 1 param body → 201401409
GET
/namespaces/{namespace}/authorizationpolicies/{name}
Istio Get an AuthorizationPolicy
getAuthorizationPolicy 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/namespaces/{namespace}/authorizationpolicies/{name}
Istio Replace an AuthorizationPolicy
replaceAuthorizationPolicy 2 params body → 200401404
DELETE
/namespaces/{namespace}/authorizationpolicies/{name}
Istio Delete an AuthorizationPolicy
deleteAuthorizationPolicy 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ObjectMeta (6 properties), AuthorizationPolicy (4 properties), AuthorizationPolicyList (4 properties), AuthorizationRule (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AuthorizationPolicyList
object
4 properties
ObjectMeta
object
6 properties
AuthorizationRule
object
3 properties
AuthorizationPolicy
object
4 properties
ListMeta
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

istio-authorizationpolicy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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