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Kibana Security entity store API

The Security entity store API from Kibana — 13 operation(s) for security entity store.

Kibana Security entity store API is one of 60 APIs that Kibana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 14 operations across 13 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{kibana_url}.

14 operations 13 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET5 POST5 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
Base URL
https://localhost:5601/api
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
Contact
Kibana Team
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Kibana Security entity store API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64A…

Paths & Operations 14

Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 5 POST, 5 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Security entity store 14
PUT
/api/security/entity_store
Update the Entity Store
put-security-entity-store 1 param body → 200400404
GET
/api/security/entity_store/entities
List entities
get-security-entity-store-entities 11 params → 200400
DELETE
/api/security/entity_store/entities/
Delete an entity
delete-security-entity-store-entities 1 param body → 200404
POST
/api/security/entity_store/entities/{entityType}
Create an entity
post-security-entity-store-entities-entitytype 2 params body → 200400409
PUT
/api/security/entity_store/entities/{entityType}
Update an entity
put-security-entity-store-entities-entitytype 3 params body → 200400404
PUT
/api/security/entity_store/entities/bulk
Bulk update entities
put-security-entity-store-entities-bulk 2 params body → 200400
POST
/api/security/entity_store/install
Install the Entity Store
post-security-entity-store-install 1 param body → 200201403
GET
/api/security/entity_store/resolution/group
Get resolution group
get-security-entity-store-resolution-group 1 param → 200400404
POST
/api/security/entity_store/resolution/link
Link entities
post-security-entity-store-resolution-link 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/api/security/entity_store/resolution/unlink
Unlink entities
post-security-entity-store-resolution-unlink 1 param body → 200404
PUT
/api/security/entity_store/start
Start Entity Store engines
put-security-entity-store-start 1 param body → 200
GET
/api/security/entity_store/status
Get Entity Store status
get-security-entity-store-status 1 param → 200
PUT
/api/security/entity_store/stop
Stop Entity Store engines
put-security-entity-store-stop 1 param body → 200
POST
/api/security/entity_store/uninstall
Uninstall the Entity Store
post-security-entity-store-uninstall 1 param body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kibana-security-entity-store-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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