VAST Data users API
Users who can be authorized to access any data on the cluster via any supported client protocol can be created on a local provider. They are more typically stored on external authorization providers (AD, LDAP and NIS). The users path provides: management of local provider users, querying of external provider users, and S3 access management for both local and external users.
VAST Data users API is one of 126 APIs that VAST Data publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include User. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and SDKs.
This API exposes 18 operations across 9 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against the base URL https://{vms-host}/api.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
VAST Data users API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as ApiToken (ApiToken).
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ApiToken— Send current valid API token in an Authorization header with format Api-Token .basicAuth— Basic authentication using VMS user name and password
Paths & Operations 18
Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 18 operations — 3 DELETE, 5 GET, 6 PATCH, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Users who can be authorized to access any data on the cluster via any supported client protocol can be created on a local provider. They are more typically stored on external auth…
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are UserQueryData (27 properties), User (26 properties), UserTenantData (5 properties), PartialS3PolicyInfo (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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