lookup

Lookup an entity

This endpoint looks up an entity based on the given criteria. The criteria can be name, id, alias_id, or a combination of alias_name and alias_mount_accessor.

Parameters

• name (string: "") – Name of the entity.

• id (string: "") - ID of the entity.

• alias_id (string: "") - ID of the alias.

• alias_name (string: "") - Name of the alias. This should be supplied in conjunction with alias_mount_accessor.

• alias_mount_accessor (string: "") - Accessor of the mount to which the alias belongs to. This should be supplied in conjunction with alias_name.

Sample payload

{
  "id": "043fedec-967d-b2c9-d3af-0c467b04e1fd"
}

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/lookup/entity

Sample response

{
  "data": {
    "aliases": [],
    "creation_time": "2017-11-13T21:01:33.543497Z",
    "direct_group_ids": [],
    "group_ids": [],
    "id": "043fedec-967d-b2c9-d3af-0c467b04e1fd",
    "inherited_group_ids": [],
    "last_update_time": "2017-11-13T21:01:33.543497Z",
    "merged_entity_ids": null,
    "metadata": null,
    "name": "entity_43cc451b",
    "policies": null
  }
}

Lookup a group

This endpoint looks up a group based on the given criteria. The criteria can be name, id, alias_id, or a combination of alias_name and alias_mount_accessor.

Parameters

• name (string: "") – Name of the group.

• id (string: "") - ID of the group.

• alias_id (string: "") - ID of the alias.

• alias_name (string: "") - Name of the alias. This should be supplied in conjunction with alias_mount_accessor.

• alias_mount_accessor (string: "") - Accessor of the mount to which the alias belongs to. This should be supplied in conjunction with alias_name.

Sample payload

{
  "id": "70a4bdef-9da3-4460-b524-bb08542eef25"
}

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/identity/lookup/group

Sample response

{
  "data": {
    "alias": {},
    "creation_time": "2017-11-13T21:06:44.475587Z",
    "id": "70a4bdef-9da3-4460-b524-bb08542eef25",
    "last_update_time": "2017-11-13T21:06:44.475587Z",
    "member_entity_ids": [],
    "member_group_ids": null,
    "metadata": null,
    "modify_index": 1,
    "name": "group_eaf2aab1",
    "policies": null,
    "type": "internal"
  }
}