Note: this component is designated "advanced", which means that objects of this type are not expected to be created or altered in most environments. If you believe that such a change is necessary, you may want to contact support in order to understand the potential impact of that change.
User Pass Vault Authentication Methods authenticate to Vault with a username and password, which can be exchanged for an access token.
↓Parent Component
↓Properties
↓dsconfig Usage
The User Pass Vault Authentication Method component inherits from the Vault Authentication Method
The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:
| Basic Properties: | Advanced Properties: |
|---|---|
| ↓ description | None |
| ↓ username | |
| ↓ password | |
| ↓ login-mechanism-name |
| Description | A description for this Vault Authentication Method |
| Default Value | None |
| Allowed Values | A string |
| Multi-Valued | No |
| Required | No |
| Admin Action Required | None. Modification requires no further action |
| Description | The username for the user to authenticate. |
| Default Value | None |
| Allowed Values | A string |
| Multi-Valued | No |
| Required | Yes |
| Admin Action Required | None. Modification requires no further action |
| Description | The password for the user to authenticate. |
| Default Value | None |
| Allowed Values | A string |
| Multi-Valued | No |
| Required | Yes |
| Admin Action Required | None. Modification requires no further action |
| Description | The name used when enabling the desired UserPass authentication mechanism in the Vault server. This should be the portion of the request URI path needed ot authenticate to a Vault instance with the desired UserPass mechanism. It should be the portion of the path between "/v1/sys/auth/" and "/login/". For example, in the request URI "http://vault.example.com:8200/v1/sys/auth/userpass/login/jdoe", the mechanism name is "userpass". |
| Default Value | userpass |
| Allowed Values | A string |
| Multi-Valued | No |
| Required | No |
| Admin Action Required | None. Modification requires no further action |
To list the configured Vault Authentication Methods:
dsconfig list-vault-authentication-methods
[--property {propertyName}] ...
To view the configuration for an existing Vault Authentication Method:
dsconfig get-vault-authentication-method-prop
--method-name {name}
[--tab-delimited]
[--script-friendly]
[--property {propertyName}] ...
To update the configuration for an existing Vault Authentication Method:
dsconfig set-vault-authentication-method-prop
--method-name {name}
(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
[(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...
To create a new User Pass Vault Authentication Method:
dsconfig create-vault-authentication-method
--method-name {name}
--type user-pass
--set username:{propertyValue}
--set password:{propertyValue}
[--set {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...
To delete an existing Vault Authentication Method:
dsconfig delete-vault-authentication-method
--method-name {name}