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API
The security plugin REST API lets you programmatically create and manage users, roles, role mappings, action groups, and tenants.
Table of contents
- TOC {:toc}
Access control for the API
Just like OpenSearch permissions, you control access to the security plugin REST API using roles. Specify roles in opensearch.yml
:
plugins.security.restapi.roles_enabled: ["<role>", ...]
These roles can now access all APIs. To prevent access to certain APIs:
plugins.security.restapi.endpoints_disabled.<role>.<endpoint>: ["<method>", ...]
Possible values for endpoint
are:
- ACTIONGROUPS
- ROLES
- ROLESMAPPING
- INTERNALUSERS
- CONFIG
- CACHE
- LICENSE
- SYSTEMINFO
Possible values for method
are:
- GET
- PUT
- POST
- DELETE
- PATCH
For example, the following configuration grants three roles access to the REST API, but then prevents test-role
from making PUT, POST, DELETE, or PATCH requests to _plugins/_security/api/roles
or _plugins/_security/api/internalusers
:
plugins.security.restapi.roles_enabled: ["all_access", "security_rest_api_access", "test-role"]
plugins.security.restapi.endpoints_disabled.test-role.ROLES: ["PUT", "POST", "DELETE", "PATCH"]
plugins.security.restapi.endpoints_disabled.test-role.INTERNALUSERS: ["PUT", "POST", "DELETE", "PATCH"]
To use the PUT and PATCH methods for the configuration APIs, add the following line to opensearch.yml
:
plugins.security.unsupported.restapi.allow_securityconfig_modification: true
Reserved and hidden resources
You can mark users, role, role mappings, and action groups as reserved. Resources that have this flag set to true can't be changed using the REST API or OpenSearch Dashboards.
To mark a resource as reserved, add the following flag:
kibana_user:
reserved: true
Likewise, you can mark users, role, role mappings, and action groups as hidden. Resources that have this flag set to true are not returned by the REST API and not visible in OpenSearch Dashboards:
kibana_user:
hidden: true
Hidden resources are automatically reserved.
To add or remove these flags, you need to modify plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/internal_users.yml
and run plugins/opensearch-security/tools/securityadmin.sh
.
Account
Get account details
Returns account details for the current user. For example, if you sign the request as the admin
user, the response includes details for that user.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/account
Sample response
{
"user_name": "admin",
"is_reserved": true,
"is_hidden": false,
"is_internal_user": true,
"user_requested_tenant": null,
"backend_roles": [
"admin"
],
"custom_attribute_names": [],
"tenants": {
"global_tenant": true,
"admin_tenant": true,
"admin": true
},
"roles": [
"all_access",
"own_index"
]
}
Change password
Changes the password for the current user.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/account
{
"current_password" : "old-password",
"password" : "new-password"
}
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'test-user' updated."
}
Action groups
Get action group
Retrieves one action group.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/actiongroups/<action-group>
Sample response
{
"custom_action_group": {
"reserved": false,
"hidden": false,
"allowed_actions": [
"kibana_all_read",
"indices:admin/aliases/get",
"indices:admin/aliases/exists"
],
"description": "My custom action group",
"static": false
}
}
Get action groups
Retrieves all action groups.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/actiongroups/
Sample response
{
"read": {
"reserved": true,
"hidden": false,
"allowed_actions": [
"indices:data/read*",
"indices:admin/mappings/fields/get*"
],
"type": "index",
"description": "Allow all read operations",
"static": true
},
...
}
Delete action group
Request
DELETE _plugins/_security/api/actiongroups/<action-group>
Sample response
{
"status":"OK",
"message":"actiongroup SEARCH deleted."
}
Create action group
Creates or replaces the specified action group.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/actiongroups/<action-group>
{
"allowed_actions": [
"indices:data/write/index*",
"indices:data/write/update*",
"indices:admin/mapping/put",
"indices:data/write/bulk*",
"read",
"write"
]
}
Sample response
{
"status": "CREATED",
"message": "'my-action-group' created."
}
Patch action group
Updates individual attributes of an action group.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/actiongroups/<action-group>
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/allowed_actions", "value": ["indices:admin/create", "indices:admin/mapping/put"]
}
]
Sample response
{
"status":"OK",
"message":"actiongroup SEARCH deleted."
}
Patch action groups
Creates, updates, or deletes multiple action groups in a single call.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/actiongroups
[
{
"op": "add", "path": "/CREATE_INDEX", "value": { "allowed_actions": ["indices:admin/create", "indices:admin/mapping/put"] }
},
{
"op": "remove", "path": "/CRUD"
}
]
Sample response
{
"status":"OK",
"message":"actiongroup SEARCH deleted."
}
Users
These calls let you create, update, and delete internal users. If you use an external authentication backend, you probably don't need to worry about internal users.
Get user
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/internalusers/<username>
Sample response
{
"kirk": {
"hash": "",
"roles": [ "captains", "starfleet" ],
"attributes": {
"attribute1": "value1",
"attribute2": "value2",
}
}
}
Get users
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/internalusers/
Sample response
{
"kirk": {
"hash": "",
"roles": [ "captains", "starfleet" ],
"attributes": {
"attribute1": "value1",
"attribute2": "value2",
}
}
}
Delete user
Request
DELETE _plugins/_security/api/internalusers/<username>
Sample response
{
"status":"OK",
"message":"user kirk deleted."
}
Create user
Creates or replaces the specified user. You must specify either password
(plain text) or hash
(the hashed user password). If you specify password
, the security plugin automatically hashes the password before storing it.
Note that any role you supply in the opensearch_security_roles
array must already exist for the security plugin to map the user to that role. To see predefined roles, refer to the list of predefined roles. For instructions on how to create a role, refer to creating a role.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/internalusers/<username>
{
"password": "kirkpass",
"opensearch_security_roles": ["maintenance_staff", "weapons"],
"backend_roles": ["captains", "starfleet"],
"attributes": {
"attribute1": "value1",
"attribute2": "value2"
}
}
Sample response
{
"status":"CREATED",
"message":"User kirk created"
}
Patch user
Updates individual attributes of an internal user.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/internalusers/<username>
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/backend_roles", "value": ["klingons"]
},
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/opensearch_security_roles", "value": ["ship_manager"]
},
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/attributes", "value": { "newattribute": "newvalue" }
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'kirk' updated."
}
Patch users
Creates, updates, or deletes multiple internal users in a single call.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/internalusers
[
{
"op": "add", "path": "/spock", "value": { "password": "testpassword1", "backend_roles": ["testrole1"] }
},
{
"op": "add", "path": "/worf", "value": { "password": "testpassword2", "backend_roles": ["testrole2"] }
},
{
"op": "remove", "path": "/riker"
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Resource updated."
}
Roles
Get role
Retrieves one role.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/roles/<role>
Sample response
{
"test-role": {
"reserved": false,
"hidden": false,
"cluster_permissions": [
"cluster_composite_ops",
"indices_monitor"
],
"index_permissions": [{
"index_patterns": [
"movies*"
],
"dls": "",
"fls": [],
"masked_fields": [],
"allowed_actions": [
"read"
]
}],
"tenant_permissions": [{
"tenant_patterns": [
"human_resources"
],
"allowed_actions": [
"kibana_all_read"
]
}],
"static": false
}
}
Get roles
Retrieves all roles.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/roles/
Sample response
{
"manage_snapshots": {
"reserved": true,
"hidden": false,
"description": "Provide the minimum permissions for managing snapshots",
"cluster_permissions": [
"manage_snapshots"
],
"index_permissions": [{
"index_patterns": [
"*"
],
"fls": [],
"masked_fields": [],
"allowed_actions": [
"indices:data/write/index",
"indices:admin/create"
]
}],
"tenant_permissions": [],
"static": true
},
...
}
Delete role
Request
DELETE _plugins/_security/api/roles/<role>
Sample response
{
"status":"OK",
"message":"role test-role deleted."
}
Create role
Creates or replaces the specified role.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/roles/<role>
{
"cluster_permissions": [
"cluster_composite_ops",
"indices_monitor"
],
"index_permissions": [{
"index_patterns": [
"movies*"
],
"dls": "",
"fls": [],
"masked_fields": [],
"allowed_actions": [
"read"
]
}],
"tenant_permissions": [{
"tenant_patterns": [
"human_resources"
],
"allowed_actions": [
"kibana_all_read"
]
}]
}
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'test-role' updated."
}
Patch role
Updates individual attributes of a role.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/roles/<role>
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/index_permissions/0/fls", "value": ["myfield1", "myfield2"]
},
{
"op": "remove", "path": "/index_permissions/0/dls"
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'<role>' updated."
}
Patch roles
Creates, updates, or deletes multiple roles in a single call.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/roles
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/role1/index_permissions/0/fls", "value": ["test1", "test2"]
},
{
"op": "remove", "path": "/role1/index_permissions/0/dls"
},
{
"op": "add", "path": "/role2/cluster_permissions", "value": ["manage_snapshots"]
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Resource updated."
}
Role mappings
Get role mapping
Retrieves one role mapping.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping/<role>
Sample response
{
"role_starfleet" : {
"backend_roles" : [ "starfleet", "captains", "defectors", "cn=ldaprole,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com" ],
"hosts" : [ "*.starfleetintranet.com" ],
"users" : [ "worf" ]
}
}
Get role mappings
Retrieves all role mappings.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping
Sample response
{
"role_starfleet" : {
"backend_roles" : [ "starfleet", "captains", "defectors", "cn=ldaprole,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com" ],
"hosts" : [ "*.starfleetintranet.com" ],
"users" : [ "worf" ]
}
}
Delete role mapping
Deletes the specified role mapping.
Request
DELETE _plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping/<role>
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'my-role' deleted."
}
Create role mapping
Creates or replaces the specified role mapping.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping/<role>
{
"backend_roles" : [ "starfleet", "captains", "defectors", "cn=ldaprole,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com" ],
"hosts" : [ "*.starfleetintranet.com" ],
"users" : [ "worf" ]
}
Sample response
{
"status": "CREATED",
"message": "'my-role' created."
}
Patch role mapping
Updates individual attributes of a role mapping.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping/<role>
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/users", "value": ["myuser"]
},
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/backend_roles", "value": ["mybackendrole"]
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'my-role' updated."
}
Patch role mappings
Creates or updates multiple role mappings in a single call.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping
[
{
"op": "add", "path": "/human_resources", "value": { "users": ["user1"], "backend_roles": ["backendrole2"] }
},
{
"op": "add", "path": "/finance", "value": { "users": ["user2"], "backend_roles": ["backendrole2"] }
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Resource updated."
}
Tenants
Get tenant
Retrieves one tenant.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/tenants/<tenant>
Sample response
{
"human_resources": {
"reserved": false,
"hidden": false,
"description": "A tenant for the human resources team.",
"static": false
}
}
Get tenants
Retrieves all tenants.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/tenants/
Sample response
{
"global_tenant": {
"reserved": true,
"hidden": false,
"description": "Global tenant",
"static": true
},
"human_resources": {
"reserved": false,
"hidden": false,
"description": "A tenant for the human resources team.",
"static": false
}
}
Delete tenant
Deletes the specified tenant.
Request
DELETE _plugins/_security/api/tenants/<tenant>
Sample response
{
"status":"OK",
"message":"tenant human_resources deleted."
}
Create tenant
Creates or replaces the specified tenant.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/tenants/<tenant>
{
"description": "A tenant for the human resources team."
}
Sample response
{
"status":"CREATED",
"message":"tenant human_resources created"
}
Patch tenant
Add, delete, or modify a single tenant.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/tenants/<tenant>
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "An updated description"
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Resource updated."
}
Patch tenants
Add, delete, or modify multiple tenants in a single call.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/tenants/
[
{
"op": "replace",
"path": "/human_resources/description",
"value": "An updated description"
},
{
"op": "add",
"path": "/another_tenant",
"value": {
"description": "Another description."
}
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Resource updated."
}
Configuration
Get configuration
Retrieves the current security plugin configuration in JSON format.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/securityconfig
Update configuration
Creates or updates the existing configuration using the REST API. This operation can easily break your existing configuration, so we recommend using securityadmin.sh
instead, which is far safer. See Access control for the API for how to enable this operation.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/securityconfig/config
{
"dynamic": {
"filtered_alias_mode": "warn",
"disable_rest_auth": false,
"disable_intertransport_auth": false,
"respect_request_indices_options": false,
"opensearch-dashboards": {
"multitenancy_enabled": true,
"server_username": "kibanaserver",
"index": ".opensearch-dashboards"
},
"http": {
"anonymous_auth_enabled": false
},
"authc": {
"basic_internal_auth_domain": {
"http_enabled": true,
"transport_enabled": true,
"order": 0,
"http_authenticator": {
"challenge": true,
"type": "basic",
"config": {}
},
"authentication_backend": {
"type": "intern",
"config": {}
},
"description": "Authenticate via HTTP Basic against internal users database"
}
},
"auth_failure_listeners": {},
"do_not_fail_on_forbidden": false,
"multi_rolespan_enabled": true,
"hosts_resolver_mode": "ip-only",
"do_not_fail_on_forbidden_empty": false
}
}
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'config' updated."
}
Patch configuration
Updates the existing configuration using the REST API. This operation can easily break your existing configuration, so we recommend using securityadmin.sh
instead, which is far safer. See Access control for the API for how to enable this operation.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/securityconfig
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/config/dynamic/authc/basic_internal_auth_domain/transport_enabled", "value": "true"
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Resource updated."
}
Certificates
Get certificates
Retrieves the current security plugin configuration in JSON format.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/api/securityconfig
Update configuration
Creates or updates the existing configuration using the REST API rather than securityadmin.sh
. This operation can easily break your existing configuration, so we recommend using securityadmin.sh
instead. See Access control for the API for how to enable this operation.
Request
PUT _plugins/_security/api/securityconfig/config
{
"dynamic": {
"filtered_alias_mode": "warn",
"disable_rest_auth": false,
"disable_intertransport_auth": false,
"respect_request_indices_options": false,
"opensearch-dashboards": {
"multitenancy_enabled": true,
"server_username": "kibanaserver",
"index": ".opensearch-dashboards"
},
"http": {
"anonymous_auth_enabled": false
},
"authc": {
"basic_internal_auth_domain": {
"http_enabled": true,
"transport_enabled": true,
"order": 0,
"http_authenticator": {
"challenge": true,
"type": "basic",
"config": {}
},
"authentication_backend": {
"type": "intern",
"config": {}
},
"description": "Authenticate via HTTP Basic against internal users database"
}
},
"auth_failure_listeners": {},
"do_not_fail_on_forbidden": false,
"multi_rolespan_enabled": true,
"hosts_resolver_mode": "ip-only",
"do_not_fail_on_forbidden_empty": false
}
}
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "'config' updated."
}
Patch configuration
Updates the existing configuration using the REST API rather than securityadmin.sh
. This operation can easily break your existing configuration, so we recommend using securityadmin.sh
instead. See Access control for the API for how to enable this operation.
Request
PATCH _plugins/_security/api/securityconfig
[
{
"op": "replace", "path": "/config/dynamic/authc/basic_internal_auth_domain/transport_enabled", "value": "true"
}
]
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Resource updated."
}
Cache
Flush cache
Flushes the security plugin user, authentication, and authorization cache.
Request
DELETE _plugins/_security/api/cache
Sample response
{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Cache flushed successfully."
}
Health
Health check
Checks to see if the security plugin is up and running. If you operate your cluster behind a load balancer, this operation is useful for determining node health and doesn't require a signed request.
Request
GET _plugins/_security/health
Sample response
{
"message": null,
"mode": "strict",
"status": "UP"
}