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Authenticator Whitelist API

Introduction

Enabling and disabling authenticators is a common workflow when setting up Conjur or when adding new integrations. Authenticators are defined and configured using Conjur policy at runtime, but to enable and use an authenticator it has to first be whitelisted.

The authenticator whitelist was previously managed with the CONJUR_AUTHENTICATORS environment variable. This, however, also requires the Conjur process to be restarted, and often requires updates to configuration management for the Conjur container as well.

By storing the authenticator whitelist in the Conjur database, and adding an HTTP API endpoint to manage the whitelist, we both allow the authenticator workflow to become more streamlined, as well as enable additional usability (e.g. enabling or disabling authenticators using the conjur CLI).

API Endpoint for Authenticator Whitelist

These endpoints require authentication and permission to read and update the given authenticator's !webservice resource.

  • URL:

    /:authenticator/:service_id/:account

    Example: /authn-k8s/my-authenticator/my-company

  • Method:

    PATCH

  • URL Parameters:

    • :authenticator: The authenticator type (e.g. authn-k8s, authn-oidc).
    • :service_id: The name of the authenticator from the policy (!webservice <service_id>).
    • :account: The Conjur account in which to enable this authenticator.

  • Request Content Type:

    application/x-www-form-urlencoded

  • Body:

    The Authenticator patch endpoint takes a single parameter, enabled, which may be set to either true to enable the authenticator (add it to the whitelist) or false to disable the authenticator (remove it from the whitelist).

    Example:

    enabled=true

  • Success Response:

    204 No Content

Examples

Enable Authenticator

curl --request PATCH \
  --data "enabled=true" \
  https://conjur.mycompany.net/authn-k8s/my-authenticator/my-account

Disable Authenticator

curl --request PATCH \
  --data "enabled=false" \
  https://conjur.mycompany.net/authn-k8s/my-authenticator/my-account