Containers API - Reference

GET /v1/containers

Lists a project’s containers.

Returned containers will be ordered by creation date; oldest to newest.

Parameters

Name Type Description
offset integer The starting index within the total list of the containers that you would like to retrieve.
limit integer The maximum number of containers to return (up to 100). The default limit is 10.

Response Attributes

Name Type Description
containers list Contains a list of dictionaries filled with container data
total integer The total number of containers available to the user
next string A HATEOAS URL to retrieve the next set of containers based on the offset and limit parameters. This attribute is only available when the total number of containers is greater than offset and limit parameter combined.
previous string A HATEOAS URL to retrieve the previous set of containers based on the offset and limit parameters. This attribute is only available when the request offset is greater than 0.

Request:

GET /v1/containers
Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: <token>

Response:

{
    "containers": [
        {
            "consumers": [],
            "container_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/containers/{uuid}",
            "created": "2015-03-26T21:10:45.417835",
            "name": "container name",
            "secret_refs": [
                {
                    "name": "private_key",
                    "secret_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/secrets/{uuid}"
                }
            ],
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "type": "generic",
            "updated": "2015-03-26T21:10:45.417835"
        }
    ],
    "total": 1
}

HTTP Status Codes

Code Description
200 Successful Request
401 Invalid X-Auth-Token or the token doesn’t have permissions to this resource

GET /v1/containers/{uuid}

Retrieves a single container.

Response Attributes

Name Type Description
name string (optional) Human readable name for the container
type string Type of container. Options: generic, rsa, certificate
secret_refs list A list of dictionaries containing references to secrets

Request:

GET /v1/containers/{uuid}
Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: <token>

Response:

{
    "type": "generic",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "name": "container name",
    "consumers": [],
    "container_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/containers/{uuid}",
    "secret_refs": [
        {
            "name": "private_key",
            "secret_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/secrets/{uuid}"
        }
    ],
    "created": "2015-03-26T21:10:45.417835",
    "updated": "2015-03-26T21:10:45.417835"
}

HTTP Status Codes

Code Description
200 Successful Request
401 Invalid X-Auth-Token or the token doesn’t have permissions to this resource
404 Container not found or unavailable

POST /v1/containers

Create a container

There are three different types of containers that can be created: generic, rsa, and certificate.

Generic

This type of container holds any number of references to secrets. Each secret reference is accompanied by a name. Unlike other container types, no specific restrictions are enforced on the contents name attribute.

RSA

This type of container is designed to hold references to only three different secrets. These secrets are enforced by the their accompanied names: public_key, private_key, and private_key_passphrase.

Certificate

This type of container is designed to hold a reference to a certificate and optionally private_key, private_key_passphrase, and intermediates.

Request Attributes

Name Type Description
name string (optional) Human readable name for identifying your container
type string Type of container. Options: generic, rsa, certificate
secret_refs list A list of dictionaries containing references to secrets

Request:

POST /v1/containers
Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: <token>

Content:
{
    "type": "generic",
    "name": "container name",
    "secret_refs": [
        {
            "name": "private_key",
            "secret_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/secrets/{secret_uuid}"
        }
    ]
}

Response:

{
    "container_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/containers/{container_uuid}"
}

HTTP Status Codes

Code Description
201 Successful creation of the container
401 Invalid X-Auth-Token or the token doesn’t have permissions to this resource
403 Forbidden. The user has been authenticated, but is not authorized to create a container. This can be based on the user’s role or the project’s quota.

DELETE /v1/containers/{uuid}

Deletes a container

Request:

DELETE /v1/containers/{container_uuid}
Headers:
    X-Auth-Token: <token>

Response:

204 No Content

HTTP Status Codes

Code Description
204 Successful deletion of a container
401 Invalid X-Auth-Token or the token doesn’t have permissions to this resource
404 Container not found or unavailable

POST /v1/containers/{container_uuid}/secrets

Add a secret to an existing container. This is only supported on generic containers.

Request Attributes

Name Type Description
name string (optional) Human readable name for identifying your secret within the container.
secret_ref uri (required) Full URI reference to an existing secret.

Request:

POST /v1/containers/{container_uuid}/secrets
Headers:
    X-Project-Id: {project_id}

Content:
{
    "name": "private_key",
    "secret_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/secrets/{secret_uuid}"
}

Response:

{
    "container_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/containers/{container_uuid}"
}

Note that the requesting ‘container_uuid’ is the same as that provided in the response.

HTTP Status Codes

In general, error codes produced by the containers POST call pertain here as well, especially in regards to the secret references that can be provided.

Code Description
201 Successful update of the container
400 Missing secret_ref
401 Invalid X-Auth-Token or the token doesn’t have permissions to this resource
403 Forbidden. The user has been authenticated, but is not authorized to add the secret to the specified container. This can be based on the user’s role or the project’s quota.

DELETE /v1/containers/{container_uuid}/secrets

Remove a secret from a container. This is only supported on generic containers.

Request Attributes

Name Type Description
name string (optional) Human readable name for identifying your secret within the container.
secret_ref uri (required) Full URI reference to an existing secret.

Request:

DELETE /v1/containers/{container_uuid}/secrets
Headers:
    X-Project-Id: {project_id}

Content:
{
    "name": "private key",
    "secret_ref": "https://{barbican_host}/v1/secrets/{secret_uuid}"
}

Response:

204 No Content

HTTP Status Codes

Code Description
204 Successful removal of the secret from the container.
400 Missing secret_ref
401 Invalid X-Auth-Token or the token doesn’t have permissions to this resource
403 Forbidden. The user has been authenticated, but is not authorized to remove the secret from the specified container. This can be based on the user’s role or the project’s quota.
404 Specified secret_ref is not found in the container.