POST /rest/containers/{container_key}/pki/outbound/assign

Assigns PKI keys from an external keystore to the container's outbound identity by associating the keystore alias and password with the key.

Authorization Roles/Permissions: System administrator only. Include Base64-encoded username and password, separated by a colon in the Authorization header.

This topic includes the following sections:

HTTP Method

POST

URL

https://{hostname}/rest/containers/{container_key}/pki/outbound/assign

Sample Request

The following example shows assigning the PKI keys to a container's outbound identity.

Sample Request URL

https://{hostname}/rest/containers/eapnd-hsm2/pki/outbound/assign

Sample request headers

Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Content-Type: application/json				
Content-Length: 75				
Host: {hostname}				
Connection: Keep-Alive								
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvcjpwYXNzd29yZA==								

Sample request body

In the request body, the password is optional.

{
  "alias" : "eapnd-cloudhsm-listener-1",
  "password" : "password"
}

Request Headers

For general information on request header values, refer to HTTP Request Headers.

Header	Description
Accept	application/json
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	Basic <Base64-encoded username and password, separated by a colon>

Request Parameters

Parameter	Parm Type	Data Type	Required	Description
key	Path	String	Required	The container identity to which the PKIs is assigned.
alias	Body	String	Required	The alias of the PKI keys from the external keystore.
password	Body	String	Optional	The password for the PKI key.

Response

If successful, this operation returns HTTP status code 200, with information about the PKI keys and certificates.

Sample Response

The sample response below shows successful completion of this operation.

Sample response headers: application/json

Transfer-Encoding: chunked
status: 200 OK
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2023 05:52:03 GMT
Content-Type: application/json

Sample response body: application/json

{
  "privateKeyExists":true,
  "publicKey":"MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAylhqsMrK0/AtEvKbspPXlV1SsL7UCfB43sJ5/S/uUnlATK9Xvkuduz8HTIyfsDa98hGCUG130T+WHhFJeMCWClO9qdkIZC/YHbC6g4DisL59ltyjbvAMpNSJGaMBOyJAdt6cuI3YgrLawCrVYLwQ6hANkQUsxQGtAKMdJA/Z7Ko5gUZ/CShpCbaIdj2Srk1enACZzY8HGi1k1Jn419EC5AbtNrrn6YCOXrrJeahCA+jjLXttZtXCPLK/knm+xOGtAo/Q9oDtzXWheNZ0hOv9HYBkE0WNsLgjx5r6kBN8pRg8cYmoP0J4VQUme7nBFDv451yIGQfqS17s6rTzoUYH/QIDAQAB",
}

Response Headers

For general information on response header values, refer to HTTP Response Headers.

Header	Description
Content-Type	application/json

Response Body

Name	Type	Description
PrivateKeyExists	PKIInfo	Indicates whether private key is assigned to a container identity.
PublicKey	PKIInfo	Contains information about the public key that is assigned to the container identity.
CertificateInfo	CertificateInfo	Contains information about the certificate assigned to the container.

Error Codes/Messages

If the call is unsuccessful an error code/message is returned. One or more examples of possible errors for this operation are shown below.

Item	Value
401	Unauthorized. For example, you would get this response if you did not include an authorization token in the header or if you included an invalid or expired token value for this header.
500	An error occurred while processing the call. For example, wrong parameters were sent in the request.

More information about Akana API Platform API error messages.

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