Conjur CLI and REST API
Load a small policy, set a secret, then fetch it two ways, with the Conjur CLI v8 and over the raw REST API by minting a short-lived access token with curl and jq
Lab Overview
In this lab you work with a running Conjur OSS v1.24.0 stack to learn the two ways applications and operators read secrets. You load a small policy that defines a variable and a host machine identity, set a secret value with the Conjur CLI v8, and fetch it back with the CLI. Then you drop down to the raw REST API: you authenticate the host with its API key to mint a short-lived base64 access token, and use that token with curl and jq to fetch the same secret. Finally you compare the CLI and REST flows and inspect the access token so you understand exactly what the CLI does for you under the hood.
What You'll Learn
Load a Conjur policy that defines a variable and a host machine identity
Set and retrieve a secret value with the Conjur CLI v8 (variable set/get)
Authenticate a host over the REST API to mint a short-lived base64 access token
Fetch a secret over the REST API with curl using the access token
Compare the CLI and raw REST flows and inspect the access token contents
Prerequisites
Completion of the conjur-deploy-docker lab, or equivalent Conjur OSS familiarity
Basic Linux command-line familiarity
Basic understanding of REST APIs, HTTP headers, and JSON (jq)
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