Update an API key Added in 8.4.0

PUT /_security/api_key/{id}

Updates attributes of an existing API key. Users can only update API keys that they created or that were granted to them. Use this API to update API keys created by the create API Key or grant API Key APIs. If you need to apply the same update to many API keys, you can use bulk update API Keys to reduce overhead. It’s not possible to update expired API keys, or API keys that have been invalidated by invalidate API Key. This API supports updates to an API key’s access scope and metadata. The access scope of an API key is derived from the role_descriptors you specify in the request, and a snapshot of the owner user’s permissions at the time of the request. The snapshot of the owner’s permissions is updated automatically on every call. If you don’t specify role_descriptors in the request, a call to this API might still change the API key’s access scope. This change can occur if the owner user’s permissions have changed since the API key was created or last modified. To update another user’s API key, use the run_as feature to submit a request on behalf of another user. IMPORTANT: It’s not possible to use an API key as the authentication credential for this API. To update an API key, the owner user’s credentials are required.

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The ID of the API key to update.

application/json

Body

  • role_descriptors object

    An array of role descriptors for this API key. This parameter is optional. When it is not specified or is an empty array, then the API key will have a point in time snapshot of permissions of the authenticated user. If you supply role descriptors then the resultant permissions would be an intersection of API keys permissions and authenticated user’s permissions thereby limiting the access scope for API keys. The structure of role descriptor is the same as the request for create role API. For more details, see create or update roles API.

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    • * object Additional properties

      Additional properties are allowed.

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      • cluster array[string]

        A list of cluster privileges. These privileges define the cluster level actions that API keys are able to execute.

      • indices array[object]

        A list of indices permissions entries.

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        • field_security object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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        • names string | array[string] Required
        • privileges array[string] Required

          The index level privileges that owners of the role have on the specified indices.

        • query string | object

          While creating or updating a role you can provide either a JSON structure or a string to the API. However, the response provided by Elasticsearch will only be string with a json-as-text content.

          Since this is embedded in IndicesPrivileges, the same structure is used for clarity in both contexts.

          One of:
          _types:IndicesPrivilegesQuery string query_dsl:QueryContainer object _types:RoleTemplateQuery object

          Additional properties are allowed.

          External documentation
        • allow_restricted_indices boolean

          Set to true if using wildcard or regular expressions for patterns that cover restricted indices. Implicitly, restricted indices have limited privileges that can cause pattern tests to fail. If restricted indices are explicitly included in the names list, Elasticsearch checks privileges against these indices regardless of the value set for allow_restricted_indices.

      • global array[object] | object

        An object defining global privileges. A global privilege is a form of cluster privilege that is request-aware. Support for global privileges is currently limited to the management of application privileges.

        One of:
        array-1 array[object] _types:GlobalPrivilege object
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        • application object Required

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • manage object Required

            Additional properties are allowed.

      • applications array[object]

        A list of application privilege entries

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        • application string Required

          The name of the application to which this entry applies.

        • privileges array[string] Required

          A list of strings, where each element is the name of an application privilege or action.

        • resources array[string] Required

          A list resources to which the privileges are applied.

      • metadata object
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        • * object Additional properties

          Additional properties are allowed.

      • run_as array[string]

        A list of users that the API keys can impersonate. Note: in Serverless, the run-as feature is disabled. For API compatibility, you can still specify an empty run_as field, but a non-empty list will be rejected.

      • description string

        Optional description of the role descriptor

      • transient_metadata object
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        • * object Additional properties

          Additional properties are allowed.

  • metadata object
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    • * object Additional properties

      Additional properties are allowed.

  • expiration string

    A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • updated boolean Required

      If true, the API key was updated. If false, the API key didn’t change because no change was detected.
PUT /_security/api_key/{id} 
curl \
 -X PUT http://api.example.com/_security/api_key/{id} \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"role_descriptors":{"additionalProperty1":{"cluster":["string"],"indices":[{"field_security":{"except":"string","grant":"string"},"names":"string","privileges":["string"],"":"string","allow_restricted_indices":true}],"global":[{"application":{"manage":{}}}],"applications":[{"application":"string","privileges":["string"],"resources":["string"]}],"metadata":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"run_as":["string"],"description":"string","transient_metadata":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}}},"additionalProperty2":{"cluster":["string"],"indices":[{"field_security":{"except":"string","grant":"string"},"names":"string","privileges":["string"],"":"string","allow_restricted_indices":true}],"global":[{"application":{"manage":{}}}],"applications":[{"application":"string","privileges":["string"],"resources":["string"]}],"metadata":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"run_as":["string"],"description":"string","transient_metadata":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}}}},"metadata":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"expiration":"string"}'
Request examples 
{
  "role_descriptors": {
    "additionalProperty1": {
      "cluster": [
        "string"
      ],
      "indices": [
        {
          "field_security": {
            "except": "string",
            "grant": "string"
          },
          "names": "string",
          "privileges": [
            "string"
          ],
          "": "string",
          "allow_restricted_indices": true
        }
      ],
      "global": [
        {
          "application": {
            "manage": {}
          }
        }
      ],
      "applications": [
        {
          "application": "string",
          "privileges": [
            "string"
          ],
          "resources": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "additionalProperty1": {},
        "additionalProperty2": {}
      },
      "run_as": [
        "string"
      ],
      "description": "string",
      "transient_metadata": {
        "additionalProperty1": {},
        "additionalProperty2": {}
      }
    },
    "additionalProperty2": {
      "cluster": [
        "string"
      ],
      "indices": [
        {
          "field_security": {
            "except": "string",
            "grant": "string"
          },
          "names": "string",
          "privileges": [
            "string"
          ],
          "": "string",
          "allow_restricted_indices": true
        }
      ],
      "global": [
        {
          "application": {
            "manage": {}
          }
        }
      ],
      "applications": [
        {
          "application": "string",
          "privileges": [
            "string"
          ],
          "resources": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "additionalProperty1": {},
        "additionalProperty2": {}
      },
      "run_as": [
        "string"
      ],
      "description": "string",
      "transient_metadata": {
        "additionalProperty1": {},
        "additionalProperty2": {}
      }
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "additionalProperty1": {},
    "additionalProperty2": {}
  },
  "expiration": "string"
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "updated": true
}