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Create a key manager

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POST /security/key-managers

Introduced In: 9.6

Creates a key manager.

Required properties

  • svm.uuid or svm.name - Existing SVM in which to create a key manager.

  • external.client_certificate - Client certificate. Required only when creating an external key manager.

  • external.server_ca_certificates - Server CA certificates. Required only when creating an external key manager.

  • external.servers.server - Key servers. Required only when creating an external key manager.

  • onboard.passphrase - Cluster-wide passphrase. Required only when creating an Onboard Key Manager.

  • synchronize - Synchronizes missing onboard keys on any node in the cluster. Required only when creating an Onboard Key Manager at the partner site of a MetroCluster configuration.

  • security key-manager external enable

  • security key-manager onboard enable

  • security key-manager onboard sync

Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is false. If set to true, the records are returned.

  • Default value:

Request Body

Name Type Description

_links

_links

external

external

Configures external key management

is_default_data_at_rest_encryption_disabled

boolean

Indicates whether default data-at-rest encryption is disabled in the cluster. This field is deprecated in ONTAP 9.8 and later. Use the "software_data_encryption.disabled_by_default" of /api/security endpoint.

  • Default value: 1

  • Introduced in: 9.7

  • x-ntap-readModify: true

onboard

onboard

Configures onboard key management. After configuring onboard key management, save the encrypted configuration data in a safe location so that you can use it if you need to perform a manual recovery operation.

policy

string

Security policy associated with the key manager. This value is currently ignored if specified for the onboard key manager.

scope

string

Set to "svm" for interfaces owned by an SVM. Otherwise, set to "cluster".

status

status

Optional status information on the current state of the key manager indicating if it is fully setup or requires more action.

svm

svm

uuid

string

volume_encryption

volume_encryption

Indicates whether volume encryption is supported in the cluster.
Example request 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "external": {
    "client_certificate": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "cert1",
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    },
    "server_ca_certificates": [
      {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "cert1",
        "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
      }
    ],
    "servers": [
      {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "secondary_key_servers": [
          "string"
        ],
        "server": "keyserver1.com:5698",
        "timeout": 60,
        "username": "admin"
      }
    ]
  },
  "onboard": {
    "existing_passphrase": "The cluster password of length 32-256 ASCII characters.",
    "key_backup": "'--------------------------BEGIN BACKUP-------------------------- TmV0QXBwIEtleSBCbG9iAAEAAAAEAAAAcAEAAAAAAAAxBFWWAAAAACEAAAAAAAAA QAAAAAAAAABzDyyVAAAAALI5Jsjvy6gUxnT78KoDKXHYb6sSeraM00quOULY6BeV n6dMFxuErCD1lbERaOQZSuaYy1p8oQHtTEfGMLZM4TYiAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAA 3WTh7gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAgAZJEIWvdeHr5RCAvHGclo+wAAAAAAAAAA IgAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAAEOTcR0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAJAGr3tJA/LRzU QRHwv+1aWvAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAADV1Vd/AAAAAMFM9Q229Bhp mDaTSdqku5DCd8wG+fOZSr4bx4JT5WHvV/r5gJnXDQQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOZXRBcHAgS2V5IEJsb2IA AQAAAAMAAAAYAQAAAAAAALgePkcAAAAAIgAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAAEOTcR0AAAAA AAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAJAGr3tJA/LRzUQRHwv+1aWvAAAAAAAAAAACIAAAAAAAAA KAAAAAAAAACIlCHZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAQCafcabsxRXMM7gxhLRrzxh AAAAAAAAAAAkAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA2JjQBQAAAACt4IqXcNpVggahl0axLsN4 yQjnNVKWY7mANB29O42hI7b70DTGCTaVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAE5ldEFwcCBLZXkgQmxvYgABAAAAAwAAABgBAAAAAAAA 7sbaoQAAAAAiAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAQ5NxHQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAkA ave0kD8tHNRBEfC/7Vpa8AAAAAAAAAAAIgAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAALOHfWkAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAABAMoI9UxrHOGthQm/CB+EHdAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAA gAAAAAAAAACnMmUtAAAAAGVk8AtPzENFgsGdsFvnmucmYrlQCsFew0HDSFKaZqK6 W8IEVzBAhPoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ---------------------------END BACKUP---------------------------'",
    "passphrase": "The cluster password of length 32-256 ASCII characters."
  },
  "policy": "string",
  "scope": "string",
  "status": {
    "code": 346758,
    "message": "This cluster is part of a MetroCluster configuration. Use the REST API POST method security/key_managers/ with the synchronize option and the same passphrase on the partner cluster before proceeding with any key manager operations.  Failure to do so could lead to switchover or switchback failure."
  },
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "uuid": "string",
  "volume_encryption": {
    "code": 346758,
    "message": "No platform support for volume encryption in following nodes - node1, node2."
  }
}

Response

Status: 201, Created
Name Type Description

_links

_links

num_records

integer

Number of records

records

array[security_key_manager]
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "next": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "external": {
        "client_certificate": {
          "_links": {
            "self": {
              "href": "/api/resourcelink"
            }
          },
          "name": "cert1",
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        },
        "server_ca_certificates": [
          {
            "_links": {
              "self": {
                "href": "/api/resourcelink"
              }
            },
            "name": "cert1",
            "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
          }
        ],
        "servers": [
          {
            "_links": {
              "self": {
                "href": "/api/resourcelink"
              }
            },
            "secondary_key_servers": [
              "string"
            ],
            "server": "keyserver1.com:5698",
            "timeout": 60,
            "username": "admin"
          }
        ]
      },
      "onboard": {
        "existing_passphrase": "The cluster password of length 32-256 ASCII characters.",
        "key_backup": "'--------------------------BEGIN BACKUP-------------------------- TmV0QXBwIEtleSBCbG9iAAEAAAAEAAAAcAEAAAAAAAAxBFWWAAAAACEAAAAAAAAA QAAAAAAAAABzDyyVAAAAALI5Jsjvy6gUxnT78KoDKXHYb6sSeraM00quOULY6BeV n6dMFxuErCD1lbERaOQZSuaYy1p8oQHtTEfGMLZM4TYiAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAA 3WTh7gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAgAZJEIWvdeHr5RCAvHGclo+wAAAAAAAAAA IgAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAAEOTcR0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAJAGr3tJA/LRzU QRHwv+1aWvAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAADV1Vd/AAAAAMFM9Q229Bhp mDaTSdqku5DCd8wG+fOZSr4bx4JT5WHvV/r5gJnXDQQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOZXRBcHAgS2V5IEJsb2IA AQAAAAMAAAAYAQAAAAAAALgePkcAAAAAIgAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAAEOTcR0AAAAA AAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAJAGr3tJA/LRzUQRHwv+1aWvAAAAAAAAAAACIAAAAAAAAA KAAAAAAAAACIlCHZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAQCafcabsxRXMM7gxhLRrzxh AAAAAAAAAAAkAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA2JjQBQAAAACt4IqXcNpVggahl0axLsN4 yQjnNVKWY7mANB29O42hI7b70DTGCTaVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAE5ldEFwcCBLZXkgQmxvYgABAAAAAwAAABgBAAAAAAAA 7sbaoQAAAAAiAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAQ5NxHQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAkA ave0kD8tHNRBEfC/7Vpa8AAAAAAAAAAAIgAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAALOHfWkAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAABAMoI9UxrHOGthQm/CB+EHdAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAA gAAAAAAAAACnMmUtAAAAAGVk8AtPzENFgsGdsFvnmucmYrlQCsFew0HDSFKaZqK6 W8IEVzBAhPoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ---------------------------END BACKUP---------------------------'",
        "passphrase": "The cluster password of length 32-256 ASCII characters."
      },
      "policy": "string",
      "scope": "string",
      "status": {
        "code": 346758,
        "message": "This cluster is part of a MetroCluster configuration. Use the REST API POST method security/key_managers/ with the synchronize option and the same passphrase on the partner cluster before proceeding with any key manager operations.  Failure to do so could lead to switchover or switchback failure."
      },
      "svm": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "svm1",
        "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
      },
      "uuid": "string",
      "volume_encryption": {
        "code": 346758,
        "message": "No platform support for volume encryption in following nodes - node1, node2."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

65536038

A maximum of 4 active key servers are allowed.

65536214

Failed to generate cluster key encryption key.

65536216

Failed to add cluster key encryption key.

65536310

Failed to setup the Onboard Key Manager because the MetroCluster peer is unhealthy.

65536341

Failed to setup the Onboard Key Manager because the MetroCluster peer is unhealthy.

65536508

The platform does not support data at rest encryption.

65536821

The certificate is not installed.

65536822

Multitenant key management is not supported in the current cluster version.

65536823

The SVM has key manager already configured.

65536824

Multitenant key management is not supported in MetroCluster configurations.

65536834

Failed to get existing key-server details for the SVM.

65536852

Failed to query supported KMIP protocol versions.

65536870

Key management servers already configured.

65536871

Duplicate key management servers exist.

65536876

External key management requires client and server CA certificates installed and with one or more key servers provided.

65536878

External key management cannot be configured as one or more volume encryption keys of the SVM are stored in cluster key management server.

65536895

External key manager cannnot be configured since this cluster is part of a MetroCluster configuration and the partner site of this MetroCluster configuration has Onboard Key Manager configured.

65536900

The Onboard Key Manager cannot be configured because this cluster is part of a MetroCluster configuration and the partner site has the external key manager configured.

65536903

The Onboard Key Manager has failed to configure on some nodes in the cluster. Use the CLI to sync the Onboard Key Manager configuration on failed nodes.

65536906

The Onboard Key Manager has already been configured at the partner site. Use the CLI to sync the Onboard Key Manager with the same passphrase.

65536907

The Onboard Key Manager is already configured. Use the CLI to sync any nodes with the Onboard Key Manager configuration.

65536916

The Onboard Key Manager is only supported for an admin SVM.

65536920

The Onboard Key Manager passphrase length is incorrect.

65537240

The Onboard Key Manager passphrase must be provided when performing a POST/synchronize operation.

65537241

The Onboard Key Manager existing_passphrase must not be provided when performing a POST/synchronize operation.

65537244

Unable to sync/create Onboard Key Manager on the local cluster; Onboard Key Manager is already configured on the cluster.

65537245

Unable to sync/create Onboard Key Manager on the local cluster; Onboard Key Manager is not configured on the partner cluster.

65537246

Unable to sync/create Onboard Key Manager on local cluster. This cluster is not part of a MetroCluster configuration.

66060338

Failed to establish secure connection for a key management server due to incorrect server_ca certificates.

66060339

Failed to establish secure connection for a key management server due to incorrect client certificates.

66060340

Failed to establish secure connection for a key management server due to Cryptsoft error.
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": [
      {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "string"
      }
    ],
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

client_certificate

Client certificate

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

Certificate name

uuid

string

Certificate UUID

server_ca_certificates

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

Certificate name

uuid

string

Certificate UUID
Name Type Description

self

href

key_server_readcreate

Name Type Description

_links

self_link

secondary_key_servers

array[string]

A list of the secondary key servers associated with the primary key server.

server

string

External key server for key management. If no port is provided, a default port of 5696 is used.

timeout

integer

I/O timeout in seconds for communicating with the key server.

username

string

Username credentials for connecting with the key server.

external

Configures external key management

Name Type Description

client_certificate

client_certificate

Client certificate

server_ca_certificates

array[server_ca_certificates]

The UUIDs of the server CA certificates already installed in the cluster or SVM. The array of certificates are common for all the keyservers per SVM.

servers

array[key_server_readcreate]

The set of external key servers.

onboard

Configures onboard key management. After configuring onboard key management, save the encrypted configuration data in a safe location so that you can use it if you need to perform a manual recovery operation.

Name Type Description

enabled

boolean

Is the onboard key manager enabled?

existing_passphrase

string

The cluster-wide passphrase. This is not audited.

key_backup

string

Backup of the onboard key manager's key hierarchy. It is required to save this backup after configuring the onboard key manager to help in the recovery of the cluster in case of catastrophic failures.

passphrase

string

The cluster-wide passphrase. This is not audited.

synchronize

boolean

Synchronizes missing onboard keys on any node in the cluster. If a node is added to a cluster that has onboard key management configured, the synchronize operation needs to be performed in a PATCH operation. In a MetroCluster configuration, if onboard key management is enabled on one site, then the synchronize operation needs to be run as a POST operation on the remote site providing the same passphrase.

status

Optional status information on the current state of the key manager indicating if it is fully setup or requires more action.

Name Type Description

code

integer

Code corresponding to the status message. Returns 0 if the setup is complete. This is an advanced property; there is an added cost to retrieving its value. The property is not populated for either a collection GET or an instance GET unless it is explicitly requested using the fields query parameter or GET for all advanced properties is enabled.

message

string

Current state of the key manager indicating any additional steps to perform to finish the setup. This is an advanced property; there is an added cost to retrieving its value. The property is not populated for either a collection GET or an instance GET unless it is explicitly requested using the fields query parameter or GET for all advanced properties is enabled.

svm

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

volume_encryption

Indicates whether volume encryption is supported in the cluster.

Name Type Description

code

integer

Code corresponding to the status message. Returns a 0 if volume encryption is supported in all nodes of the cluster.

message

string

Reason for not supporting volume encryption.

supported

boolean

Set to true when volume encryption support is available on all nodes of the cluster.

security_key_manager

Name Type Description

_links

_links

external

external

Configures external key management

is_default_data_at_rest_encryption_disabled

boolean

Indicates whether default data-at-rest encryption is disabled in the cluster. This field is deprecated in ONTAP 9.8 and later. Use the "software_data_encryption.disabled_by_default" of /api/security endpoint.

  • Default value: 1

  • Introduced in: 9.7

  • x-ntap-readModify: true

onboard

onboard

Configures onboard key management. After configuring onboard key management, save the encrypted configuration data in a safe location so that you can use it if you need to perform a manual recovery operation.

policy

string

Security policy associated with the key manager. This value is currently ignored if specified for the onboard key manager.

scope

string

Set to "svm" for interfaces owned by an SVM. Otherwise, set to "cluster".

status

status

Optional status information on the current state of the key manager indicating if it is fully setup or requires more action.

svm

svm

uuid

string

volume_encryption

volume_encryption

Indicates whether volume encryption is supported in the cluster.

_links

Name Type Description

next

href

self

href

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.