Authentication

Calls to the REST API must be authenticated as a User.

Basic Authentication

Any call to the REST API may use HTTP basic authentication to provide a username and password.

User Certificates

You can “login” to Pulp by providing basic auth credentials and receiving a client SSL certificate to use for future requests. Although this is a POST operation, there is no data required in the request. The resulting certificate can then be used as a client-side SSL certificate for authentication of future requests to the REST API.

Method: POST
Path: /pulp/api/v2/actions/login/
Permission: read
Response Codes:
  • 200 - credentials were accepted
  • 401 - credentials were not accepted
Return: response body contains a client SSL certificate and private key

Sample 200 Response Body: 

{
 "key":
   "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
   MIICXAIBAAKBgQC/AW1iSiMbwAeHJcwCQedMHaKg8/3aBA88pkYGwJL1cxlmN5Hr
   OL2WYUi3Kbkt51n56LiBc5wetQ3O2WDARaLTuk4j9LJDVsN065F6q4NuwYLx8lar
   U5ZQVfxE/CP/2KW2ymp4YPFksoo1yZJDvComteuVk2n20o4MKtE7VvYCSwIDAQAB
   AoGAfeJ57hLAitSH4ZmWmFJJF9BcU8obH2oXhLhtZJvc/2npboXnZOjTgt4BJ76W
   7lsQ4PVxTNgeJ9raC98WtgHvKooTyPagIudVBFMszTbseJU7XV8gfC66sG/j4h5U
   d9eJDClgjHbPTSgzFG4Y4Wv/2s4wMl8S/1t0svV4QiS/cdECQQDrGZ5qoV8mWNMp
   gl9NanpfhyRCej0bpdAJ/BDfrYuuE9FJ8r108cDVlIM+XWV6vRGi2W05YZBo7ys/
   KPg/PiDpAkEAz/xPkRCmseVQhF8I2oXAYEbnx7Yxwc+6/MYyc0zK7I03TuEQUHd1
   TfFNSCjkjnrbiTkwU+JrAlgjhRvnYsppEwJABa6o1Yrw8cxTzj0IcKaSLpzlk3XA
   5FotnRAqmD1pktuHw3HKgnkVYBQm1+sJ+N14/6ahrTFefCrLsMsctOqbgQJAFhqV
   hjBD1wIs9XR4J2kxkcnXVjU5woRGNhkGQZS2uD8l0p8+sZ6Qe/EaKoIWEEJkVIgc
   Z73Xa49cbwgRJkGmuwJBALEDimytIFUSzXCJZj1s6/5Uvldfae3297pbdU0ByBHf
   /WZ1p6+u8FthSMnmq4DI4UDdxDQfNjHdcGcWPQb4yko=
   -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
   ",
 "certificate":
   "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
   MIICMzCCARsCASgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwFDESMBAGA1UEAxMJbG9jYWxob3N0
   MB4XDTEzMDIyMjE2MjExOFoXDTEzMDMwMTE2MjExOFowLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkYWRt
   aW46YWRtaW46NTA1YTJiZDFlMTlhMDA2MzViMDAwMDA5MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB
   AQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC/AW1iSiMbwAeHJcwCQedMHaKg8/3aBA88pkYGwJL1cxlm
   N5HrOL2WYUi3Kbkt51n56LiBc5wetQ3O2WDARaLTuk4j9LJDVsN065F6q4NuwYLx
   8larU5ZQVfxE/CP/2KW2ymp4YPFksoo1yZJDvComteuVk2n20o4MKtE7VvYCSwID
   AQABMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4IBAQB1JfB8iVv8m/jqROjU2oKtvBCj5RdBELZp
   tz/9TLXUgg7WpGezGIiKfss+hJW7QV1kuOfYS/5kO5XE8rYKg2FB5Tdx5fs4MTPT
   Th7h+kyg6On8y2o1J/uCQ2PSb3Ex5ajbY+PBNqWngcPLIi+Xn0iRmJmgRUO7QZ08
   GXqvcA0wsM0+07WcMNINxfQ1RuEmxWPNtJ861akNyGP8ZsmT0ABd5Q+pUq/nuBQ9
   7jwhi90WftYsQDHik9Ek43ltDVjfhDhQFWg3QKM7Xg2BkYkYYGB6ld6+v/jpOxtp
   Bg9xsQGTzaPcxGKAAwRHnEJ8vcBK+DIH5CqKOmhxxEveBDFWSNAI
   -----END CERTIFICATE-----
   "
}