Credential vault API - PUT a set of credentials

This API is deprecated. Use the Credential vault API from the Environment API instead.

Updates the specified set of credentials for synthetic monitors.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

PUT	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/credentials/{id}`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/credentials/{id}`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/credentials/{id}`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with credentialVault.write scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Refer to JSON models to find all JSON models that depend on the type of the model.

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
id	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the credentials set to be updated.	path	required
body	Credentials	The JSON body of the request. Contains updated parameters of the credentials set.	body	required

Request body objects

The `Credentials` object

A set of credentials for synthetic monitors.

The actual set of fields depends on the type of credentials. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see Credential vault API - JSON models.

Element	Type	Description	Required
allowContextlessRequests	boolean	Allow ad-hoc functions to access the credential details (requires the APP_ENGINE scope).	optional
allowedEntities	CredentialAccessData[]	The set of entities allowed to use the credential.	optional
description	string	A short description of the credentials set.	optional
id	string	The ID of the credentials set.	optional
name	string	The name of the credentials set.	required
ownerAccessOnly	boolean	The credentials set is available to every user (`false`) or to owner only (`true`).	optional
~~scope~~	string	DEPRECATED The scope of the credentials set. `EXTENSION` `SYNTHETIC`	optional
scopes	string[]	The set of scopes of the credentials set. `EXTENSION` `SYNTHETIC`	required
type	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `CERTIFICATE` -> CertificateCredentials `PUBLIC_CERTIFICATE` -> PublicCertificateCredentials `USERNAME_PASSWORD` -> UserPasswordCredentials `TOKEN` -> TokenCredentials `CERTIFICATE` `PUBLIC_CERTIFICATE` `TOKEN` `USERNAME_PASSWORD`	optional

The `CredentialAccessData` object

The set of entities allowed to use the credential.

Element	Type	Description	Required
id	string	-	optional
type	string	- `APPLICATION` `UNKNOWN` `USER`	optional

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

{
  "allowContextlessRequests": "false",
  "allowedEntities": [
    {
      "id": "jane.doe@example.com",
      "type": "USER"
    },
    {
      "id": "john.smith@example.com",
      "type": "USER"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.with.credentials",
      "type": "APPLICATION"
    }
  ],
  "description": "Sample set of credentials for API documentation",
  "name": "Sample credentials",
  "ownerAccessOnly": false,
  "password": "1234abcd",
  "scope": "SYNTHETIC",
  "scopes": [
    "SYNTHETIC",
    "EXTENSION_AUTHENTICATION"
  ],
  "type": "USERNAME_PASSWORD",
  "user": "john.smith@example.com"
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
201	CredentialsId	Success. The new credentials set has been created. The response contains the ID of the set.
204	-	Success. The credentials set has been updated. Response doesn't have a body.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid

Response body objects

The `CredentialsId` object

A short representation of the credentials set.

Element	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the credentials set.

Response body JSON model

{
  "id": "CREDENTIALS_VAULT-C43F2C2E6395AD23"
}

Example

In this example, the request updates the set of credentials created in the POST request example.

It changes the username to mary.brown and the password to 4321dcba.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

You can download or copy the example request body to try it out on your own.

Curl

curl -X PUT \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/credentials/CREDENTIALS_VAULT-1E6EA5075AF7E85D \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "RESTtest",
  "description": "Test credentials",
  "password": "4321dcba",
  "ownerAccessOnly": true,
  "type": "USERNAME_PASSWORD",
  "user": "mary.brown"
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/credentials/CREDENTIALS_VAULT-1E6EA5075AF7E85D

Request body

{
  "name": "RESTtest",
  "description": "Test credentials",
  "password": "4321dcba",
  "ownerAccessOnly": true,
  "type": "USERNAME_PASSWORD",
  "user": "mary.brown"
}

Response code

204