Properties

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Vault injects a rich set of data into the running Sentinel environment, allowing for very fine-grained controls. The set of available properties are enumerated on this page.

The following properties are available for use in Sentinel policies.

Namespace properties

The namespace (Sentinel) namespace gives access to information about the namespace in which the request is running. (This may or may not match the client's chosen namespace, if a request reaches into a child namespace).

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The namespace ID
`path`	`string`	The root path of the namespace

Request properties

The following properties are available in the request namespace.

Name	Type	Description
`connection.remote_addr`	`string`	TCP/IP source address of the client
`data`	`map (string -> any)`	Raw request data
`operation`	`string`	Operation type, e.g. "read" or "update"
`path`	`string`	Path, with any leading `/` trimmed
`policy_override`	`bool`	`true` if a `soft-mandatory` policy override was requested
`unauthenticated`	`bool`	`true` if the requested path is an unauthenticated path
`wrapping.ttl`	`duration`	The requested response-wrapping TTL in nanoseconds, suitable for use with the `time` import
`wrapping.ttl_seconds`	`int`	The requested response-wrapping TTL in seconds

Replication properties

The following properties exists at the replication namespace.

Name	Type	Description
`dr.mode`	`string`	The state of DR replication. Valid values are "disabled", "bootstrapping", "primary", and "secondary"
`performance.mode`	`string`	The state of performance replication. Valid values are "disabled", "bootstrapping", "primary", and "secondary"

Token properties

The following properties, if available, are in the token namespace. The namespace will not exist if there is no token information attached to a request, e.g. when logging in.

Name	Type	Description
`creation_time`	`string`	The timestamp of the token's creation, in RFC3339 format
`creation_time_unix`	`int`	The timestamp of the token's creation, in seconds since Unix epoch UTC
`creation_ttl`	`duration`	The TTL the token was first created with in nanoseconds, suitable for use with the `time` import
`creation_ttl_seconds`	`int`	The TTL the token was first created with in seconds
`display_name`	`string`	The display name set on the token, if any
`entity_id`	`string`	The Identity entity ID attached to the token, if any
`explicit_max_ttl`	`duration`	If the token has an explicit max TTL, the duration of the explicit max TTL in nanoseconds, suitable for use with the `time` import
`explicit_max_ttl_seconds`	`int`	If the token has an explicit max TTL, the duration of the explicit max TTL in seconds
`metadata`	`map (string -> string)`	Metadata set on the token
`num_uses`	`int`	The number of uses remaining on a use-count-limited token; 0 if the token has no use-count limit
`path`	`string`	The request path that resulted in creation of this token
`period`	`duration`	If the token has a period, the duration of the period in nanoseconds, suitable for use with the `time` import
`period_seconds`	`int`	If the token has a period, the duration of the period in seconds
`policies`	`list (string)`	Policies directly attached to the token
`role`	`string`	If created via a token role, the role that created the token
`type`	`string`	The type of token, currently will be either `batch` or `service`

Token namespace properties

The following properties, if available, are in the token.namespace namespace. The (Sentinel) namespace will not exist if there is no token information attached to a request, e.g. when logging in.

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The namespace ID
`path`	`string`	The root path of the namespace

Identity properties

The following properties, if available, are in the identity namespace. The namespace may not exist if there is no token information attached to the request; however, at login time the user's request data will be used to attempt to find any existing Identity information, or create some information to pass to MFA functions.

Entity properties

These exist at the identity.entity namespace.

Name	Type	Description
`creation_time`	`string`	The entity's creation time in RFC3339 format
`id`	`string`	The entity's ID
`last_update_time`	`string`	The entity's last update (modify) time in RFC3339 format
`metadata`	`map (string -> string)`	Metadata associated with the entity
`name`	`string`	The entity's name
`merged_entity_ids`	`list (string)`	A list of IDs of entities that have been merged into this one
`aliases`	`list (alias)`	List of aliases associated with this entity
`policies`	`list (string)`	List of the policies set on this entity

Alias properties

These can be retrieved from identity.entity.aliases.

Name	Type	Description
`creation_time`	`string`	The alias's creation time in RFC3339 format
`id`	`string`	The alias's ID
`last_update_time`	`string`	The alias's last update (modify) time in RFC3339 format
`metadata`	`map (string -> string)`	Metadata associated with the alias
`custom_metadata`	`map (string -> string)`	Custom metadata associated with the alias
`merged_from_entity_ids`	`list (string)`	If this alias was attached to the current entity via one or more merges, the original entity/entities will be in this list
`mount_accessor`	`string`	The immutable accessor of the mount that created this alias
`mount_path`	`string`	The path of the mount that created this alias; unlike the accessor, there is no guarantee that the current path represents the original mount
`mount_type`	`string`	The type of the mount that created this alias
`name`	`string`	The alias's name

Groups properties

These exist at the identity.groups namespace.

Name	Type	Description
`by_id`	`map (string -> group)`	A map of group ID to group information
`by_name`	`map (string -> group)`	A map of group name to group information; unlike the group ID, there is no guarantee that the current name will always represent the same group

Group properties

These can be retrieved from the identity.groups maps.

Name	Type	Description
`creation_time`	`string`	The group's creation time in RFC3339 format
`id`	`string`	The group's ID
`last_update_time`	`string`	The group's last update (modify) time in RFC3339 format
`metadata`	`map (string -> string)`	Metadata associated with the group
`name`	`string`	The group's name
`member_entity_ids`	`list (string)`	A list of IDs of entities that are directly assigned to this group
`parent_group_ids`	`list (string)`	A list of IDs of groups that are parents of this group
`policies`	`list (string)`	List of the policies set on this group

MFA properties

These properties exist at the mfa namespace.

Name	Type	Description
`methods`	`map (string -> method)`	A map of method name to method properties

MFA method properties

These properties can be accessed via the mfa.methods selector.

Name	Type	Description
`valid`	`bool`	Whether the method has successfully been validated; if validation has not been attempted, this will trigger the validation attempt. The result of the validation attempt will be used for this method for all policies for the given request.

Control group properties

These properties exist at the controlgroup namespace.

Name	Type	Description
`time`, `request_time`	`string`	The original request time in RFC3339 format
`authorizations`	`list (authorization)`	List of control group authorizations

Control group authorization

These properties can be accessed via the controlgroup.authorizations selector.

Name	Type	Description
`time`	`string`	The authorization time in RFC3339 format
`entity`	`identity.entity`	The identity entity for the authorizer.
`groups`	`identity.groups`	The map of identity groups associated with the authorizer.