Web Services Connection Profiles
The following topics describe connection profile parameters for Web Services:
Web Services REST Connection Profile Parameters
Before you can define a job, you must create a connection profile in the Configuration domain. A connection profile contains authorization credentials—such as the username, password, and other plug-in-specific parameters—and enables you to connect to the application server with only the connection profile name. To create a connection profile, see Creating a Centralized Connection Profile.
For more information about this plug-in, see
The following table describes Web Services REST connection profile parameters.
Parameter |
Authentication Type |
Description |
---|---|---|
Authentication Type |
N/A |
Determines one of the following authentication types:
|
User Name |
Basic |
Defines the basic authentication username. |
Password |
Basic |
Defines the basic authentication password. |
Use preemptive authentication |
Basic |
Determines whether to use preemptive authentication. |
Use basic authentication |
OAuth2 |
Determines whether to add basic authentication to the OAuth2 authentication. |
OAuth2 API URL |
OAuth2 |
Defines the OAuth2 web service URL. |
Grant Type |
OAuth2 |
Determines one of the following OAuth2 grant types, which determine how Web Services REST communicates with the OAuth2 web service:
|
Client ID |
OAuth2 |
Defines the user ID associated with the Web Services REST user and application. |
Client Secret |
OAuth2 |
Defines the secret (password) associated with the Web Services REST user and application. |
User Name |
OAuth2 |
Defines an additional grant type username. |
Password |
OAuth2 |
Defines an additional grant type password. |
Content Type |
OAuth2 |
Defines the content type. application/x-www-form-urlencoded |
Headers |
OAuth2 |
Defines OAuth2 header parameters, as Key:Value pairs. |
Body |
OAuth2 |
Defines OAuth2 body parameters, as Key:Value pairs. |
Region |
AWS |
Determines the AWS region. eu-west-2 |
Custom Service Name |
AWS |
Defines the AWS service to access. |
Authentication Method |
AWS |
Determines one of the following authentication methods:
|
IAM Role |
AWS |
Defines the Identity and Access Management (IAM) role name for the AWS connection. |
Access Key |
AWS |
Defines the AWS account access key. |
Secret Access Key |
AWS |
Defines the AWS account secret access key. |
Token Type |
|
Determines one of the following token types for GCP Access Control:
|
Service Account Key |
|
Defines a service account that is associated with an RSA key pair. |
Use External Vault |
All |
Determines whether to locate and retrieve a secret from an external vault, as described in CyberArk Secret Parameters in Connection Profiles. |
Web Services SOAP Connection Profile Parameters
Before you can define a job, you must create a connection profile in the Configuration domain. A connection profile contains authorization credentials—such as the username, password, and other plug-in-specific parameters—and enables you to connect to the application server with only the connection profile name. To create a connection profile, see Creating a Centralized Connection Profile.
For more information about this plug-in, see
The following table describes Web Services SOAP connection profile parameters.
Parameter |
Description |
---|---|
Authentication Type |
Determines one of the following authentication types:
|
Username |
Defines the basic authentication username. |
Password |
Defines the basic authentication password. |
Use Preemptive Authentication |
Determines whether to use preemptive authentication. |
Use External Vault |
Determines whether to locate and retrieve a secret from an external vault, as described in CyberArk Secret Parameters in Connection Profiles. |