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Can you set an Application's Client Secret using a kickstart file? FusionAuth


I am using a kickstart.json file to setup FusionAuth in developer environments. Everything is automated except I still need to manually go and get the client secret from the fusion auth instance. Is there anyway I can predefine the client secret in the kickstart file so I can pre-configure it in my app?


Solution

  • you should absolutely be able to set the client secret from kickstart.json. Any API call should work from within Kickstart.

    https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/apis/applications#create-an-application indicates you can POST an application including the client secret.

    So a kickstart file like this should work:

    {
      "variables": {
        "defaultTenantId": "30663132-6464-6665-3032-326466613934"
      },
      "apiKeys": [
        {
          "key": "mykey",
          "description": "API key"
        }
      ],
      "requests": [
        {
          "method": "POST",
          "url": "/api/application/85a03867-dccf-4882-adde-1a79aeec50df",
          "body": {
            "application": {
              "name": "Pied Piper",
              "roles": [
                {
                  "name": "dev"
                },
                {
                  "name": "ceo"
                },
                {
                  "name": "intern"
                }
              ],
              "oauthConfiguration" : {
                 "clientSecret": "shhh-your-desired-secret"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
    

    I haven't tested that, but don't see any reason why it would not work. (Note that 1.37, the most recent version, has an issue with kickstart as documented here: https://github.com/FusionAuth/fusionauth-issues/issues/1816 but that should be fixed soon.)

    If this doesn't work for you, please share the error message and a scrubbed kickstart file.