CyberArk Secrets Manager Self-Hosted Integration

ggscout supports integration with CyberArk Secrets Manager Self-Hosted (Conjur Enterprise and OSS) to collect and monitor your secrets. This guide will help you set up and configure the integration.

Supported Features

• Multiple secret versions collection
• User and API authentication
• Self-hosted server configuration
• Account-based access

Configuration

The following table lists the available configuration options for ggscout when integrating with CyberArk Secrets Manager Self-Hosted:

Parameter	Description	Required	Default Value
type	Must be set to "cyberarkselfhosted"	Yes
server_url	The URL of your self-hosted CyberArk Secrets Manager server	Yes
account	The Conjur account name	Yes
auth_mode	Authentication mode (one of: "user", "api")	Yes
fetch_all_versions	Whether to collect all versions of secrets	Yes
accept_invalid_certs	Accept invalid/self-signed certificates (for development only)	No	false
mode	Integration mode (one of: "read", "write", "read/write")	No	"read"
env	Environment label for categorizing secrets (e.g., "production", "staging", "development")	No
owner	Owner of this source (an email, usually of an employee or a team)	No
include	List of path patterns to include in secret collection	No
exclude	List of path patterns to exclude from secret collection	No

With additional parameters depending on the chosen authentication mode:

For User Authentication:

Parameter	Description	Required	Default Value
username	Username for authentication	Yes
password	Password for authentication	Yes

For API Authentication:

Parameter	Description	Required	Default Value
login	Login identity (including host/ prefix for workloads)	Yes
api_key	API key for authentication	Yes

Authentication

ggscout supports two authentication methods for CyberArk Secrets Manager Self-Hosted:

User Authentication

Use this method when authenticating with a username and password:

[sources.cyberarkselfhosted]
type = "cyberarkselfhosted"
server_url = "https://conjur.example.com"
account = "myorg"
auth_mode = "user"
username = "${CONJUR_USERNAME}"
password = "${CONJUR_PASSWORD}"
fetch_all_versions = true
mode = "read"
env = "production"
owner = "devops-team@example.com"

[[sources.cyberarkselfhosted.include]]
resource_ids = ["app/*", "database/*", "api-key"]

[[sources.cyberarkselfhosted.exclude]]
resource_ids = ["test/*", "temp/*", "old-secret"]

API Authentication

Use this method when authenticating with an API key and login identity. This is the recommended approach for workloads:

[sources.cyberarkselfhosted]
type = "cyberarkselfhosted"
server_url = "https://conjur.example.com"
account = "myorg"
auth_mode = "api"
login = "${CONJUR_LOGIN}"
api_key = "${CONJUR_API_KEY}"
fetch_all_versions = true
mode = "read"
env = "production"
owner = "devops-team@example.com"

[[sources.cyberarkselfhosted.include]]
resource_ids = ["app/*", "database/*", "api-key"]

[[sources.cyberarkselfhosted.exclude]]
resource_ids = ["test/*", "temp/*", "old-secret"]

tip

For host/workload authentication, the login parameter should include the host/ prefix followed by the host identity path. For example: host/myapp/production/ggscout.

Self-Signed Certificates

If your self-hosted CyberArk Secrets Manager uses self-signed certificates, you can disable certificate verification for development environments:

[sources.cyberarkselfhosted]
type = "cyberarkselfhosted"
server_url = "https://conjur.example.com"
account = "myorg"
auth_mode = "api"
login = "${CONJUR_LOGIN}"
api_key = "${CONJUR_API_KEY}"
fetch_all_versions = true
accept_invalid_certs = true  # Only for development!

warning

Setting accept_invalid_certs = true disables TLS certificate verification. This should only be used in development environments, never in production.

Include and Exclude Patterns

You can control which secrets are collected using include and exclude patterns:

[sources.cyberarkselfhosted]
type = "cyberarkselfhosted"
server_url = "https://conjur.example.com"
account = "myorg"
auth_mode = "api"
login = "${CONJUR_LOGIN}"
api_key = "${CONJUR_API_KEY}"
fetch_all_versions = true

# Only collect secrets matching these patterns
[[sources.cyberarkselfhosted.include]]
resource_ids = ["production/*", "shared/*"]

# Exclude secrets matching these patterns
[[sources.cyberarkselfhosted.exclude]]
resource_ids = ["test-*", "temp-*"]

Write Mode

To enable secret synchronization (writing secrets back to CyberArk Secrets Manager Self-Hosted), set the mode to read/write or write:

[sources.cyberarkselfhosted]
type = "cyberarkselfhosted"
server_url = "https://conjur.example.com"
account = "myorg"
auth_mode = "api"
login = "${CONJUR_LOGIN}"
api_key = "${CONJUR_API_KEY}"
fetch_all_versions = true
mode = "read/write"

note

The identity must have update privileges on the target variables to write secrets.