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Pure1 REST API Postman collection - Setup Guide

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In order to use the Pure1 Postman collection, you must complete 3 main tasks:

  1. Generate a private/public RSA key pair
  2. Register your application in Pure1®  Manage
  3. Configure your Postman environment and test authentication

Steps 1 and 2 are required only if you don't already have a Pure1 API Application ID and its related private key. If you already have one available, you may jump straight to step #3.

Step 1: Generate a private/public RSA key pair

  1. On your computer, generate an RSA key pair. For instance, if you use the openssl tool on MacOS or Linux, please run the following command to generate a private key:

    openssl genrsa -aes256 -out pure1-test-private.pem 2048

  1. Now, generate the public key that corresponds to your private key by running the following command:

    openssl rsa -in pure1-test-private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out pure1-test-public.pem

  2. Retrieve the text version of your public key with the following command:

    cat pure1-test-public.pem

  1. Sign in into Pure1 Manage at https://pure1.purestorage.com with an administrator account (if your Pure1 account is not an administrative one, please contact your Pure support team to upgrade your account’s privileges).

  2. Navigate to the API Registration page available in the Administration section of the Pure1 Manage left navigation:

  3. In the API Registration page, press the Register Application button.

  4. In the pop-up window that opens, enter a name for your application (in the Name field) and paste the output of the command you ran in step #3 (including the BEGIN PUBLIC KEY and END PUBLIC KEY lines) in the Public Key field. Finish by selected the appropriate role (admin has full permissions, read-only can only send GET requests) for your application and press the Upload button.

  1. Generate the text version of your SSL private key, by typing the following command:

    openssl rsa -in pure1-test-private.pem -out private-key.txt

  2. Retrieve the text version of your public key with the following command:

    cat private-key.txt

  3. Assuming you have downloaded the Pure1 Postman collection from Postmans’ API Network, you should have a pure1_template environment available in Postman. Open this pure1_template environment and fill out the api_private_key_file environment variable with the output of the command in step #2 above.

  4. Retrieve the Application ID for your application in the API Registration page of Pure1 Manage and paste it into the api_client_name environment variable.

  5. In Postman, open the Authentication section of the Pure1 REST API collection.

  6. (First time only) Select the INIT: Load Crypto Library for RS256 request and send it to retrieve a necessary cryptographic library

  7. Select the Get an OAuth token request and send it. If your private key and App ID have been correctly set up in Postman, you should receive a successful response with an access_token field, similar to the following screenshot: