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Secure MarkLogic Server

Through the REST API

  • Last Updated: May 20, 2026
  • 2 minute read
    • MarkLogic Server
    • Version 12.0
    • Documentation

To set up OAuth-based authentication and authorization with PingIdentity through the REST API, follow these steps:

  1. Create the external security object with code like this:

    Note:

    The JWT Secrets field secures both symmetric and asymmetric signature keys.

    Note:

    If you are using an asymmetric algorithm, then you can specify a JWKS URI to validate incoming JWT access tokens with JWKS instead of with JWT Secrets signature keys.

    JavaScript/JSON

    curl -X POST --anyauth -k -u <username>:<password> -H "Content-Type:application/json" \ 
    -d @create_extsec.json http://<machine URI>:8002/manage/v2/external-security
    

    Contents of create_extsec.json

    {
      "external-security-name": "PingIdentityExampleOAuth",
      "description": "PingIdentity external security object for OAuth",
      "authentication": "oauth",
      "cache-timeout": "300",
      "authorization": "oauth",
      "oauth-server": {
        "oauth-vendor": "Ping Identity",
        "oauth-flow-type": "Resource server",
        "oauth-client-id": "PingExampleClientID",
        "oauth-token-type": "JSON Web Tokens",
        "oauth-username-attribute": "username",
        "oauth-role-attribute": "roles",
        "oauth-privilege-attribute": "privileges",
        "oauth-jwt-issuer-uri": "",
        "oauth-jwt-alg": "RS256",
        "oauth-jwt-secret": [
            {
                "oauth-jwt-key-id": "PingExampleKeyID",
                "oauth-jwt-secret-value": "<RS256 JWT Secret Value>"
            }
        ],
        "oauth-jwks-uri": "https://localhost/pf/JWKS"
      }
    }
    

    XQuery/XML

    curl -X POST --anyauth -k -u <username>:<password> -H "Content-Type:application/xml" \ 
    -d @create_extsec.xml http://<machine URI>:8002/manage/v2/external-security
    

    Contents of create_extsec.xml

    <external-security-properties xmlns="http://marklogic.com/manage/external-security/properties">
        <external-security-name>PingIdentityExampleOAuth</external-security-name>
        <description>PingIdentity external security object for OAuth</description>
        <authentication>oauth</authentication>
        <cache-timeout>300</cache-timeout>
        <authorization>oauth</authorization>
        <oauth-server>
            <oauth-vendor>Ping Identity</oauth-vendor>
            <oauth-flow-type>Resource server</oauth-flow-type>
            <oauth-client-id>PingExampleClientID</oauth-client-id>
            <oauth-token-type>JSON Web Tokens</oauth-token-type>
            <oauth-username-attribute>username</oauth-username-attribute>
            <oauth-role-attribute>roles</oauth-role-attribute>
            <oauth-privilege-attribute>privileges</oauth-privilege-attribute>
            <oauth-jwt-alg>RS256</oauth-jwt-alg>
            <oauth-jwt-secrets>
                <oauth-jwt-secret>
                    <oauth-jwt-key-id>PingExampleKeyID</oauth-jwt-key-id>
                    <oauth-jwt-secret-value>RS256 JWT Secret Value</oauth-jwt-secret-value>
                </oauth-jwt-secret>
            </oauth-jwt-secrets>
            <oauth-jwks-uri>https://localhost/pf/JWKS/<oauth-jwks-uri>
        </oauth-server>
    </external-security-properties>
    
  2. Create any HTTP, XDBC, WebDAV, or ODBC app servers that you wish to configure with this external security object.

  3. Configure your app servers to use this external security object with code like this:

    JSON application

    curl -X PUT --anyauth -k -u <username>:<password> -H "Content-type:application/json" \
    -d '{"external-security": "PingIdentityExampleOAuth", \
    "internal-security": false, \
    "authentication": "oauth"}' \
     http://<machine URI>:8002/manage/v2/servers/<app server name>/properties?group-id=Default
    

    XML application

    curl -X PUT --anyauth -k -u <username>:<password> -H "Content-type:application/xml" \
    -d '<http-server-properties xmlns="http://marklogic.com/manage"> \
    <external-security>"PingIdentityExampleOAuth"</external-security> \
    <internal-security>false</internal-security> \
    <authentication>oauth</authentication> \
    </http-server-properties>' \
    http://<machine URI>:8002/manage/v2/servers/<app server name>/properties?group-id=Default
    
  4. Assign external names to your desired roles with code like this:

    Note:

    The external names are the values returned under the role attribute of the access token payload.

    JSON application

    curl -X PUT --anyauth -k -u <username>:<password> -H "Content-type:application/json" \
    -d '{"external-name": "external-user-role"}' \
    http://<machine URI>:8002/manage/v2/roles/<MarkLogic Server role name like manage-user>/properties
    

    XML application

    curl -X PUT --anyauth -k -u <username>:<password> -H "Content-type:application/xml" \
    -d '<role-properties xmlns="http://marklogic.com/manage/role/properties"> \
    <external-names> \
    <external-name>"external-user-role"</external-name> \
    </external-names> \
    </role-properties>' http://<machine URI>:8002/manage/v2/roles/<MarkLogic Server role name like manage-user>/properties
    

MarkLogic Server is now set up for OAuth-based authentication and authorization with PingIdentity.

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