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CyberArk PAM REST API Authentication via PingFederate SAML

This guide demonstrates how to authenticate to CyberArk's Self-Hosted Privileged Access Management (PAM) REST API using PingFederate SAML authentication with PowerShell.

Overview

The script implements a complete SAML authentication flow that:

1. Initiates SAML authentication with CyberArk
2. Redirects to PingFederate for authentication

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function New-SAMLInteractive {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string] $LoginIDP
    )

    Begin {
        # Regular expression to extract SAML Response
        $RegEx = '(?i)name="SAMLResponse"(?: type="hidden")? value=\"(.*?)\"(?:.*)?\/>'

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Utilizing GitHub OIDC as an Authentication Method through CyberArk Conjur’s authn-jwt

Overview: This documentation demonstrates how to use GitHub's OpenID Connect (OIDC) as an authentication method in Conjur Cloud & Self-Hosted Enterprise using the authn-jwt authenticator. The process involves configuring the JWT authenticator, mapping claims from the GitHub OIDC token to annotations in Conjur Cloud, and finally authenticating a workload.

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Step 1: Configure GitHub OIDC with JWT Authenticator

1. Plan the Configuration:

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# Import the AWS module
Import-Module AWSPowerShell.NetCore

# Define the region
$region = "YOUR_AWS_REGION"

# Function to get temporary security credentials from EC2 instance's IAM role
function Get-TemporaryCredentials {
    param (
        [string]$region

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To send data from a flat-file log on a server to QRadar, you need to set up a log source in QRadar to collect and process the logs. Here’s a step-by-step guide to accomplish this:

1. Install WinCollect on the Server

WinCollect is a Windows-based agent provided by IBM for QRadar to collect logs. Here are the steps to install and configure it:

• Download and Install WinCollect: Download the WinCollect agent from IBM's website and install it on your server.
• Configure the WinCollect Agent: During installation, configure the agent to point to your QRadar instance.

2. Configure WinCollect to Monitor the Log File

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To use a custom version of the cyberark/conjur provider in Terraform, you would follow a similar procedure to what was previously described but tailored specifically for this provider. Here are the detailed steps to set up the cyberark/conjur provider that has been compiled from source:

1. Compile the Provider: Start by ensuring you have the source code for the CyberArk Conjur provider. You can typically find this on GitHub under the CyberArk organization. After obtaining the code, compile it using Go. Navigate to the directory containing the provider's source code and run:

   go build
   

   This command compiles the provider into an executable binary.

2. Create the Directory Structure: You need to place the compiled provider binary in a specific directory structure that Terraform recognizes. The path should be structured as follows:

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# Import PowerShell module psPAS, if it doesn't exist, install it
Import-Module psPAS -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
    Install-Module psPAS -Force
    Import-Module psPAS
}

# Import PowerShell module IdentityCommand, if it doesn't exist, install it
Import-Module IdentityCommand -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {

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apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: admin-service-account-issuer-discovery
subjects:
- kind: User
  name: admin@example.com  # Replace this with your actual admin username
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
roleRef:
  kind: ClusterRole

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## USER VARIABLES
#################

# Specify the path to your .pfx file and its password
$pfxPath = "/Users/joe.garcia/OneDrive - CyberArk Ltd/Software/Certificates/ccp_clientcert_bundle.pfx"

# Define the URI for the CCP API
$uri = "https://cyberark.joegarcia.dev/AIMWebService/api/Accounts"
$appId = "Test"
$safe = "TestSafe"

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- hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  
  tasks:

  - block:
    - name: Retrieve Password from CyberArk
      cyberark.pas.cyberark_credential:
        api_base_url: "{{ ccp_base_url }}"
        app_id: "{{ ccp_app_id }}"