SPIFFE

SPIFFE JWT SVID

The SPIFFE JWT SVID standard defines a format for encoding SPIFFE identities as JSON Web Tokens. JWT-SVIDs are used in scenarios where X.509 certificates are not practical, such as HTTP header-based authentication between services or for passing identity across trust domain boundaries.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://spiffe.io/docs/latest/spiffe-about/svid/

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe

Other Resources

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Reference
https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe/blob/main/standards/JWT-SVID.md

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: spiffe:spiffe-jwt-svid-api
name: SPIFFE JWT SVID
description: The SPIFFE JWT SVID standard defines a format for encoding SPIFFE identities as JSON Web
  Tokens. JWT-SVIDs are used in scenarios where X.509 certificates are not practical, such as HTTP header-based
  authentication between services or for passing identity across trust domain boundaries.
humanURL: https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe/blob/main/standards/JWT-SVID.md
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://spiffe.io/docs/latest/spiffe-about/svid/
- type: Reference
  url: https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe/blob/main/standards/JWT-SVID.md
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe
tags:
- Authentication
- Identity
- JWT
- Security