Migrating from Permission V1 to Permission V2

This guide provides instructions for upgrading from the legacy V1 permissions system to the more powerful V2 permissions system in Infisical.

Why Upgrade to V2?

The V2 permissions system offers several advantages over V1:

• More granular control: Separate permissions for different secret-related resources
• Explicit deny rules: Support for permission inversion
• Conditional permissions: Apply permissions based on specific criteria
• Array-based actions: Cleaner syntax for multiple actions

Migration Steps

When upgrading to V2 permissions (i.e., when moving from using the permissions to permissions_v2 field in your Terraform configurations, or upgrading to the V2 permission API), you'll need to update your permission structure as follows:

1. Expand Secret Permissions

Any permissions for secrets should be expanded to include equivalent permissions for:

• secret-imports
• secret-folders (except for read permissions)
• dynamic-secrets

2. Map Dynamic Secret Actions

For dynamic secrets, the actions need to be mapped differently:

3. Update Configuration Format

V2 permissions use a different syntax, with actions stored in arrays and an optional inverted flag:

// V1 format (single action)
{
  subject: "secrets",
  action: "read"
}

// V2 format (array of actions)
{
  subject: "secrets",
  action: ["read"],
  inverted: false  // Optional, defaults to false
}

Example Migration

Here's a complete example showing how to migrate a role from V1 to V2:

# Old V1 configuration
resource "infisical_project_role" "example" {
  name = "example"
  permissions = [
    {
      subject = "secrets"
      action = "read"
    },
    {
      subject = "secrets"
      action = "edit"
    }
  ]
}

# New V2 configuration
resource "infisical_project_role" "example" {
  name = "example"
  permissions_v2 = [
    # Original secrets permission
    {
      subject = "secrets"
      action = ["read", "edit"]
      inverted = false
    },
    # Add equivalent secret-imports permission
    {
      subject = "secret-imports"
      action = ["read", "edit"]
      inverted = false
    },
    # Add secret-folders permission (without read)
    {
      subject = "secret-folders"
      action = ["edit"]
      inverted = false
    },
    # Add dynamic-secrets permission with mapped actions
    {
      subject = "dynamic-secrets"
      action = ["read-root-credential", "edit-root-credential", "lease"]
      inverted = false
    }
  ]
}

Important Considerations

• When moving to V2 permissions, make sure to include all the necessary expanded permissions based on your original secrets permissions.
• V2 permissions give you the ability to use conditions and inversion, which are not available in V1.
• During migration, review your existing roles and consider if more granular permissions would better fit your security requirements.
• Test your migrated permissions thoroughly in a non-production environment before deploying to production.