A DID Configuration Resource provides proof of a bi-directional relationship between the controller of a web domain and a DID via cryptographically verifiable signature, associated with a DID's key material.
You can use a DID Configuration Resource to advertise that the same entity which controls a given website also controls a DID. The SSI Service does all the heavy lifting to make it easy to create such a resource, linking DIDs that created within the service to a website you control. The steps for doing so are outlined below.
- A DID was created with SSI Service. See How To: Create A DID
- You control an origin (e.g. like https://www.tbd.website).
- You are able to host files in a path within that origin.(e.g. you can host the file returned by https://www.tbd.website/.well-known/did-configuration.json)
For the purposes of our example, let's assume that the did created was did:key:z6MkkZDjunoN4gyPMx5TSy7Mfzw22D2RZQZUcx46bii53Ex3
.
Make a PUT
request to /v1/did-configurations
:
{
"expirationDate": "2051-10-05T14:48:00.000Z",
"issuanceDate": "2021-10-05T14:48:00.000Z",
"issuerDid": "did:key:z6MkmM43K3x5xAgzkLRW9r6HCv5c4QKfD2wjfi6tiW3CuzjZ",
"origin": "https://www.tbd.website",
"verificationMethodId": "did:key:z6MkmM43K3x5xAgzkLRW9r6HCv5c4QKfD2wjfi6tiW3CuzjZ#z6MkmM43K3x5xAgzkLRW9r6HCv5c4QKfD2wjfi6tiW3CuzjZ"
}
Or if you like CURLing:
curl -X PUT 'localhost:3000/v1/did-configurations' -d '{
"expirationDate": "2051-10-05T14:48:00.000Z",
"issuanceDate": "2021-10-05T14:48:00.000Z",
"issuerDid": "did:key:z6MkmM43K3x5xAgzkLRW9r6HCv5c4QKfD2wjfi6tiW3CuzjZ",
"origin": "https://www.tbd.website",
"verificationMethodId": "did:key:z6MkmM43K3x5xAgzkLRW9r6HCv5c4QKfD2wjfi6tiW3CuzjZ#z6MkmM43K3x5xAgzkLRW9r6HCv5c4QKfD2wjfi6tiW3CuzjZ"
}'
Upon success you will see a response such as...
{
"wellKnownLocation": "https://www.tbd.website/.well-known/did-configuration.json",
"didConfiguration": {
"@context": "https://identity.foundation/.well-known/did-configuration/v1",
"linked_dids": [
"eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6ImRpZDprZXk6ejZNa21NNDNLM3g1eEFnemtMUlc5cjZIQ3Y1YzRRS2ZEMndqZmk2dGlXM0N1empaI3o2TWttTTQzSzN4NXhBZ3prTFJXOXI2SEN2NWM0UUtmRDJ3amZpNnRpVzNDdXpqWiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.9oeN5rGzCaAMttOic47LOxIsjqpgH2DojGzsLiENy0UOKPdX66GJaEUEZSllWoGYOLqBnr6VWMnFgSk381jcAQ"
]
}
}
This contains two properties: wellKnownLocation
which describes where you should be hosting the content and didConfiguration
which is content that you will host.
This next step is for you to do outside of the service. You have to ensure that the value of wellKnownLocation
resolves to a JSON file. The contents of the file should be the value of didConfiguration
. In our example, we would have to make sure that the URL https://www.tbd.website/.well-known/did-configuration.json
returns the JSON object described below.
{
"@context": "https://identity.foundation/.well-known/did-configuration/v1",
"linked_dids": [
"eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6ImRpZDprZXk6ejZNa21NNDNLM3g1eEFnemtMUlc5cjZIQ3Y1YzRRS2ZEMndqZmk2dGlXM0N1empaI3o2TWttTTQzSzN4NXhBZ3prTFJXOXI2SEN2NWM0UUtmRDJ3amZpNnRpVzNDdXpqWiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.9oeN5rGzCaAMttOic47LOxIsjqpgH2DojGzsLiENy0UOKPdX66GJaEUEZSllWoGYOLqBnr6VWMnFgSk381jcAQ"
]
}
Once you've done the steps above, you can also use SSI Service to verify that the DID configuration is correct!
Make a PUT
request to /v1/did-configurations/verification
:
{
"origin": "https://www.tbd.website"
}
... or using CURL
curl -X PUT 'localhost:3000/v1/did-configurations/verification' -d '{
"origin": "https://www.tbd.website"
}'
The result will look similar to the response below:
{
"verified": false,
"didConfiguration": "{\n \"@context\":\"https://identity.foundation/.well-known/did-configuration/v1\",\n \"linked_dids\":[\n \"eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6ImRpZDprZXk6ejZNa2g0QTZRVE5DQUZpNE5aZm5XdDhxTlNHWERHbk5YaHhYV2V3Y3BCcnpTMTl2IiwidHlwIjoiSldUIn0.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.szn9o_JhCLqYMH_SNtwFaJWViueg-pvrZW4G88cegh2Airh9ziQ7fYvSY4Hts2FlF6at8fMfAzrsnhJ-Fb0_Dw\",\n \"eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6ImRpZDp3ZWI6dGJkLndlYnNpdGUiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.bweamOE6q-K1jQ64cfqk-vhhuugSpLvcit3Q6REBM2z0CpvvTX4SttHF533oUIDovtOSqmAAOOUFCbrTJYQfDw\"\n ]\n }",
"reason": "verifying JWT credential: error getting key to verify credential<>: did<did:key:z6Mkh4A6QTNCAFi4NZfnWt8qNSGXDGnNXhxXWewcpBrzS19v> has no verification methods with kid: did:key:z6Mkh4A6QTNCAFi4NZfnWt8qNSGXDGnNXhxXWewcpBrzS19v"
}
In this case, verified
is false
, so the reason
property is populated, explaining where verification went wrong. Note that the didConfiguration
value is a string. It represents the exact response that was received from the origin.