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API Key Management

Developer

API keys are the credentials used to authenticate requests to the DataCentral REST API. They are managed by a Tenant Administrator and scoped to a specific Tenant.

1. Creating an API Key​

  1. Navigate to Administration > Users.
  2. Click Manage API Keys. (If not visible, check features enabled for tenant and/or permissions for the logged in user)
  3. Click Create to generate a new API key.

2. Key Management Options​

Secrets​

Each API key can have up to two active secrets at once. This allows for secret rotation without downtime — generate a new secret, update your application to use it, then invalidate the old one.

Expiration​

Secrets can be assigned an expiration date, after which they are automatically invalidated.

Disabling​

An API key can be disabled at any time to immediately revoke access without deleting it.

Roles​

Roles can be assigned directly to an API key. The key is then treated as a regular user with those roles, meaning all RBAC rules apply to every request made with it.