Generate Cloud Services Authentication Tokens

Developers can use the API to build interactive clients of VMware Aria Operations. The API follows the REST style and is available to all licensed users.

Procedure

1. Generate the API tokens from the Cloud Services toolbar to authenticate yourself when you make authorized API connections. See, Generate API Tokens.
2. Call the Cloud Services API using the API token to generate the Cloud Services authentication token.

   curl -k -X POST "https://console.cloud.vmware.com/csp/gateway/am/api/auth/api-tokens/authorize" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "refresh_token={CSP API Token}”

   This returns a JSON string with the following structure in which access_token is the Cloud Services authentication token:

            {
               "id_token",
               "token_type",
               "expires_in",
               "scope",
               "access_token",
               "refresh_token”
            }
   

   Note: The Cloud Services authentication token is valid only for 30 minutes after it is generated.