Request an Authentication Token

You use a token to authenticate a vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager API request.

All vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager API requests require a valid authentication token in the header x-xenon-auth-token. To obtain a token, the login request supplies the user credentials in a form that Basic HTTP authentication requires. In this example, the user is logging in to a vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager instance with URL https://LCM-Hostname/

Prerequisites

Secure a channel between the web browser and the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager server. Open a browser and enter the URL such as:
```
https://LCM-Hostname/
```
The system warns that your connection is not private. Click through to confirm the security exception and establish an SSL handshake.
Verify that you can log in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager using the applicable credentials.

Procedure

Enter the command to request the HTTP bearer token.

curl 'https://LCM-Hostname/lcm/api/v1/login' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  --data-binary $'{\n  "username": "admin@localhost",\n  "password": "VMware"\n}' \
  -k

The -k flag is included to verify the certificate.

Examine the response.

A successful request returns an HTTP bearer token that you include in subsequent API requests.

{
  "token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ4biIsInN1YiI6Ii9jb3JlL2F1dGh6L3VzZXJzL3ZMQ01BZG1pbiIsImV4cCI6MTUwNzE4ODQwM30.dAcsjxo3qNkZfLaxwsGKHul_5MqdEmJUfmNf6zQqpZ0"
}

For convenience, store the token in a variable.
```
export token="EXAMPLE-TOKEN-TEXT"
```