Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Fleet service tokens API

Enables you to create tokens for Fleet service authentication and authorization.

Operations 1

POST /api/fleet/service_tokens Create a service token #

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OpenAPI Specification

elk-stack-fleet-service-tokens-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    name: Kibana Team
  description: The Kibana REST APIs enable you to manage resources such as connectors, data views, and saved objects.
  title: Kibana Fleet service tokens API
  version: ''
  x-doc-license:
    name: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  x-feedbackLink:
    label: Feedback
    url: https://github.com/elastic/docs-content/issues/new?assignees=&labels=feedback%2Ccommunity&projects=&template=api-feedback.yaml&title=%5BFeedback%5D%3A+
servers:
- url: https://{kibana_url}
  variables:
    kibana_url:
      default: localhost:5601
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Fleet service tokens
  description: Enables you to create tokens for Fleet service authentication and authorization.
  x-displayName: Fleet service tokens
paths:
  /api/fleet/service_tokens:
    post:
      description: '**Spaces method and path for this operation:**


        post /s/{space_id}/api/fleet/service_tokens


        Refer to Spaces for more information.


        Create a Fleet Server service token. The token is used to enroll Fleet Server instances with Kibana.


        [Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agents-all.'
      operationId: post-fleet-service-tokens
      parameters:
      - description: A required header to protect against CSRF attacks
        in: header
        name: kbn-xsrf
        required: true
        schema:
          example: 'true'
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            examples:
              postGenerateServiceTokenRequestExample:
                description: Generate a service token for a remote Fleet Server
                value:
                  remote: true
            schema:
              additionalProperties: false
              default: null
              type:
              - object
              - 'null'
              properties:
                remote:
                  default: false
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                postGenerateServiceTokenExample:
                  description: The generated Fleet Server service token
                  value:
                    name: elastic/fleet-server/token-1234567890
                    value: AAEAAWVsYXN0aWMvZmxlZXQtc2VydmVyL3Rva2VuLTEyMzQ1Njc4OTA6QUJDREVGR0hJSktMTU5P
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                type: object
                properties:
                  name:
                    type: string
                  value:
                    type: string
                required:
                - name
                - value
          description: Successful response
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                genericErrorResponseExample:
                  description: Example of a generic error response
                  value:
                    error: Bad Request
                    message: An error message describing what went wrong
                    statusCode: 400
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Generic Error
                type: object
                properties:
                  attributes: {}
                  error:
                    type: string
                  errorType:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                  statusCode:
                    type: number
                required:
                - message
                - attributes
          description: Bad Request
      summary: Create a service token
      tags:
      - Fleet service tokens
      x-metaTags:
      - content: Kibana
        name: product_name
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      description: 'These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: `Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey`

        '
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey
    basicAuth:
      scheme: basic
      type: http
x-topics:
- title: Kibana spaces
  content: "Spaces enable you to organize your dashboards and other saved objects into meaningful categories.\nYou can use the default space or create your own spaces.\n\nTo run APIs in non-default spaces, you must add `s/{space_id}/` to the path.\nFor example:\n\n```bash\ncurl -X GET \"http://${KIBANA_URL}/s/marketing/api/data_views\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}\"\n```\n\nIf you use the Kibana console to send API requests, it automatically adds the appropriate space identifier.\n\nTo learn more, check out [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces).\n"