AppDynamics · Authentication Profile

Appdynamics Authentication

Authentication

AppDynamics secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
basicAuth http
scheme: basic
apiKey apiKey
· in: header (X-Events-API-Key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/appdynamics-alert-and-respond-api-openapi.yml, openapi/appdynamics-analytics-events-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/appdynamics-cloud-observability-api-openapi.yml, openapi/appdynamics-configuration-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/appdynamics-controller-rest-api-openapi.yml, openapi/appdynamics-database-agent-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/appdynamics-metric-and-snapshot-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from the /controller/api/oauth/access_token endpoint.
  sources:
  - openapi/appdynamics-alert-and-respond-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-cloud-observability-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-controller-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-database-agent-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-metric-and-snapshot-api-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication using user@account:password format.
  sources:
  - openapi/appdynamics-alert-and-respond-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-controller-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-database-agent-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/appdynamics-metric-and-snapshot-api-openapi.yml
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Events-API-Key
  description: The API key for authenticating with the Events Service. Provided alongside the
    X-Events-API-AccountName header.
  sources:
  - openapi/appdynamics-analytics-events-api-openapi.yml

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