Armis · Authentication Profile

Armis Authentication

Authentication

Armis secures its APIs with oauth2 and apiKey across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2, apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

clientCredentials oauth2

apiToken apiKey

· in: header ()

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Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/ArmisSecurity/armis-sdk-python
docs: https://developers.armis.com/
summary:
  types: [oauth2, apiKey]
  oauth2_flows: [clientCredentials]
  primary: OAuth2 client-credentials -> short-lived JWT bearer, tenant-scoped audience
schemes:
  - name: clientCredentials
    type: oauth2
    flow: clientCredentials
    token_endpoint: /api/v1/auth/token
    parameters:
      audience: Tenant URL including trailing slash (e.g. https://acme.armis.com/)
      client_id: Client ID (email of the account that generated the client secret)
      client_secret: Confidential credential generated within the Armis tenant
      vendor_id: Identifier for the developer account / integration, obtained on the developer portal
      scopes: Specific permissions the access token needs for the desired API endpoints
    env: [ARMIS_AUDIENCE, ARMIS_CLIENT_ID, ARMIS_CLIENT_SECRET, ARMIS_VENDOR_ID]
    token_lifetime: short-lived JWT (~55 min cache observed in official clients)
    sources: [https://github.com/ArmisSecurity/armis-sdk-python, https://github.com/ArmisSecurity/armis-knowledge-mcp]
  - name: apiToken
    type: apiKey
    in: header
    status: legacy
    parameters:
      token: API token
      tenant_id: Tenant identifier
    env: [ARMIS_API_TOKEN, ARMIS_TENANT_ID]
    note: Legacy Basic/token auth path retained by armis-cli (--token/--tenant-id).
    sources: [https://github.com/ArmisSecurity/armis-cli]
notes:
  - Access tokens are OAuth scope-gated (permissions per endpoint); the scope enumeration is issued per developer registration and is not published as a flat catalog, so no scopes/ artifact is derived.

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