Broadcom · Authentication Profile

Broadcom Authentication

Authentication

Broadcom 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
sessionAuth apiKey
· in: header (vmware-api-session-id)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-11-04'
method: derived
source: openapi/broadcom-alerts-api-openapi.yml, openapi/broadcom-api-tokens-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/broadcom-authentication-api-openapi.yml, openapi/broadcom-clusters-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/broadcom-content-library-api-openapi.yml, openapi/broadcom-dashboards-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/broadcom-datastores-api-openapi.yml, openapi/broadcom-events-api-openapi.yml, openapi/broadcom-hosts-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/broadcom-network-pools-api-openapi.yml, openapi/broadcom-networks-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/broadcom-proxies-api-openapi.yml ...
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: API token for authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/broadcom-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-api-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-dashboards-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-events-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-hosts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-network-pools-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-proxies-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-query-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-sources-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-upgrades-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-workload-domains-api-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  sources:
  - openapi/broadcom-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-content-library-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-datastores-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-hosts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-network-pools-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-networks-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-session-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-tagging-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-upgrades-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-virtual-machines-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-workload-domains-api-openapi.yml
- name: sessionAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: vmware-api-session-id
  description: Session token obtained via POST /cis/session
  sources:
  - openapi/broadcom-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-content-library-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-datastores-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-hosts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-networks-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-session-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-tagging-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/broadcom-virtual-machines-api-openapi.yml

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