Chaossearch Authentication

generated: '2026-10-08'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (local)
source: https://docs.chaossearch.io/docs/chaossearch-rbac.md
sources:
- https://docs.chaossearch.io/docs/chaossearch-rbac.md
- https://docs.chaossearch.io/docs/authentication.md
- https://docs.chaossearch.io/reference/post_user-login.md
- https://docs.chaossearch.io/reference/post_user-credential-apikey-create.md
description: Authentication schemes for ChaosSearch APIs
schemes:
- type: jwt
  name: JWT token
  evidence: The token can be used as part of a specific `x-amz-security-token` header in REST requests when calling the ChaosSearch APIs.
  location: header
  header: x-amz-security-token
  how_to_obtain: Obtain a JWT by calling the POST /user/login endpoint with Username, Password (and ParentUid for subaccounts) and then use the
    returned Token value.
note: Other authentication methods such as AWS SigV4 signing are described but not represented as a standard scheme type in this catalog.
docs: https://docs.chaossearch.io/docs/chaossearch-rbac.md