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Cohesity Global Authentication

Authentication

Cohesity Global secures its APIs with apiKey, http, oauth2, and openIdConnect across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, http, oauth2, openIdConnect Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: header

Security Schemes

HeliosApiKey apiKey
· in: header (apiKey)
HeliosOAuth2 oauth2
HeliosOIDC openIdConnect
ClusterCredentials http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

cohesity-global-authentication.yml Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://developer.cohesity.com/ and https://github.com/cohesity/cohesity_sdk
docs: https://developer.cohesity.com/docs/get-started-apps.html
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - oauth2
  - openIdConnect
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  notes: Cohesity Helios uses an API key presented in the request header for programmatic access, and
    also runs a full OAuth2/OIDC authorization-code (PKCE S256) flow discoverable at
    https://helios.cohesity.com/.well-known/openid-configuration. On-premises Cohesity clusters
    authenticate with username/password (plus AD/LDAP domain) to obtain a session token used on
    subsequent calls.
schemes:
- name: HeliosApiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: apiKey
  applies_to: Helios (multi-cluster SaaS control plane)
  source: https://github.com/cohesity/cohesity_sdk
- name: HeliosOAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flow: authorizationCode
  authorizationUrl: https://helios.cohesity.com/oauth2/authorize
  tokenUrl: https://helios.cohesity.com/oauth2/token
  scopes: [openid, email, profile, cohesity_user, cohesity_viewer, cohesity_gaia_viewer]
  applies_to: Helios (multi-cluster SaaS control plane)
  source: https://helios.cohesity.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
- name: HeliosOIDC
  type: openIdConnect
  openIdConnectUrl: https://helios.cohesity.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
  applies_to: Helios (multi-cluster SaaS control plane)
  source: https://helios.cohesity.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
- name: ClusterCredentials
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  applies_to: On-premises Cohesity cluster (VIP + username/password + domain, exchanged for a session token)
  source: https://github.com/cohesity/cohesity_sdk