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Dynatrace Authentication

Authentication

Dynatrace secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 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: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in: header

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials
api-token apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/dynatrace-account-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/dynatrace-entities-api-v2-openapi.yml,
  openapi/dynatrace-events-api-v2-openapi.yml, openapi/dynatrace-log-monitoring-api-v2-openapi.yml,
  openapi/dynatrace-metrics-api-v2-openapi.yml, openapi/dynatrace-problems-api-v2-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://sso.dynatrace.com/sso/oauth2/token
    scopes: 3
  description: 'OAuth 2.0 authentication for the Account Management API. Use the client credentials
    flow to obtain a bearer token. Required scopes vary by endpoint: account-idm-read for GET
    operations, account-idm-write for POST/PUT/DELETE operations.'
  sources:
  - openapi/dynatrace-account-management-api-openapi.yml
- name: api-token
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: 'Dynatrace API token. Use the format: Api-Token {your-token} Required scopes:
    entities.read'
  sources:
  - openapi/dynatrace-entities-api-v2-openapi.yml
  - openapi/dynatrace-events-api-v2-openapi.yml
  - openapi/dynatrace-log-monitoring-api-v2-openapi.yml
  - openapi/dynatrace-metrics-api-v2-openapi.yml
  - openapi/dynatrace-problems-api-v2-openapi.yml