F5 Load Balancer · Authentication Profile

F5 Load Balancer Authentication

Authentication

F5 Load Balancer secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Application DeliveryBIG-IPLoad BalancerNetworkingTraffic Management
Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
tokenAuth apiKey
· in: header (X-F5-Auth-Token)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/f5-load-balancer-as3-openapi.yml, openapi/f5-load-balancer-declarative-onboarding-openapi.yml,
  openapi/f5-load-balancer-icontrol-rest-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic Authentication using BIG-IP admin credentials.
  sources:
  - openapi/f5-load-balancer-as3-openapi.yml
  - openapi/f5-load-balancer-declarative-onboarding-openapi.yml
  - openapi/f5-load-balancer-icontrol-rest-openapi.yml
- name: tokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-F5-Auth-Token
  description: Token-based authentication obtained from the /mgmt/shared/authn/login endpoint.
  sources:
  - openapi/f5-load-balancer-as3-openapi.yml
  - openapi/f5-load-balancer-declarative-onboarding-openapi.yml
  - openapi/f5-load-balancer-icontrol-rest-openapi.yml