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F5 Networks Authentication

Authentication

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

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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/bigip-icontrol-rest.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. The username and password
    are sent base64-encoded in the Authorization header.
  sources:
  - openapi/bigip-icontrol-rest.yml
- name: tokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-F5-Auth-Token
  description: Token-based authentication. Obtain a token by POSTing credentials to /mgmt/shared/authn/login,
    then pass the token value in the X-F5-Auth-Token header for subsequent requests.
  sources:
  - openapi/bigip-icontrol-rest.yml