Istio · Authentication Profile

Istio Authentication

Authentication

Istio secures its APIs with http across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

CNCFKubernetesMicroservicesOpen SourceService Mesh
Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

BearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/istio-extensions-api-openapi.yml, openapi/istio-networking-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/istio-security-api-openapi.yml, openapi/istio-telemetry-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: BearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Kubernetes API server bearer token authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/istio-extensions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/istio-networking-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/istio-security-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/istio-telemetry-api-openapi.yml