Kace Authentication

generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/kace-systems-management-appliance/15.0/api-reference-guide
docs: https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/kace-systems-management-appliance/15.0/api-reference-guide
summary:
  types:
  - session
  note: >-
    The KACE SMA REST API uses session-based authentication limited to authenticated KACE SMA
    users. There are no OAuth2 flows or long-lived API keys documented; a client logs in with an
    appliance user's credentials to establish an authenticated session against the customer-hosted
    appliance host.
schemes:
- name: kaceSessionLogin
  type: session
  scheme: credentials-login
  login_endpoint: POST /ams/shared/api/security/login
  login_body:
  - user name
  - password
  - organization (optional, for organization-enabled appliances)
  sources:
  - docs
required_headers:
- name: Accept
  purpose: Select response format (application/json or application/xml)
- name: Content-Type
  purpose: Declare request payload format (JSON or XML) on POST/PUT
- name: x-kace-api-version
  purpose: Select the API route version implementation (e.g. "1"); most recent used if unavailable
notes:
- The API runs on the customer-hosted KACE SMA appliance; there is no shared public production host.
- Access is limited to authenticated KACE SMA users; permissions follow the appliance user's role.