Kentik · Authentication Profile

Kentik Authentication

Authentication

Kentik secures its APIs with apiKey across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Network ObservabilityNetwork MonitoringFlow AnalyticsBGPSyntheticsDDoSCloudTelemetryNMSgRPCAIOpsObservability
Methods: apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

email apiKey
· in: header (X-CH-Auth-Email)
token apiKey
· in: header (X-CH-Auth-API-Token)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
docs: https://kb.kentik.com/docs/apis-overview
notes: >-
  Kentik V6 APIs authenticate with two API-key headers on every request:
  X-CH-Auth-Email (the user's Kentik email) and X-CH-Auth-API-Token (the user's
  API token from their profile; rotate with the User API ResetApiToken op). No
  OAuth2 / OIDC. Confirmed against the Kentik KB APIs overview.
source: openapi/kentik-ai-advisor-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-alert-policy-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-alerting-openapi.json,
  openapi/kentik-as-group-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-audit-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-bgp-monitoring-openapi.json,
  openapi/kentik-capacity-plan-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-cloud-export-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-cost-openapi.json,
  openapi/kentik-custom-dimension-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-device-openapi.json, openapi/kentik-flow-tag-openapi.json
  ...
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: email
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-CH-Auth-Email
  sources:
  - openapi/kentik-ai-advisor-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-alert-policy-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-alerting-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-as-group-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-audit-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-bgp-monitoring-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-capacity-plan-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-cloud-export-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-cost-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-custom-dimension-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-device-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-flow-tag-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-kmi-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-label-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-mitigation-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-mkp-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-notification-channel-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-site-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-synthetics-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-user-openapi.json
- name: token
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-CH-Auth-API-Token
  sources:
  - openapi/kentik-ai-advisor-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-alert-policy-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-alerting-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-as-group-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-audit-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-bgp-monitoring-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-capacity-plan-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-cloud-export-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-cost-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-custom-dimension-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-device-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-flow-tag-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-kmi-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-label-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-mitigation-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-mkp-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-notification-channel-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-site-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-synthetics-openapi.json
  - openapi/kentik-user-openapi.json