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
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
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