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Kibana Authentication

Authentication

Kibana 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

apiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
basicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/kibana-openapi-original.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: apiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: 'These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use
    the encoded value in the request header. For example: `Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey`'
  sources:
  - openapi/kibana-openapi-original.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  sources:
  - openapi/kibana-openapi-original.yml