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Solarwinds Authentication

Authentication

SolarWinds secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Application MonitoringDatabase MonitoringInfrastructureIP Address ManagementIT ManagementITSMLog ManagementNetwork MonitoringObservability
Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: API key in: header, path

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
customerToken apiKey
· in: path (token)
basicAuth http
scheme: basic
apiToken apiKey
· in: header (X-Papertrail-Token)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/solarwinds-loggly-openapi.yml, openapi/solarwinds-orion-openapi.yml, openapi/solarwinds-papertrail-openapi.yml,
  openapi/solarwinds-pingdom-openapi.yml, openapi/solarwinds-service-desk-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
  - path
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: API token for authentication via Authorization Bearer header
  sources:
  - openapi/solarwinds-loggly-openapi.yml
  - openapi/solarwinds-pingdom-openapi.yml
  - openapi/solarwinds-service-desk-openapi.yml
- name: customerToken
  type: apiKey
  in: path
  parameter: token
  description: Customer token for event submission endpoints
  sources:
  - openapi/solarwinds-loggly-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication using Orion Platform credentials
  sources:
  - openapi/solarwinds-orion-openapi.yml
- name: apiToken
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Papertrail-Token
  description: Papertrail API token
  sources:
  - openapi/solarwinds-papertrail-openapi.yml