Tensor9 Authentication

generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.tensor9.com/cli/reference.md
docs: https://docs.tensor9.com/cli/reference.md
summary:
  types: [apiKey]
  api_key_in: [environment, parameter]
  oauth2_flows: []
  notes: >-
    Tensor9's programmatic surface is its CLI/control plane, authenticated with a
    vendor API key. Tensor9 does not publish a public REST/OpenAPI API, so there
    are no OpenAPI-declared securitySchemes to derive from; this profile is taken
    from the documented CLI authentication model.
schemes:
  - name: T9_API_KEY
    type: apiKey
    in: environment
    parameter: T9_API_KEY
    description: >-
      API key supplied to the tensor9 CLI via the T9_API_KEY environment
      variable. Required by most commands.
    sources: [https://docs.tensor9.com/cli/reference.md]
  - name: apiKey-flag
    type: apiKey
    in: parameter
    parameter: -apiKey
    description: >-
      API key passed directly to a tensor9 command via the -apiKey flag as an
      alternative to the T9_API_KEY environment variable.
    sources: [https://docs.tensor9.com/cli/reference.md]
related:
  - customer-side security model: https://docs.tensor9.com/customer/security/security-model.md
  - credentials and secrets: https://docs.tensor9.com/customer/security/credentials-and-secrets.md
  - signing keys: https://docs.tensor9.com/customer/security/signing-keys.md