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Unitrends Authentication

Authentication

Unitrends secures its APIs with oauth2, http-bearer, and session-token across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2, http-bearer, session-token Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

Bearer apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
UniView Portal OAuth 2.0 client credentials oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials
Appliance session token session-token

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: openapi/unitrends-public-api-openapi.json
docs: https://help.unitrends.kaseya.com/uniview-help/Content/MSP/public-api.htm
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  - http-bearer
  - session-token
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: Bearer
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: 'JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Example value: "Bearer {token}"'
  sources:
  - openapi/unitrends-public-api-openapi.json
- name: UniView Portal OAuth 2.0 client credentials
  type: oauth2
  api: Unitrends MSP Public API (UniView Portal)
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.backup.net/connect/token
  discovery: https://login.backup.net/.well-known/openid-configuration
  client_auth_methods:
  - client_secret_post
  - private_key_jwt
  - client_secret_basic
  credential_issuance: >-
    Create public API credentials in the UniView Portal (API Access view >
    + New); the portal issues a Client ID and Client Secret (the secret is
    shown once). Exchange them at POST https://login.backup.net/connect/token
    with grant_type=client_credentials (HTTP Basic client_id:client_secret),
    then pass the access_token as "Authorization: Bearer {token}".
  docs: https://help.unitrends.kaseya.com/uniview-help/Content/MSP/public-api.htm
- name: Appliance session token
  type: session-token
  api: Unitrends appliance REST API (Recovery Series / Unitrends Backup)
  description: >-
    POST /api/login with the username and password of a valid system user
    returns an auth_token (with a timeout in seconds) that must be passed in
    the HTTP header of every subsequent appliance REST API request; POST
    /api/logout ends the session.
  docs: https://github.com/Unitrends/unitrends-api-doc/wiki/Login