Very Good Security · Authentication Profile

Vgs Authentication

Authentication

Very Good Security secures its APIs with http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/vgs-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication used by the VGS Vault HTTP API. Username and password
    are the vault access credentials generated in the VGS dashboard.
  sources:
  - openapi/vgs-openapi.yml
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  description: 'Bearer access token used by the VGS Accounts API. Obtain the token from the
    OAuth2 client-credentials endpoint at https://auth.verygoodsecurity.com/auth/realms/vgs/protocol/openid-connect/token
    using a service-account client id and secret, then pass it as Authorization: Bearer <token>.'
  sources:
  - openapi/vgs-openapi.yml