Create an APM agent key

POST /api/apm/agent_keys

Api key auth

Create a new agent key for APM.

Headers

elastic-api-version string Required

The version of the API to use

Value is 2023-10-31. Default value is 2023-10-31.
kbn-xsrf string Required

A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

application/json

Body Required

name string Required

Agent name
privileges array[string] Required

Privileges configuration

Values are event:write or config_agent:read.

Responses

200 application/json

Agent key created successfully
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- agentKey object
  
  Agent key
  
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  api_key string Required
  
  encoded string Required
  
  expiration integer(int64)
  
  id string Required
  
  name string Required
400 application/json

Bad Request response
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- error string
  
  Error type
- message string
  
  Error message
- statusCode number
  
  Error status code
401 application/json

Unauthorized response
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- error string
  
  Error type
- message string
  
  Error message
- statusCode number
  
  Error status code
403 application/json

Forbidden response
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- error string
  
  Error type
- message string
  
  Error message
- statusCode number
  
  Error status code
500 application/json

Internal Server Error response
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- error string
  
  Error type
- message string
  
  Error message
- statusCode number
  
  Error status code

POST /api/apm/agent_keys

curl \
 --request POST http://localhost:5622/api/apm/agent_keys \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "elastic-api-version: 2023-10-31" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '{"name":"string","privileges":["event:write"]}'

Request examples

# Headers
elastic-api-version: 2023-10-31
kbn-xsrf: true

# Payload
{
  "name": "string",
  "privileges": [
    "event:write"
  ]
}

Response examples (200)

{
  "agentKey": {
    "api_key": "string",
    "encoded": "string",
    "expiration": 42,
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string"
  }
}

Response examples (400)

{
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Not Found",
  "statusCode": 400
}

Response examples (401)

{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}

Response examples (403)

{
  "error": "Forbidden",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 403
}

Response examples (500)

{
  "error": "Internal Server Error",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 500
}