For security reasons, the api_key and the username must be included at the end of the command each time a command is run.

To generate the API key, run the authenticate command, for example:

curl -k -X POST -d '{"username":"Username","password":"Password"}' “https://Kemp360CentralIPAddress/api/v1/user/authenticate/”

The following is an example response:

{
    "apikey": "06dd33ffba437f858774c13419e982ae11a53c70",
    "success": true
}

The api_key is generated per user and per Kemp 360 Central machine and it will not change. So, you should only have to run the authenticate command once per Kemp 360 Central machine. The api_key that is generated can only be reused against the same Kemp 360 Central machine. If an incorrect api_key is entered, the user receives a 401 unauthorized error.