Attribute

AuthenticationMethod (am)

Purpose

Determines which authentication mechanism the driver uses when establishing a connection.

Valid Values

0 | 34 | 24

Behavior

If set to 0 (Basic), the driver uses a hashed value, based on the concatenation of the user name and password, for authentication.

If set to 34 (BearerToken), the driver uses personal access token for authentication. The personal access token is specified using the Security Token option.

If set to 24 (OAuth2), the driver uses OAuth 2.0 to authenticate to REST endpoints. See "OAuth 2.0 authentication" for details.

Default Value

34 (BearerToken)

Data Type

String