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[Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Emilio García <
emilio.garcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank your for taking your time answering.
>
> I am aware about this not being a Zenoss list, so this was just to give a
> little bit of background. I can only find this sentence concerning API keys:
>
> *Note: An API key — provided by some cloud providers auth systems. You or
> your OpenStack provider's administrator/support staff can revoke it and
> generate a new one. While an authentication token can have a short
> lifespan, an API key lasts until it is regenerated.*
>
> However I cannot see anywhere any reference on how to generate API keys
> (not tokens). It is just like some kind of holy grail which is mentioned
> but anyone really knows where exactly is. Am I overlooking something very
> obvious? Closest reference I found suggested that the API key could be just
> a user's password. Is that so? or is a dead end?
>
>
API keys are specific to the provider. For example, Rackspace lets their
users authenticate with either a username and password or a username and
API key. See:

http://docs.rackspace.com/servers/api/v2/cs-devguide/content/curl_auth.html


> In a nutshell I am very confused about what is a API key exactly and how
> can they be generated (not a token).
>
>
I think it really depends on your provider. Perhaps some others can chime
in.

Anne


> Kind regards.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Emilio,
>>
>> This isn't exactly a Zenoss list, but look under Usage on this page:
>> https://github.com/zenoss/ZenPacks.zenoss.OpenStack
>>
>> The above page doesn't clearly explain the versions of different APIs
>> from different services. From OpenStack's release perspective for Folsom,
>> the Identity API is currently v2 and the Compute API is currently v2 (which
>> is identical to v1.1). So I'm not sure from the Zenoss perspective what API
>> they are providing support for.
>>
>> In the OpenStack docs, this page explains more about tokens and API keys.
>> API keys are typically given by a particular provider. Tokens are handed
>> out by Keystone, the Identity service under the OpenStack umbrella.
>>
>> http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-compute/programmer/content/getting-the-keys-to-the-kingdom.html
>>
>> This page describes the process of obtaining a token.
>> http://docs.openstack.org/api/quick-start/content/index.html#Getting-Credentials-a00665
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>> Anne
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Emilio García <
>> emilio.garcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to generate an API key for a Zenpack (Zenoss) to use the
>>> OpenStack API to gather stats. However I cannot see how to generate a API
>>> key in the documentation anywhere. How can I do that? Also is it possible
>>> to use the v1 of the API protocol in Folsom or only v2?
>>>
>>> Kind regards.
>>>
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