About API keys
NetBackup supports user authentication through API keys.
A NetBackup API key is a pre-authenticated token that lets a NetBackup user run NetBackup commands (such as nbcertcmd -createToken or nbcertcmd -revokeCertificate) or access NetBackup RESTful APIs.
Note:
Starting with NetBackup 10.5, if multi-person authorization is enabled for API key operations, a ticket is generated. After the multi-person authorization ticket is approved, the user needs to execute the ticket using the Execute ticket option in the NetBackup web UI and then the required API key operation is executed.
For NetBackup releases earlier than 10.5, if multi-person authorization is enabled, you cannot perform API key operations.
Unlike a password, an API key can exist for a long time and you can configure its expiration. Therefore, operations like automation that need authentication can run for a long time using API keys.
See Creating API keys.
See Using an API key.
See Managing an API key.
Note:
It is recommended that you delete an API key that was generated for a principal user after the user becomes inactive, or is blocked, or removed from the authentication system (AD or LDAP).