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  3. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  5. Section IX. Managing security
  7. Using access keys, API keys, and access codes
  9. API keys
  11. Edit, reissue, or delete your API key
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Edit, reissue, or delete your API key

You can manage your own API key from the NetBackup web UI.

Edit the expiration date or description for your API key (non-SAML users)

Non-SAML users can change the expiration date for an active API key. After an API key expires, you can reissue the key.

To edit your API key details

  1. On the top right, click the profile icon and click View my API key details.

    Note: If your API key is expired, you can click Reissue to reissue the key.

    See Reissue your API key after it expires.

  2. Click Edit.
  3. Note the current expiration date for the key and extend the date as wanted.
  4. Make any wanted changes to the description.
  5. Click Save.

 

Reissue your API key after it expires

When your API key expires you can reissue the API key. This action creates a new API key for you.

To reissue your API key

  1. On the top right, click the profile icon and click View my API key details.
  2. On the top right, click Reissue.
  3. (Non-SAML users) Note the current expiration date for the key and extend the date as wanted.
  4. Make any wanted changes to the description.
  5. Click Reissue.

 

Delete your API key

You can delete an API key if you no longer have access to the key or no longer use it. When you delete an API key, that key is permanently deleted. You can no longer use that key for authentication or with the NetBackup APIs.

To delete your API key

  1. On the top right, click the profile icon and click View my API key details.
  2. On the top right, click Delete. Then click Delete.

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