Create an APM agent key

POST /api/apm/agent_keys

Create a new agent key for APM. The user creating an APM agent API key must have at least the manage_own_api_key cluster privilege and the APM application-level privileges that it wishes to grant. After it is created, you can copy the API key (Base64 encoded) and use it to to authorize requests from APM agents to the APM Server.

Headers

elastic-api-version string Required

The version of the API to use

Value is 2023-10-31. Default value is 2023-10-31.
kbn-xsrf string Required

A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

application/json

Body Required

name string Required

The name of the APM agent key.
privileges array[string] Required
The APM agent key privileges. It can take one or more of the following values:
- event:write, which is required for ingesting APM agent events. * config_agent:read, which is required for APM agents to read agent configuration remotely.
Values are event:write or config_agent:read.

Responses

200 application/json

Agent key created successfully
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- agentKey object
  
  Agent key
  
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  api_key string Required
  
  encoded string Required
  
  expiration integer(int64)
  
  id string Required
  
  name string Required
400 application/json

Bad Request response
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- error string
  
  Error type
- message string
  
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401 application/json

Unauthorized response
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403 application/json

Forbidden response
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500 application/json

Internal Server Error response
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POST /api/apm/agent_keys

curl \
 --request POST 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/apm/agent_keys' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "elastic-api-version: 2023-10-31" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '"{\n    \"name\": \"apm-key\",\n    \"privileges\": [\"event:write\", \"config_agent:read\"]\n}\n"'

Request example

Run `POST /api/apm/agent_keys` to create an APM agent API key with the specified privileges.

{
    "name": "apm-key",
    "privileges": ["event:write", "config_agent:read"]
}

Response examples (200)

An example of a successful response from `POST /api/apm/agent_keys`, which creates an APM agent API key.

{
  "agentKey": {
    "id": "3DCLmn0B3ZMhLUa7WBG9",
    "name": "apm-key",
    "api_key": "PjGloCGOTzaZr8ilUPvkjA",
    "encoded": "M0RDTG1uMEIzWk1oTFVhN1dCRzk6UGpHbG9DR09UemFacjhpbFVQdmtqQQ=="
  }
}