3.2 Authentication
Ensure that you have the appropriate log-in credentials for accessing the Oracle Performance Analytics service, and the appropriate role for creating, managing, and deleting service instances.
To get authentication, follow these steps:
- Log in to Admin Console. For more information, see Admin Console.
- Go to Component Details and click AUTH tab. The Client ID and Client Password details are displayed.
- Copy Client ID and Client Password.
- Open Postman or relevant API tools. Select POST
method and paste the
URL:
https://ip:port/oauth2/v1/token
Replace the ip:port with the tenant URL or domain name.
- Click the Authorization tab. Go to the Type field and select Basic Auth from the drop-down list. The User name and Password fields are displayed.
- Enter the User Name and Password that you have copied in step-3.
- Go to the Body tab. Select request format as: x-www-form-urlencoded.
- Enter the KEY and Value fields as mentioned in the table:
The following table explains the KEY and VALUE details.
Table 3-1 KEY-VALUE Details
KEY VALUE grant_type client_credentials scope urn:opc:idm:__myscopes__ - Click the Header tab. The Header details are displayed.
- Enter the details explained in the following table:
Table 3-2 KEY-VALUE Details
KEY VALUE Postman-Token client_credentials scope urn:opc:idm:__myscopes__ Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content -Length <calculated when request is sent> Host <calculated when request is sent> User-Agent PostmanRuntime/7.28.0 Accept */* Accept-Encoding gzip,deflate,br Connection keep-alive - Click Send. An Authorization token is generated
in the Response body.
For example, <eyJ4NXQjUzI1NiI6Ikk3cWxndm1Kal...>
This authentication key is valid for a stipulated time.
- Copy only the Authorization token details.