NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
- Introducing NetBackup
- Section I. Monitoring and notifications
- Monitoring NetBackup activity
- Activity monitor
- Job monitoring
- Notifications
- Monitoring NetBackup activity
- Section II. Configuring hosts
- Managing host properties
- Managing credentials for workloads and systems that NetBackup accesses
- Managing deployment
- Section III. Configuring storage
- Section IV. Configuring backups
- Section V. Managing security
- Security events and audit logs
- Managing security certificates
- Managing host mappings
- Managing user sessions
- Managing the security settings for the primary server
- About trusted primary servers
- Using access keys, API keys, and access codes
- Configuring authentication options
- Managing role-based access control
- Configuring RBAC
- Add a custom RBAC role
- Section VI. Detection and reporting
- Detecting malware
- Detecting anomalies
- Usage reporting and capacity licensing
- Detecting malware
- Section VII. NetBackup workloads and NetBackup Flex Scale
- Section VIII. Disaster recovery and troubleshooting
API keys
A NetBackup API key is a pre-authenticated token that identifies a NetBackup user to NetBackup RESTful APIs. The user can use the API key in an API request header when a NetBackup API requires authentication. API keys can be created for authenticated NetBackup users (groups are not supported). A specific API key is only created one time and cannot be recreated. Each API key has a unique key value and API key tag. NetBackup audits operations that are performed with that key with the full identity of the user.
The 'View' RBAC permission is required to create an API key.
The following actions are available for administrators and API key users.
Administrators with the applicable role or RBAC permissions can manage API keys for all users. These roles are the Administrator, the Default Security Administrator, or a role with RBAC permissions for API keys.
An authenticated NetBackup user can add and manage their own API key in the NetBackup web UI. If a user does not have access to the web UI, they can use the NetBackup APIs to add or manage a key.
See User identity in the audit report.
See the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide for information on using API keys with the bpnbat command.