Tokens
The Tokens module allows you to create, view, and remove long-term tokens. These tokens help facilitate better communication between a Manufacturing Connect and its Manufacturing Connect Edge instances. You can use the API to mass deploy and configure edge instances. These tokens are best utilized within a CI/CD script to manage Manufacturing Connect and its Manufacturing Connect Edge instances.
Each token has five built-in attributes that define their characteristics and purposes:
- Token
- Token name: The name of the token.
- Token Expiration Date: The expiration date of the token.
- Administrator: The token has the instance administrator permissions.
- Edge API Bridge (available for Manufacturing Connect 2.15.0 and later): Allows you to integrate multiple Manufacturing Connect Edge REST APIs through a single Manufacturing Connect endpoint.
- All Catalogs: The token has access to all Marketplace catalogs.
- View catalogs
- Modify catalogs
- Catalogs Scope: The list of marketplace catalogs with the permissions the token has access to.
After creating the token, you can use it in the API through the custom field X-AuthToken in the HTTP header.
For example:
X-AuthToken: zZA82pIo70xzsrwmSl1f0P6DSfvuZgo1
To access the Tokens UI:
- Log in to Manufacturing Connect. From the Navigation panel, select Admin Console. The Dashboard pane by default appears.
- From the Navigation panel, select Tokens. The Tokens pane appears.
Refer to the following actions you can take on Manufacturing Connect Admin Console's Tokens pane.
