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title: Tokens
slug: tokens
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createdAt: 2023-03-24T18:42:36.000Z
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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`

# Access Tokens UI

**To access the Tokens UI: **

1.
   Log in to Manufacturing Connect. From the Navigation panel, select **Admin Console**.
   The *Dashboard* pane by default appears. 
2. 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.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/SSUUxKZUk9bFTEPNn_6Zo/eGOvLm_HjtLYTL7BOMT4D_image.png "Manufacturing Connect Admin Console: Tokens")

# Next Steps

- [Add Tokens](docId:4ncT70n4HD9ihE02aQTPD)
- [Manage Tokens](docId\:iFxft7ZeYMX0vFGNFURCD)