Consumer Authentication

API Consumer authentication methods overview.

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Introduction

Traefik Hub supports the following methods for API Consumer authentication:

• Key Authentication
• JWT

Authentication Methods

Key Authentication

Key authentication for APIs is a method that utilizes unique keys to authenticate and authorize access to APIs. API consumers can generate API keys in the Traefik Hub Portal or use JWT (JSON Web Token) to authorize.

API keys are managed via the API Portal and stored in Traefik Hub.

Read More

Follow the detailed documentation about API Key authentication. Learn how to create API Keys in the API Portal.

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JWT

JWT, or JSON Web Token, is a compact and self-contained method for transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. JWTs are used to control the access to APIs.

Read More

Please head over to our JWT overview for more detailed documentation.

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Related Content

• Read how to use API Key authentication.
• Learn how to use JWT validation with Keycloak.
• See how to validate JWT with Okta.