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Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent keys API

Configure APM agent keys to authorize requests from APM agents to the APM Server.

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent keys API is one of 132 APIs that Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include APM agent keys. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{kibana_url}.

1 operations 1 paths 6 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
Base URL
https://{elasticsearch_endpoint}
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
Contact
Kibana Team
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent keys API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64A…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

APM agent keys 1

Configure APM agent keys to authorize requests from APM agents to the APM Server.

POST
/api/apm/agent_keys
Create an APM agent key
createAgentKey 2 params body → 200400401403500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are APM_UI_403_response (3 properties), APM_UI_500_response (3 properties), APM_UI_401_response (3 properties), APM_UI_400_response (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

APM_UI_400_response
object
3 properties
APM_UI_401_response
object
3 properties
APM_UI_500_response
object
3 properties
APM_UI_403_response
object
3 properties
APM_UI_agent_keys_object
object
2 properties 2 required
APM_UI_agent_keys_response
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elk-stack-apm-agent-keys-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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