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Dave_Noonan
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Jan 10, 2020

API Token Length

We've got four Big-IP pairs, two running 11.6.1 and two running 12.1.3.2. When we connect to the API we get a token in the response but the they're different lengths. The 11.6.1 Big-IPs return a 12...
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NUT2889
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Which API you mention on BIG-IP?

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Dave_Noonan
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Jan 13, 2020

Per the instructions here: Authentication and Authorization

I'm hitting /mgmt/shared/authn/login. The code and returned tokens are shown below. Only difference is length.

 

curl --location --request POST 'https://v11_6_1-Big-IP/mgmt/shared/authn/login' \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --header 'Authorization: Basic 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' \
 --data-raw '{
     "username":"USER",
     "password":"PASSWORD",
     "loginProviderName":"tmos"
 }'
 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 
 
curl --location --request POST 'https://v12_1_3_2-Big-IP/mgmt/shared/authn/login' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' \
--data-raw '{
		"username":"USER",
		"password":"PASSWORD",
		"loginProviderName":"tmos"
}'
 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX