Chapter 2. Creating the API token in automation hub Before you can interact with automation hub by uploading or downloading collections, you must create an API token. The automation hub API token authenticates your ansible-galaxy client to the Red Hat automation hub server. Note automation hub does not support basic authentication or authenticating through service accounts. You must authenticate using token management. Your method for creating the API token differs according to the type of automation hub that you are using: Automation hub uses offline token management. See Creating the offline token in automation hub . Private automation hub uses API token management. See Creating the API token in private automation hub . If you are using Keycloak to authenticate your private automation hub, follow the procedure for Creating the offline token in automation hub . 2.1. Creating the offline token in automation hub In automation hub, you can create an offline token using Token management . The offline token is a secret token used to protect your content. Procedure Navigate to Ansible Automation Platform on the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console . From the navigation panel, select Automation Hub Connect to Hub . Under Offline token , click Load Token . Click the Copy to clipboard icon to copy the offline token. Paste the token into a file and store in a secure location. Important The offline token is a secret token used to protect your content. Store your token in a secure location. The offline token is now available for configuring automation hub as your default collections server or for uploading collections by using the ansible-galaxy command line tool. Note Your offline token expires after 30 days of inactivity. For more on obtaining a new offline token, see Keeping your offline token active . 2.2. Creating the API token in private automation hub In private automation hub, you can create an API token using API token management. The API token is a secret token used to protect your content. Prerequisites Valid subscription credentials for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Procedure Log in to your private automation hub. From the navigation panel, select Collections API token . Click Load Token . To copy the API token, click the Copy to clipboard icon. Paste the API token into a file and store in a secure location. Important The API token is a secret token used to protect your content. Store your API token in a secure location. The API token is now available for configuring automation hub as your default collections server or uploading collections using the ansible-galaxy command line tool. Note The API token does not expire. 2.3. Keeping your offline token active Offline tokens expire after 30 days of inactivity. You can keep your offline token from expiring by keeping it active. Keeping an offline token active is useful when an application performs an action on behalf of the user; for example, this allows the application to perform a routine data backup when the user is offline. Note If your offline token expires, you must obtain a new one . Procedure Run the following command to prevent your token from expiring: curl https://sso.redhat.com/auth/realms/redhat-external/protocol/openid-connect/token -d grant_type=refresh_token -d client_id="cloud-services" -d refresh_token="{{ user_token }}" --fail --silent --show-error --output /dev/null

Commands:
curl https://sso.redhat.com/auth/realms/redhat-external/protocol/openid-connect/token -d grant_type=refresh_token -d client_id="cloud-services" -d refresh_token="{{ user_token }}" --fail --silent --show-error --output /dev/null