---
type: api
title: Authentication
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana-serverless/authentication
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana-serverless/authentication
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Authentication

## Api key (apiKeyAuth)

You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. To learn about creating keys, go to [API keys](https://www.elastic.co/docs/current/serverless/api-keys).

```http
Authorization: <value>
```