Create a service token

Server: https://{kibana_url}

POST /api/fleet/service_tokens
POST /s/{space_id}/api/fleet/service_tokens

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Create a Fleet Server service token. The token is used to enroll Fleet Server instances with Kibana.

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agents-all.

Request

remote boolean · default: false

Responses

Successful response

application/json

Bad Request

application/json

Examples

Generate a service token for a remote Fleet Server

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST /api/fleet/service_tokens
{
  "remote": true
}

curl Shell

curl -X POST "https://{kibana_url}/api/fleet/service_tokens" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "remote": true
}'

Response

{
  "name": "elastic/fleet-server/token-1234567890",
  "value": "AAEAAWVsYXN0aWMvZmxlZXQtc2VydmVyL3Rva2VuLTEyMzQ1Njc4OTA6QUJDREVGR0hJSktMTU5P"
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "An error message describing what went wrong",
  "statusCode": 400
}