Authentication

The VMware Identity Manager supports the following methods to authenticate requests. Individual operations in the documentation will include their specific authentication types.

oauth2

The OAuth2.0 authentication scheme to access all APIs. VMware Identity Manager supports 'Authorization Code', 'Resource Owner Password Credentials' and 'Client Credentials' as defined by the OAuth 2.0 spec.

Type : oauth2

Flows : [object Object]

basic_auth

The HTTP Basic authentication scheme. The 'Authorization' header is formed using 'Basic ' + base64Encode(client_id + ':' + client_secret)

Type : http

Scheme : basic