Generating an Authentication Token

Generate a ULN service authentication token to use for ULN registration and other authenticated interactions, such as connecting to the API.

Authentication tokens, or secret keys, are used instead of password authentication to help protect ULN and to limit exposure of Oracle SSO credentials. You can use the authentication token instead of your password when accessing ULN using the uln-channel, uln_register, or ulnreg_ks commands, or when using the ULN API.

To generate or regenerate an authentication token:

  1. In a web browser, sign in to ULN at https://linux.oracle.com/ using your SSO credentials.
  2. Select the Auth Token option in the header navigation.
  3. On the Auth Token page, select Generate Secret Key and note down the secret key.

    The secret key is only displayed once, during the initial generation.

    You can select Copy Secret Key to copy the key to the clipboard.

    If you lose or forget the secret key, generate a new one by revisiting the Auth Token page and select Delete Secret Key, then select Generate Secret Key again.