Creating User API Keys

If you are a signed-in user on Infoblox Portal, you can create user API keys for yourself. Your administrator cannot create user API keys for you. You can create multiple user API keys that associate with your identity for different purposes. For example, you can create a key for an API script that retrieve a list of lookalike target domains, and create another key for a script that updates security policies.

Fourteen (14) days prior to expiration of your user API key, Infoblox will notify you in-app and via email on a daily basis. You can create a new API key to replace the old key to avoid interruptions with associated operations. You can view these notifications in the New Notifications panel by clicking the notification icon (next to the search icon) on the top right corner of the Portal. Once a user API key expires, its STATE changes to Expired, and you cannot enable or disable it anymore.

To create a new user API key, complete the following:

1. From the Infoblox Portal, click your user name at the top right corner of the Portal and select Profile > User API Keys.
2. On the User API Keys page, click Create.
3. In the Create User API Keys dialog, complete the following:
   • Name: Enter the name of the user API key. Use a name that identifies the purpose of the key, so you can easily locate it in the future.
   • Expires at: Click the calendar icon to select a date and time when the user API key should expire. The maximum expiration time is 56 weeks or 13 months.
4. Click Save & Close to save the configuration.
   
5. Click Copy in the confirmation dialog to copy the user API key and save it for future use.