generated: '2026-08-01'
method: searched
source: openapi/fortanix-armor-key-insight-openapi-original.json, openapi/fortanix-ccm-openapi-original.json,
  openapi/fortanix-dsm-openapi-original.json
docs:
- name: Authentication - App and User (DSM)
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-authentication-app-and-user
- name: User Authentication (DSM)
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/user-authentication
- name: Configure API Client and Client Authentication (DSM)
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/dsm-configure-api-client-and-client-authentication
- name: Application Authentication with Client Certificate (DSM)
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/dsm-example-code-app-authentication-with-client-certificate
- name: Programmatic Access to Fortanix Armor IAM
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/programmatic-access-to-fortanix-armor-iam
- name: Client Credentials Flow (Key Insight)
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-key-insight-aws-client-credentials-flow
- name: Okta Configuration For Client Credentials Authentication (Key Insight)
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-key-insight-okta-configuration-for-client-credentials-authentication
- name: Auth0 Configuration For Client Credentials Authentication (Key Insight)
  url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-key-insight-auth0-configuration-for-client-credentials-authentication
by_api:
  fortanix:dsm:
    model: session-bearer-or-direct-key
    schemes:
    - basicAuth
    - apiKeyAuth
    - bearerToken
    detail: 'DSM accepts HTTP Basic with an app credential (app UUID + API key) or user
      credentials, an apiKey header named Authorization carrying a token prefixed with
      "Basic ", or an HTTP bearer JWT minted by POST /sys/v1/session/auth (Authenticate).
      Client-certificate authentication for applications is also supported.'
    session_operations:
    - AuthDiscover
    - Authenticate
    - SelectAccount
    - Refresh
    - Reauthenticate
    - Terminate
    mfa:
      supported: true
      operations:
      - U2fAuth
      - RecoveryCodeAuth
      - Config2faAuth
      - Config2faTerminate
      - GenerateRecoveryCodes
    federation:
      saml: 'DSM publishes SAML SP metadata at GET /saml/metadata.xml (SamlSpMetadata).'
      ldap: 'LDAP/AD integration via LdapSearch and TestLdapConfig, with external roles
        mapped onto DSM groups.'
    authorization_model: 'Authorization is group membership, not scopes. An app or user
      may operate on a security object only if it is a member of that object''s group;
      per-group memberships further restrict which operations are permitted.'
  fortanix:ccm:
    model: jwt-bearer
    schemes:
    - bearerToken
    detail: 'A JWT bearer token passed once authenticated, in a header literally named
      "Authentication" (not "Authorization") — a non-standard header name that trips
      generic OAuth clients.'
  fortanix:armor-key-insight:
    model: oauth2-client-credentials
    schemes:
    - Oauth2ClientCredentials
    detail: 'OAuth 2.0 client credentials (RFC 6749 section 4.4) against https://api.armor.fortanix.com/api/v1/iam/session/oauth2/token.
      The flow declares an EMPTY scopes map — there are no published scopes; authorization
      rides on the credential identity. Okta and Auth0 are documented as external
      authorization servers for this flow.'
    session_operations:
    - OauthToken
    - Terminate
discovery:
  openid_configuration: false
  oauth_authorization_server: false
  note: 'No RFC 8414 or OIDC discovery document is served on any Fortanix host, so
    the token endpoint is discoverable only from the OpenAPI and the docs. See well-known/fortanix-well-known.yml.'
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: Oauth2ClientCredentials
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://api.armor.fortanix.com/api/v1/iam/session/oauth2/token
    scopes: 0
  description: OAuth 2.0 client credential flow, see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-4.4.
  sources:
  - openapi/fortanix-armor-key-insight-openapi-original.json
- name: bearerToken
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authentication
  description: A JWT bearer token to be passed once authenticated.
  sources:
  - openapi/fortanix-ccm-openapi-original.json
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  sources:
  - openapi/fortanix-dsm-openapi-original.json
- name: apiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Please enter your token prefixed with 'Basic ' (e.g., 'Basic your_token_here')
  sources:
  - openapi/fortanix-dsm-openapi-original.json
- name: bearerToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  sources:
  - openapi/fortanix-dsm-openapi-original.json