generated: '2026-08-04'
method: searched
source: https://docs.kinetica.com/content/api/concepts and https://github.com/kineticadb/agent-skills/blob/main/knowledge/curl-api-reference.md
docs: https://docs.kinetica.com/7.2/api/
note: Kinetica publishes no OpenAPI document, so this profile is read from the published
  API concepts / REST access documentation rather than derived from securitySchemes.
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  api_key_in: []
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  surfaces:
  - Kinetica Database REST API
  - Kinetica Toolbelt MCP Server
  - Kinetica Docs MCP Server
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  surface: Kinetica Database REST API
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Database username and password sent as HTTP Basic credentials on every
    POST. All Kinetica REST endpoints require POST.
  example_header: 'Authorization: Basic <base64(user:pass)>'
  sources:
  - https://docs.kinetica.com/content/api/concepts
  - https://github.com/kineticadb/agent-skills/blob/main/knowledge/curl-api-reference.md
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  surface: Kinetica Database REST API
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token, documented as the preferred mechanism when the
    deployment has SSO configured. Kinetica 7.2.2 added single sign-on across its UI
    platforms.
  sources:
  - https://github.com/kineticadb/agent-skills/blob/main/knowledge/curl-api-reference.md
- name: toolbeltOAuth2
  type: oauth2
  surface: Kinetica Toolbelt MCP Server
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://app.toolbelt.ai/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://app.toolbelt.ai/oauth/token
    registrationUrl: https://app.toolbelt.ai/oauth/register
    pkce: S256
    scopes:
      mcp:tools: Invoke the toolbelt_* MCP tools against the connected Kinetica database
      openid: OpenID Connect subject identity
  refresh_supported: true
  token_endpoint_auth_methods:
  - none
  - client_secret_post
  bearer_methods:
  - header
  protected_resource_metadata: https://mcp.toolbelt.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
  authorization_server_metadata: https://app.toolbelt.ai/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
  standards:
  - RFC 6749
  - RFC 7636
  - RFC 7591
  - RFC 8414
  - RFC 9728
  sources:
  - well-known/kinetica-toolbelt-oauth-protected-resource.json
  - well-known/kinetica-toolbelt-oauth-authorization-server.json
- name: none
  type: none
  surface: Kinetica Docs MCP Server
  description: The documentation MCP server declares authentication:none in its published
    manifest and answers tools/list anonymously.
  sources:
  - https://docs.kinetica.com/.well-known/mcp.json
in_database_authorization:
  model: PostgreSQL-style GRANT/REVOKE with Kinetica extensions
  external_identity: LDAP users are created with an @ prefix (CREATE USER "@ldap_user")
  system_permissions:
  - SYSTEM ADMIN
  - SYSTEM CREATE
  - SYSTEM MONITOR
  - SYSTEM READ
  - SYSTEM WRITE
  - USER ADMIN
  object_permissions:
  - schema-level (ALL, SELECT, CREATE TABLE, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE)
  - table-level (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, ALL, WITH GRANT OPTION)
  extras:
  - row-level security
  - column masking
  - resource groups
  introspection: SHOW SECURITY FOR "<user-or-role>"
  source: https://github.com/kineticadb/agent-skills/blob/main/knowledge/security-reference.md
transport_security:
  https_supported: true
  note: Kinetica deployments commonly present self-signed certificates; client libraries
    expose an explicit certificate-verification bypass (setBypassSslCertCheck / skip_ssl_cert_verification,
    default false) and the documented curl examples use -k.
  source: https://docs.kinetica.com/content/api/concepts