Generate a Logstash API key

Auth

Generate an API key for Logstash to use with a Fleet output.

Required privileges

space_id string optional: An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used. Refer to Spaces for more information.

kbn-xsrf string required: A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Successful response

application/json

Bad Request

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/fleet/logstash_api_keys

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/fleet/logstash_api_keys" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Generated from the API spec

Response

The generated Logstash API key

{
  "api_key": "TiNAGG4BaaMdaH1tRfuU:KnR6yE41RrSowb0kQ0HWoA"
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "An error message describing what went wrong",
  "statusCode": 400
}