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API Keys

Daytona API keys are used to authenticate requests to the Daytona API. Daytona provides an option to generate an API key for managing your API requests, list all generated API keys, and revoke an API key.

Generate an API Key

Daytona provides an option to generate API keys.

  1. Run the following command to generate an API key:
Terminal window
daytona api-key generate

Upon running this command, Daytona will prompt you to enter a name for the API key.

Name
>

Upon successful generation of the API key, Daytona will display the following confirmation message:

You have successfully generated a new API Key and Server URL, which you can find below:


DAYTONA_API_KEY=your-api-key
DAYTONA_SERVER_URL=your-server-url

Daytona provides an option to connect to the Daytona Server instantly from a client machine by running the following command:

Terminal window
daytona profile add -a <your-server-url> -k <your-api-key>

List API Keys

Daytona provides an option to list all generated API keys.

  1. Run the following command to list all generated API keys:
Terminal window
daytona api-key list

Upon running this command, Daytona will display the list of all generated API keys.

Name                                Type
──────────────────────────────────────────
default                             client

Revoke an API Key

Daytona provides an option to revoke API keys.

  1. Run the following command to revoke an API key:
Terminal window
daytona api-key revoke

Upon running this command, Daytona will prompt you to enter the name of the API key that you want to revoke.

Select an API key to revoke
1 item
===
MyAPIKey
client

  1. Press Enter on the selected API key to revoke it.

  2. Confirm the revocation by selecting Yes or No.

Revoke API Key 'test'?
Are you sure you want to revoke 'test'?


[Yes]     [No]
API key revoked