Create an SMC API Client
- Select Configuration and navigate to Administration.
- Navigate to Access Rights.
- Right-click API Clients then select New API Client.
- In the Name field, enter a name for the API Client element.
- You can either use the automatically generated authentication key or click Generate Authentication Key to generate a new one. This key appears only once, so make sure to save the value in the Authentication Key field in a secure location since it will be needed in the next steps described in this document.
- On the Permissions tab, select Unrestricted Permissions (Superuser).
- Select Configuration and navigate to Administration.
- Click OK.