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ves-io-schema-token-API-Create

Published April 5, 2023 | Last modified September 15, 2026

Examples of creating token

Usecase:

Create token-1

Request using vesctl:

vesctl configuration create token -i token.yaml

where file token.yaml has following contents (token.CreateRequest):

RequestJSON:

{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "token-1",
        "namespace": "system"
    },
    "spec": {}
}

vesctl yaml response:

ResponseJSON:

{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "token-1",
        "namespace": "system",
        "labels": {},
        "annotations": {},
        "description": "",
        "disable": false
    },
    "system_metadata": {
        "uid": "81f5e0df-766f-4180-8f31-70d632e3cca5",
        "creation_timestamp": "2026-06-19T22:08:40.583607Z",
        "deletion_timestamp": null,
        "modification_timestamp": null,
        "initializers": null,
        "finalizers": [],
        "tenant": "acmecorp",
        "creator_class": "examplesvc",
        "creator_id": "examplesvc",
        "object_index": 0,
        "owner_view": null,
        "labels": {}
    },
    "spec": {
        "state": "UNKNOWN",
        "type": "NORMAL",
        "content": "",
        "site_name": ""
    }
}

Request using curl:

curl -X 'POST' -d '{"metadata":{"name":"token-1","namespace":"system"},"spec":{}}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'X-Volterra-Useragent: v1/pgm=_var_folders_q2_3kp8z3zs0x5_m7pk1bgb0_ph0000gp_T_go-build1655461974_b001_apidocs.test/host=MTY6VVHQPH/svc=S:examplesvc/site=mytestce01' 'https://acmecorp.console.ves.volterra.io/api/register/namespaces/system/tokens'

curl response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 689
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:08:40 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding


{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "token-1",
    "namespace": "system",
    "labels": {
    },
    "annotations": {
    },
    "description": "",
    "disable": false
  },
  "system_metadata": {
    "uid": "81f5e0df-766f-4180-8f31-70d632e3cca5",
    "creation_timestamp": "2026-06-19T22:08:40.583607Z",
    "deletion_timestamp": null,
    "modification_timestamp": null,
    "initializers": null,
    "finalizers": [
    ],
    "tenant": "acmecorp",
    "creator_class": "examplesvc",
    "creator_id": "examplesvc",
    "object_index": 0,
    "owner_view": null,
    "labels": {
    }
  },
  "spec": {
    "state": "UNKNOWN",
    "type": "NORMAL",
    "content": "",
    "site_name": ""
  }
}
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