Cisco UCS Director API Access Key

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A. API access key is a unique security access key code that is associated with a specific Cisco UCS Director user account.

This statement is true. Each user account in Cisco UCS Director has a unique API access key associated with it. The API access key is used to authenticate API requests made by that user account. This key code is generated by Cisco UCS Director when a user account is created, and it is used to identify the user account when API requests are made.

B. API access key is required for Cisco UCS Director to authenticate API requests.

This statement is also true. Cisco UCS Director uses API access keys to authenticate API requests made by user accounts. Without an API access key, Cisco UCS Director cannot verify the identity of the user making the API request, and it will not process the request.

C. API access key is a shared secret that you must configure in Cisco UCS Director to enable REST API.

This statement is not entirely accurate. While API access keys are used to enable REST API in Cisco UCS Director, they are not shared secrets that need to be configured. Instead, the API access keys are automatically generated by Cisco UCS Director when user accounts are created. The keys are then associated with the user accounts, and they are used to authenticate API requests made by those user accounts.

D. API access key is unique for each API request.

This statement is not true. API access keys are unique to each user account, but they are not unique for each API request. Once a user account has been authenticated by Cisco UCS Director using its API access key, the user can make multiple API requests using the same key. The key does not change for each API request made by the user account.