How to Generate an Authentication Key

emCA provides a GenerateAuthenticationKey.jar file that can be used to generate an authentication key. To generate an authentication key, follow these steps:

1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the location of the JAR file.

2. Run the following command:

java -jar GenerateAuthenticationKey.jar

3. Press Enter to enter the username and password that are registered with emCA for the API process.

4. An authentication key will be generated, as shown below screen.

Note: The authentication key generated must be used in the request header for all APIs.