Is Kerberos a supported authentication method for Automation Engine (AE) REST API

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Is Kerberos a supported authentication method for Automation Engine (AE) REST API

Environment

Automic Automation Engine: V 24.x and V 26.x

Cause

Product Design

Resolution

Kerberos is not a directly supported authentication method for inbound requests to the Automic Automation Engine (AE) REST API.

The AE REST API officially supports only two authentication methods: Basic Authentication and User Tokens (also known as Bearer Tokens).

While Kerberos is a supported method for Single Sign-On (SSO) with the Automic Web Interface (AWI), and the Automic REST Agent can utilize Kerberos for authenticating with external web services, this functionality does not extend to authentication for the AE REST API itself.

Attempts to use Kerberos directly with the AE REST API are expected to result in "Access Denied" errors, a behavior observed in the initial problem description.