proxmoxer API 401 error

[hvnoclabs]

Hi Proxmox Forums,

I am having some trouble with proxmoxer API. I am using simple password Auth locally on the same system for the API queries so I don't feel the need for tighten authentication. After about x2 hours the API is unaccusable, I understand it may be a timeout feature, but I was wondering if there is a way to edit this to never timeout. The reason I need the API session to never break, I have services that are tied to the API session and if I restart them to renew the auth there is a loss of service that is impacting... I've looked all around to try to figure out a solution to this to see if there was a way to disable the timeout or to write a script that says renew the auth, I couldn't find any details on this. Any help would be great.

Thanks!

 

[che]

Hi,
have you seen the API tokens: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#pveum_tokens

 

[hvnoclabs]

Actually I have not seen that guide/KB so if I understand correctly using Tokens will solve my timeout issue? I guess I may need to read up on some KBs that go over writing scripts that use Tokens and I'll give it a try.

 

[che]

Actually I have not seen that guide/KB so if I understand correctly using Tokens will solve my timeout issue? I guess I may need to read up on some KBs that go over writing scripts that use Tokens and I'll give it a try.

This is not a guide, the link points to the PVE documentation.
API tokens are designed exactly for such use cases. They allow stateless access to the API and should therefore not suffer from session timeouts.