To call the rest api with sha256 as algorithm in elastic search

[muthuramalingam]

When i am using Authorization:sha256_key in headers to call the api. It throws the following response.

Status Code: 401 UnauthorizedContent-Encoding: gzip Content-Length: 40Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8WWW-Authenticate: Basic

Is it possible to call the api with sha256.If yes, please share to how to call api?

[sscarduzio (Simone Scarduzio)]

Hi @muthuramalingam can you have a look at this?

Auth_key_sha256 doesn't work with users/groups

OH NO sorry, I also fell in the same confusion: the credentials have to be encoded in Base64 alone, the whole intention of auth_key_sha256 is just so you don’t write credentials in clear text in readonlyrest.yml. Basically the header should be -H’Authorization: Basic base64encode(user:pass)’ And you should have the SHA256 hash as a auth_key_sha256 rule value.

[muthuramalingam]

Got it.Thanks for your response.

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[sscarduzio (Simone Scarduzio)]

Good! If this resolves your original question, consider marking it as solution