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API Authentication

Credential and token architecture for users, workloads, partners, and service clients.

Identity & AccessNovember 5, 2024

Compare OAuth, API keys, mutual TLS, and signed requests, then choose an authentication pattern that fits the caller, channel, and risk.

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Build from explicit trust decisions

Secure the API path, not just the perimeter.

Use the LockAPI guides to connect identity, authorization, secrets, encryption, resilience, and evidence into one operable architecture.