Using Access Token Controller (Configurable Expiration)

To authenticate Revenera MCP Server using the access token controller authentication option, perform the following steps.

• Obtaining an Access Token
• Entering the Access Token in the Agent

Obtaining an Access Token

You can obtain an access token either using the FlexNet Operations Producer Portal or using REST API:

• Obtaining an Access Token Using the FlexNet Operations Producer Portal
• Obtaining an Access Token Using REST API

Obtaining an Access Token Using the FlexNet Operations Producer Portal

To obtain an access token using the FlexNet Operations Producer Portal user interface, perform the following steps:

To obtain an access token in FlexNet Operations:

1. In FlexNet Operations, select Accounts & Users > Manage Access Tokens. The Create Token page opens:

2. On the Create Token page, enter a Token Name, Description, and Expiration Time using the format of:

3y 4M 3d 9h 6m (y=years, M=months, d=days, h=hours, m=minutes)

3. Click Save. A success message is displayed and the Token Value field is populated.

4. Click Copy next to the Copy Value field and save the token value in a permanent location.

Important:The token value will be shown only once, so be sure to copy the value to a permanent location.

5. Continue with the steps in Entering the Access Token in the Agent.

Obtaining an Access Token Using REST API

To obtain an access token using REST API, perform the following steps:

To obtain an access token using REST API:

1. Use the Access Token Controller REST API to obtain a token, as described in Create an access token.
2. Provide the expiry for the token as desired.
3. Continue with the steps in Entering the Access Token in the Agent.

Entering the Access Token in the Agent

Perform the following steps to enter the access token in the agent.

To enter the access token in the agent:

1. Obtain an access token, as described in Obtaining an Access Token.
2. Copy the tokenValue to use in the Agent.