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Enable elevated permissions
editEnable elevated permissions
editEnables the elevated permissions for the current user. Elevated permissions allow the user to complete potentially destructive operations on clusters. Elevated permissions are available for a limited period of time and automatically expire if you do not renew them
Request
editPOST /api/v1/users/auth/_elevate
Request body
edit(ElevatePermissionsRequest) (required) The request for elevated permissions
Responses
edit-
200 -
(
TokenResponse) Elevated permissions are enabled and the authorization token was generated. -
400 -
(
BasicFailedReply) Missed or invalid MFA token
To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: apiKey, basicAuth.
Request example
editcurl -XPOST {{hostname}}/api/v1/users/auth/_elevate \
-u $CLOUD_USER:$CLOUD_KEY \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '
{
"token" : "string"
}
'