zowe / zowe/api-layer

Issue with docs.zowe.org/stable/extend/extend-apiml/authentication-for-apiml-services

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Description

Description

It says

The API Gateway contains the following REST API authentication endpoints, which are also documented in the Open API Documentation:

the openapi doc says

HTTP header containing the client certificate

please can you expand this... the client cert is sent as part of the TLS handshake... is this what you mean?

I dont think so.

I think it means a -HClientCert or similar head - but I cannot find what I need to use

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Start with the authentication-for-apiml-services page named in the issue and compare its wording with the linked OpenAPI documentation and gateway.json. Clarify what the client certificate reference means and document the expected request usage; the page should remove the ambiguity reported by the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
openapi
Domain
api, authentication, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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