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title: Tokens
slug: bhdm/tokens
createdAt: 2022-11-16T14:18:41.000Z
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**Note**: The Tokens feature is available for Belden Horizon Data Manager 2.7.0 and later.
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The Tokens module allows you to create, view, and remove long-term tokens that can access your Belden Horizon Data Manager companies and their projects. These tokens help facilitate better communication between a Belden Horizon Data Manager and its Belden Horizon Data Operations instances. You can use the API to mass deploy and configure edge instances. These tokens are best utilized within a CI/CD script to manage Belden Horizon Data Manager and its Belden Horizon Data Operations instances.

Each token has three built-in attributes that define their characteristics and purposes:

- **Token name**
- **Time to live**: The expiration date of the token.
- **Scope: **The permissions the scope has and how many companies/projects the token can access.
- **Edge API Bridge** (available for Belden Horizon Data Manager 2.16.0 and later): Allows you to integrate multiple Belden Horizon Data Operations REST APIs through a single Belden Horizon Data Manager endpoint.

After creating the token, you can use it in the API through the custom field `X-AuthToken` in the HTTP header. 

For example: 

`X-AuthToken: zZA82pIo70xzsrwmSl1f0P6DSfvuZgo1`

# Access Tokens UI

**To access the Tokens UI: **

1. Log in to the Belden Horizon Data Manager (BHDM) Admin Console at the following URL: **https\://\[BHDM IP address]:8446**.
2. From the Navigation panel, select **Settings**.
   Settings' *Domain/SSL* pane by default appears. 
3. From Settings' navigation sub-panel, select **Tokens**.
   Settings' *Tokens* pane appears.

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# Next Steps

- [Add Tokens](docId\:nI81Wo7gErLCADAdG8Wa1) 
- [Manage Tokens](docId\:yPg7xUazwaaPcexJi31rW)