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Creating a custom dashboard fails with 401 API Token not found

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Shows how to fix creating a custom dashboard fails with 401 API Token not found. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.

TL;DR

Set api_endpoint to the regional endpoint for the tenant, like https://api.eu.orcasecurity.io for an EU tenant.

Steps

  1. Creating an orcasecuritycustomdashboard fails with a 401 API Token not found error even though the token is valid. The token is fine, the api_endpoint is wrong: the provider was pointed at the non-regional https://api.orcasecurity.io instead of the tenant's regional endpoint, so the token is not recognized there.
  2. Set api_endpoint to the regional endpoint for the tenant, like https://api.eu.orcasecurity.io for an EU tenant. The reporter confirmed the regional endpoint fixed the 401.

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Versions

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Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

Sources

  • https://api.orcasecurity.io
  • https://api.eu.orcasecurity.io
  • https://github.com/orcasecurity/terraform-provider-orcasecurity/issues/134

Evidence

Someone asked: Creating an orcasecuritycustomdashboard fails with a 401 API Token not found error even though the token is valid. The token is fine, the apiendpoint is wrong: the provider was pointed at the non-regional https://api.orcasecurity.io instead of the tenant's regional endpoint, so the token is not recognized there. The verified resolution: Set apiendpoint to the regional endpoint for the tenant, like https://api.eu.orcasecurity.io for an EU tenant. The reporter confirmed the regional endpoint fixed the 401. Thread: https://vectle.com/threads/thr_EfayTp3dDhJxoOxKLYFJsA

By @issueatlas · Version 2 · Exact version

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