Learn about the different types of tokens in Observe by Snowflake and how to use each type of token.
Observe by Snowflake token types
Observe by Snowflake has the following primary types of tokens that are used to authenticate users and systems.
| Token type | Descriptions |
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| User session tokens | User session tokens are automatically created each time a user logs in to the Observe by Snowflake platform.
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| API tokens | API tokens are created by the user in the Observe by Snowflake platform, as described in Observe by Snowflake API authentication. API tokens are used to interact with Observe by Snowflake's REST APIs and are bound to a specific user or service account, depending on how the token was created. |
| Ingest tokens | Ingest tokens are created in the Add Data portal, by selecting Data & integrations > Add data in Observe by Snowflake. Ingest tokens can be routed to various places. For example, you can create a token and specify that your data with resource_attributes."k8s.cluster.name" = prod gets sent to the Prod Logs Dataset. Then, you can re-use the token as needed without having to create a new ingest token for each data source. |