Access control

See also: Authentication and authorization, Use the Livepatch Client with the on-premises server

Access to a Livepatch on-premises instance is gated so that clients are authenticated before they can download patches. Access control is managed through generated tokens. These tokens authenticate client machines and assign a tier to each machine, determining how and when patches are rolled out.

See Use the Livepatch Client with the on-premises server to learn how to generate tokens.

For a technical reference of all authentication mechanisms – Basic Auth, macaroons, resource tokens, and sync tokens – and the cryptographic technologies they use, see Authentication and authorization.