RESTCONF Token based authentication

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You may want to consider using X509 authentication (certificate/keys).
See:

What are the authentication mechanisms available for Confd REST API?

UPDATE: A demo project can be found here: https://github.com/ConfD-Developer/ConfD-Demos/tree/master/tls-restconf Glad you asked. See ConfD UG 7.2 or later under “Storing TLS data in database”. Here is a simple RESTCONF x509 example for ConfD 7.2: $ pwd /Users/tailf/confd-7.2.1/examples.confd/restconf/basic $ diff -u confd.conf.old confd.conf --- confd.conf.old 2019-10-19 14:37:52.000000000 +0200 +++ confd.conf 2019-11-20 06:23:51.000000000 +0100 @@ -230,10 +230,14 @@ <docroot>.</docroot>…

For ConfD RESTCONF token authentication there is an appnote that provide guidance:
https://info.tail-f.com/confd-and-restconf-token-authentication