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layout: docs
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page_title: Token - Auth Methods
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description: The token store auth method is used to authenticate using tokens.
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---
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# Token Auth Method
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The `token` method is built-in and automatically available at `/auth/token`. It
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allows users to authenticate using a token, as well to create new tokens, revoke
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secrets by token, and more.
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When any other auth method returns an identity, Vault core invokes the
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token method to create a new unique token for that identity.
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The token store can also be used to bypass any other auth method:
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you can create tokens directly, as well as perform a variety of other
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operations on tokens such as renewal and revocation.
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Please see the [token concepts](/docs/concepts/tokens) page dedicated
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to tokens.
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## Authentication
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### Via the CLI
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```shell-session
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$ vault login token=<token>
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```
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### Via the API
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The token is set directly as a header for the HTTP API. The header should be
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either `X-Vault-Token: <token>` or `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.
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## API
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The Token auth method has a full HTTP API. Please see the
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[Token auth method API](/api-docs/auth/token) for more
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details.
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