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Mike Gorman
Mike Gorman

Reputation: 189

Why do I get a 403 Unauthorized when I try to create a topic on IBM Message Hub

I created a new instance of IBM Message Hub on Bluemix and can use the Kafka Java client to connect to it (from my laptop) and list topics. What I cannot do is create a topic via the administrative REST APIs (linebreaks added for clarity):

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
    -H "X-Auth-Token: [value from 'password' field of credentials shown on Bluemix Service credentials]"
    -d "{ \"name\": \"topic1\" }"
    https://kafka-admin-prod01.messagehub.services.us-south.bluemix.net:443/admin/topics

...which results in this:

{
    "error_code":403,
    "message":"Unauthorized"
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 295

Answers (1)

Mike Gorman
Mike Gorman

Reputation: 189

Well I'm an idiot. The api_key from the Bluemix Service credentials was staring me in the face the whole time I was trying to use password. Problem solved.

Upvotes: 1

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