How to: Create and deactivate access tokens on PowerBoard

Welcome to the PowerBoard Dashboard tutorials. Today we’ll show you how to Create and Deactivate access tokens. Access tokens (in token-based authentication) provide secure, granular, and temporary permissions for accessing APIs or PowerBoard, simplifying the authentication process and enhancing security. To access the PowerBoard portal, you’ll need to log in using your credentials. To Create an access token, head over to the arrow next to the Merchant name. From the drop-down select Access Tokens. Click Create New and the Create Access Token window will appear. Give the Access Token a name in the Label field and set the expiration time and date in the Expire In field.

Leaving the expiration field blank will result in the Access Token remaining active indefinitely or until it’s been manually deactivated. After this, there are two options. The For API option will generate access tokens for API access. The For UI option will generate access tokens for your PowerBoard Portal User Interface. Let’s select the For API option. In the Whitelist IP’s section, you can grant access to specific IP addresses. Enter the IP address along with the subnet masks. For example, if you wish to only allow the IP address 192.168.0.5, you’ll need to add forward slash 32, after the IP address. Scroll down to see a list of permissions you can customise based on your business needs.

Select the required permission by checking the box next to its name. Then click Create Token to generate the new Access Token. A notification will appear confirming the permission has been added successfully and your new Access Token will be shown. Copy the token and store it securely. The token will not be shown again. You’ll need to re-generate a new token if you lose the access token. To Deactivate an Access Token, on the Access Token page, head to Actions in the row of the access token you’re deactivating … and select Deactivate. A window confirming you’d like to ‘deactivate the token permanently’ or ‘pause it temporarily’ appears. Click Pause and the token status will be changed to Paused. To activate the paused token, select Actions and click Activate and the token status will change to Active. To deactivate the active token, select Actions and click Deactivate and the token will be deactivated permanently. Discover more new features on the PowerBoard Developer Hub.