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esacli generateToken

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Use the esacli generateToken command to generate token for the IBM® Electronic Service Agent.

Synopsis

esacli generateToken {[-f ]}

Description

The esacli generateToken command enables you to generate an access token that can be used to update the settings of ESA, once the ESA is activated.

Options

-f | --force
Generates token, even if token already exists.

Exit status

The following table contains the codes that are returned by this command.
  • 0: The operation completed successfully.
  • 1: IBM Electronic Service Agent instance is not running.
  • 5: An unsupported command was specified.
  • 10: An unsupported option was specified. Option: {option}.
  • 18: An option was set more than once. Option: {option}.
  • 62: Token already exists.

Examples

This example illustrates running the esacli generateToken command.
esacli generateToken -f
Token generated successfully.
esacli generateToken
0062: Token already exists.
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