Token-based authentication in OpenDaylight

OpenDaylight has different techniques to authenticate different operations. Token-based authentication is used in the SDN production environment to control the lifetime of the authenticated operations in OpenDaylight. In this recipe, you will learn how to generate a token that can be used to authenticate OpenDaylight's HTTP requests.

Getting ready

This recipe requires a new OpenDaylight Beryllium distribution.

How to do it...

1. Start the OpenDaylight distribution using the karaf script. Using this client will give you access to the Karaf CLI:

$ cd distribution-karaf-0.4.1-Beryllium-SR1/ 
$ ./bin/karaf
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