--- title: API Key overview: A template that represents a single API key. location: https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/template/apikey.html layout: protoc-gen-docs number_of_entries: 2 ---
The apikey template represents a single API key, which is used for authorization checks.
The apikey template represents a single API key, used to authorize API calls.
Sample config:
apiVersion: "config.istio.io/v1alpha2"
kind: apikey
metadata:
name: validate-apikey
namespace: istio-system
spec:
api: api.service | ""
api_version: api.version | ""
api_operation: api.operation | ""
api_key: api.key | ""
timestamp: request.time
TimeStamp is used inside templates for fields that are of ValueType “TIMESTAMP”