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Create New API Key

Updated on 17 September, 2025

Create and manage Vultr API keys for other users with admin credentials securely.

Creating an additional API key for a user allows you to isolate access per integration, improving security and simplifying credential management. This enables better access control and easier rotation of credentials.

Note
This guide covers creating API Keys for other users linked to the same Vultr account and requires root or administrator credentials to perform these actions

Follow this guide to create a user API key using the Vultr Customer Portal or Vultr API.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  1. Navigate to Account and select Users under OTHER.
  2. Select the user from the list and click the Edit User icon.
  3. In User Access Tokens section, enter a Name, choose an API key Expiry option, and set the Expiry On date.
  4. Click **Add Key **to create the new API key.
  5. Copy and store the new API key securely, as you cannot view it again.

  1. Send a GET request to the Get Users endpoint to list all users.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/users" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

    Note the id of the user for whom you want to create an API key.

  2. Send a POST request to the Create User API Key endpoint and specify the user ID to create a new API key for the target user.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/users/{user-id}/apikeys" \
    -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
        "name": "<api-key-name>",
        "expire": true,
        "date_expire": "2030-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    }'

    The response includes the newly generated API key in plain text. This is the only time the key is visible. Copy and store it in a secure location as you cannot view or recover it later from the portal or API.

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