NVIDIA NGC API keys are required to authenticate to NGC services using NCG CLI, Docker CLI, or API communication. NVIDIA NGC supports two types of API keys.
Any user who is a member of an NGC org can generate Personal API Keys. These keys are tied to the user's lifecycle within the NGC org and can access up to the permissions and services assigned to the user. During the key generation steps, users can configure which NGC services are accessible by the API key and the time-to-live from one hour to 'never expires'.
This is the original type of API key available in NGC since its inception. This type allows you to create only one 'API key' at a time. Generating a new key automatically revokes the previous one, as they cannot be rotated. The active key immediately becomes invalid when you create a new key.
NVIDIA will continue to support this key type for services that have not transitioned to the next-generation API keys. However, we encourage customers to migrate to our next-generation API keys when possible.
$ngc config set