# Is there way to create/generate api token?

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**Category:** Ignition 8.3 Early Access\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**Created:** [August 14, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-way-to-create-generate-api-token/109761 "2025-08-14T09:28:00Z")\
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> [@raj.burnwal](#):
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> I need to automate db connection setup after generating api key.

If you want to 'preconfigure' a gateway with an API key, you can store one in the `external` resource collection, as mentioned in the post @Sfenwick linked:

> [@Ignition 8.3 API Usage Guide (via Postman)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-api-usage-guide-via-postman/93935/1):
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> #### Some Important Notes
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> - \*\ ***Protip** : Copy the generated token resource files from `data/config/CORE/ignition/api-token` into `data/config/EXTERNAL/ignition/api-token` which sits at a higher inheritance level than core as resources in core may be deleted at will during testing and development 🙂 (ie. see the "Retriggering Migration" section down below).
> - **A gateway restart is required after this since resource files have been affected directly on the filesystem** (or alternatively run the _Config Sync Request_ route) so that the system will pick up the new resource changes on the filesystem.
> - Any gateway config resource that is edited directly on the filesystem does not automatically picked up unless the _Config Sync Request_ route is called which prompts the gateway to sync changes immediately.

Note that this same principle can be applied a layer higher. If you want to preconfigure a gateway connection - you can do the exact same thing (move a configured resource to the `external` collection) but with your configured DB connection.

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