API Overview

Creating and Using Security Keys User Guide
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Introduction to Creating and Using Security Keys

Create a Security Key
- PGP Keys
  - Creating PGP Keys
  - Adding PGP Keys to Your Account
  - Granting User Permissions
- REST API Keys
  - Create a P12 Certificate
  - Submit a Certificate Signing Request
  - Transacting Merchant User: Create a Shared Secret Key Pair
- REST—API Response MLE Key
  - Create or Submit a REST—API Response MLE Key
  - Test Your API Response MLE Key
- Secure Acceptance Keys
- Simple Order API Keys
- SOAP Toolkit Keys
- Message-Level Encryption Keys

Manage a Security Key
- Deactivate a Key
- Delete a Key
- Search for Keys Using Filters

Meta Key Creation and Management
- Create a Meta Key as a Portfolio User
- Create a Meta Key as a Merchant Account User
- Assign a Meta Key to All Merchants
- Assign a Meta Key to Select Merchants
- Remove a Meta Key from all Merchants
- Remove a Meta Key from Select Merchants
- Convert a Meta Key or Non-Meta Key
- Delete a Meta Key
- Regenerate a Meta Key

Meta Keys in API Requests
- REST API Payment Request with a Meta Key
- Simple Order API Payment Request Using a Meta Key
- SOAP Payment Request Using a Meta Key
- SCMP API Payment Request using a Meta Key

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Create a Security Key

This section describes how to create your security keys using the Gateway Portal.

In the Gateway Portal, you can use the Dashboard or Key Management to create your keys. These keys can be downloaded for you to securely store in your system.

`Gateway Portal` Dashboard

When you log in to

the Gateway Portal

, the dashboard appears. You can use the Security Keys dashboard to:

View any keys that will expire soon.

Go directly to the Key Management page by clicking View All Keys
.

Create a new key by clicking Generate new key
.

Gateway Portal Dashboard

Key Management

When you log in to

the Gateway Portal

, navigate to

Payment Configuration > Key Management
to access the Key Management page.

You can use the Key Management page to:

Search for an existing key.

Delete an existing key.

Create a new key by clicking Generate new key
.

View any keys that will expire soon.

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