DigitalOcean 401 Unable to authenticate you error causing sleepless nights? Read on to learn what our experts suggest. 

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Let’s take a look at how our DO Support Team is ready to help customers with DigitalOcean 401 “Unable to authenticate you” error.

How to fix: DigitalOcean 401 “Unable to authenticate you” error

If you’ve been getting the DigitalOcean 401 error, you’ve come to the right place. According to our Support Techs, this error occurs as a result of an expired API token or a missing API token.

In order to authenticate DigitalOcean API as well as create the server instance, we need a DigitalOcean token. Additionally, APIs are a standardized set of routines, protocols, and definitions that permit developers to build software on top of already existing services and libraries. Moreover, APIs abstract implementation and also expose only the essential actions and objects to the developer.

In other words, an API token acts like a password that allows us to authenticate to Dataverse Software APIs in order to perform actions.

According to our Support Engineers, we can check API access by heading to API > Access > DigitalOcean applications.

Here are a few troubleshooting tips to help resolve the “ Unable to authenticate you” error courtesy of our Support Techs:

• Head to the DigitalOcean API user interface and create a new (read-write) API token.
• Alternatively, regenerate a new API token as well as echo token-key in the local machine.
• Run the following command in the server:

  doctl auth init -t "API_TOKEN"

Interestingly, this error is very common. Many of our customers face the issue when running a command to rebuild a droplet. If you are in the same spot, try the troubleshooting tips above to resolve the error. In case you are still facing trouble, drop us a line and our Support Techs will help you out in no time.

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Conclusion

To sum up, our skilled DO Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated how to deal with DigitalOcean 401 “Unable to authenticate you” error.