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Created on Sep 8, 2026

Enhance Ansible CSM Collection to accept Personal Access Tokens instead of Password

CSM has a very nice python module and Ansible collection. The python module seems to be more flexible than the Ansible collection in the authentication options. The CSM API must use a token generated from the csmcli, or a Personal Access Token or certificate (available starting in 6.3.18.2). The Ansible collection, however, requires a password and does not make the PAT or certificate option available. It would be very useful for security-focused clients who want to use password-less authentication mechanisms if the Ansible Collection was enhanced to provide these options to match CSM REST api functionality and the pyCSM module. 

Idea priority Medium