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  • 1.  Token cache in datapower when calling third party Auth Server PING

    Posted Tue April 14, 2026 08:49 AM

    Current Flow

    1.Datapower calls Ping to get Auth token

    2.Datapower add Auth header with ping token and sends request to company internal URL

    Issue:

    Datapower is getting token for every call.I want datapower to get new token only if token is expired.

    I am using XI52 

    Firmware:IDG.10.5.0.18

    Please help me with the best process to acheive this



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    Sai Thota
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  • 2.  RE: Token cache in datapower when calling third party Auth Server PING

    Posted Tue April 14, 2026 09:22 AM

    Typically you can use Distributed variables for this.  



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    Jeroen Willems
    Integration Architect - Managing Partner
    Integration Designers
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  • 3.  RE: Token cache in datapower when calling third party Auth Server PING

    Posted Tue April 14, 2026 10:42 AM

    Thank you for replying.I don't see an option to create distributed variable in my appliance.Could you please share reference or sample on how to resolve this



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    Sai Thota
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  • 4.  RE: Token cache in datapower when calling third party Auth Server PING

    Posted Tue April 14, 2026 02:26 PM

    Sai,

    You're not going to be able to do this with distributed variables in your FW version, as it wasn't introduced until 10.6.  (I'm actually surprised the XI52 supports 10.5!)  I suspect you have a cluster?   If not, you can just use a document cache or AAA policy, but that does not replicate over a cluster.

    You could look into caching solutions like eXtreme Scale, REDIS (not easy), or, if you have a SQL DB around, you can use that.   Alternatively, standing up an API for this wouldn't be particularly difficult, though you'd need pretty good and fast replicas if losing a token is critically bad.



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    Joseph Morgan
    CEO - Independent
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  • 5.  RE: Token cache in datapower when calling third party Auth Server PING

    Posted Fri April 17, 2026 09:03 AM

    @Joseph Morgan indeed, didn't look at XI52 and version ;-).



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    Jeroen Willems
    Integration Architect - Managing Partner
    Integration Designers
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