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Nutanix Enterprise AI Manual: API Client Keys, Audit Events, and Infrastructure Health

API client key lifecycle (creation, activation, deactivation, expiration), audit event logging and event filtering, cluster-level and node-level infrastructure metrics, and Kubernetes cluster health monitoring.

API CLIENT KEYS

API keys are required to access the endpoints to integrate with the application.

Perform the following actions to manage an API key:

Create an API key

Update an API key

Delete an API key

Activate or deactivate an API key

Viewing API Keys in Nutanix Enterprise AI

The API Keys page displays all the API keys that you created in Nutanix Enterprise AI.

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To view the API keys, follow these steps:

Procedure

API Client Keys

The

page opens, displaying a summary of all the API keys that you created. For information on

the attributes of the API keys displayed in the page, see

API Keys Attributes

on page 282.

3. To view only the endpoint keys, click the

Endpoint Keys

tab.

4. To view only the MCP Client keys, click the

MCP Client Keys

tab.

API Keys Attributes

The following table describes the API key attributes that appear on the

API Keys

page.

Table 53: API Keys Attributes - Description

Property 1	Field	Description	Values
	Key Name	Displays the user-provided name when creating the key.	Key name
	Key Value	Displays the API key created by the user. The key is masked.	Key
	Endpoints	Displays the name of the endpoint associated with the API key.	Endpoint name
	Created By	Displays the name of the user who created the key.	User name
	Status	Displays the current status of the API key.	Active, Inactive
Creating an API Key

Create an API key in Nutanix Enterprise AI to allow an application to access an inference endpoint.

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To create an API key, follow these steps:

Procedure

API Client Keys

The

page opens, displaying a summary of all the API keys that you created. For information on

the attributes of the API keys displayed in the page, see

API Keys Attributes

on page 282.

3. Click

Create a New Key

Create API Key

The

dialog box opens.

4. In the

Key Name

field, enter a name for the API key.

Nutanix recommends that you provide a name that is meaningful and identifiable to you.

5. To assign the key to an endpoint, from the

Unified Endpoints

or the

Local Endpoints

dropdown menu,

select the endpoint.

6. Click

Create

API Key Details

The system creates the API key and opens the

dialog box that displays the details of the API

key.

7. Click

Copy Key

Store the key securely.

You cannot view the key again after you close the

API Key Details

dialog box. If you lose the key, you must

generate a new one.

Activating or Deactivating an API Key

Activate or deactivate an API key that you created in Nutanix Enterprise AI.

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By default, an API key is activated when you create it.

To activate or deactivate an API key, follow these steps:

Procedure

API Client Keys

The

page opens, displaying a summary of all the API keys that you created. For information on

the attributes of the API keys displayed in the page, see

API Keys Attributes

on page 282.

3. Perform one of the following:

Actions

To activate an inactive API key, select the checkbox associated with the key, and from the

dropdown

menu, click

Activate

To deactivate an active API key, select the checkbox associated with the key, and from the

Actions

dropdown

Deactivate

menu, click

The system prompts you to confirm the action.

4. Click

Confirm

The system displays the new status of the key.

Updating an API Key

Update an existing API key that you created in Nutanix Enterprise AI.

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To update an API key, follow these steps:

You can perform the following API key configuration:

Assign the same API key to multiple endpoints.

Assign the same API key to multiple unified endpoints.

Remove an endpoint to which the API key is assigned.

Remove a unified endpoint to which the API key is assigned.

Procedure

API Client Keys

The

page opens, displaying a summary of all the API keys that you created. For information on

the attributes of the API keys displayed in the page, see

API Keys Attributes

on page 282.

3. Select the checkbox associated with a key, and from the

Actions

dropdown menu, click

Update

Update API Key

The

dialog box opens.

4. Perform one of the following actions:

Endpoints

To assign the API key to an endpoint, from the

dropdown menu, select the checkbox associated

with the endpoint.

Unified Endpoints

To assign the API key to a unified endpoint, from the

dropdown menu, select the

checkbox associated with the unified endpoint.

To unassign the API key from an endpoint, from the

Endpoints

dropdown menu, clear the checkbox

associated with the endpoint.

To unassign the API key from a unified endpoint, from the

Unified Endpoints

dropdown menu, clear the

checkbox associated with the unified endpoint.

You cannot change the key name or the key.

5. Click

Update

Deleting an API Key

Delete an existing API key that you created in Nutanix Enterprise AI.

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To delete an API key, follow these steps:

Procedure

API Client Keys

The

page opens, displaying a summary of all the API keys that you created. For information on

the attributes of the API keys displayed in the page, see

API Keys Attributes

on page 282.

3. Select the checkbox associated with an API key, and from the

Actions

dropdown menu, click

Delete

The system prompts you to confirm the delete action.

4. In the field provided, type

delete

and click

Delete API Key

API Keys

The API key is deleted from Nutanix Enterprise AI and is no longer displayed on the

page.

VIEWING AUDIT EVENTS IN NUTANIX ENTERPRISE AI

You can view a list of all the event messages audited and captured as part of the audit logs on the Audit Events page of Nutanix Enterprise AI. By default, no retention period exists for the event messages.

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Event messages describe actions such as importing a model, resetting the password, a user logging in and logging out, updating or deleting an endpoint, or creating an endpoint, API key, or user. Unlike alerts, event messages are simply informational without the need to acknowledge or resolve.

To view the event messages, follow these steps:

Procedure

Audit Events

The

Audit Events

page opens, displaying a list of all the event messages that are audited and captured as part of

Audit Events Summary

the audit logs. For information on the fields that appear on the page, see

on page 286.

Audit Events Summary

View the list of event messages in Nutanix Enterprise AI.

Audit Events

The following table describes the fields that appear on the

page.

Table 54: Audit Events Summary - Field Description

Field	Description	Property 3	Values
Description	Displays the name of the event.		Event name
Action	Displays the type of operation that took place. The possible operation types depend on the entity type.		Create, Delete, Log In, Log Out, Reset Password, Update, Expire, Pulse Upload Event
Entity Type	Displays the entity type, such as an endpoint, cluster, model, and so on.		API Key, Cluster Config, Endpoint, Hugging Face Token, Model, NVIDIA NGC API Key, License, User
User	Displays the name of the user who performed the event.		User name
Time	Displays the date and time when the event occurred.		Date and time
Audit Events Filters
		Audit Events

The following table describes the filters that are available on the

page. For information on how to

filter the list of event messages, see

Filtering Audit Events

on page 287.

Table 55: Audit Events Filters - Field Description

Property 1	Filter	Description	Property 4	Property 5	Values
	Entity Type	Select the checkboxes of one or more entities to filter for actions on those entity types.			API Key, Cluster Config, Endpoint, Hugging Face Token, Model, NVIDIA NGC API Key, License, Support Telemetry, User
	Action	Select the checkboxes of one or more actions to filter for those actions on an entity.			Create, Delete, Log In, Log Out, Reset Password, Update, Expire, Pulse Upload Event
	User	Enter a user name and press Enter to filter for actions requested by that user.			User name
		Click	+ Add Rule	to create a new
		rule.
Filtering Audit Events
	Filter the list of event messages in Nutanix Enterprise AI.
	About this task
	To filter the event messages, follow these steps:

Procedure

Audit Events

The

Audit Events

page opens, displaying a list of all the event messages that are audited and captured as part of

the audit logs.

3. Click

Modify Filters

The

Filters

pane opens, displaying the available filters. For information on the available filters, see

Table 55:

Audit Events Filters - Field Description	on page 287.

To view the event messages based on a filter, select the checkbox associated with the filter.

You can apply multiple filters together. For example, if you want to filter for endpoint creation, you can select the

Endpoint

checkbox in

ENTITY TYPE

and then select the

Create

checkbox in

Action

5. To export the filtered event messages, follow these steps:

a. Click

Export

b. Select

All entities

Only Filtered Entities

c. Click

Export

VIEWING INFRASTRUCTURE USAGE METRICS

View the infrastructure usage metrics of the Kubernetes cluster that hosts Nutanix Enterprise AI and of the individual nodes in the cluster.

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To view the infrastructure usage metrics, follow these steps:

Procedure

Dashboard

Select

The system displays the dashboard with the widgets.

From the

Infrastructure Summary

widget, click

View Details

Infrastructure

Usage

Select

The system displays the

Usage

tab in the

Infrastructure

page.

Cluster Usage Metrics

For information on the cluster usage metrics, see

on page 288 and for node usage

statistics, see

Node Usage Metrics

on page 289.

tab and

then select

Clusters

from the drop-down menu on the left.

The graphs display No Data when there is no data for a specific interval.

The graph is displayed for a specified

you select from the dropdown menu on the right of the widget.

interval

, and

interval

Table 56: Cluster Usage and Health - Metrics Description

Property 1	Metrics	Description	Property 4	Property 5	Property 6
	Memory Usage	Displays the graph of memory capacity currently being used by the Kubernetes cluster that hosts Nutanix Enterprise AI.
	CPU Usage	Displays the graph of CPU capacity currently being used by the Kubernetes cluster that Nutanix Enterprise AI.
	Metrics	Description
	Nodes	Displays a summary of all the nodes in the cluster that hosts Nutanix Enterprise AI, along with their names, number of GPUs, CPU capacity, and memory capacity currently in use.
Node Usage Metrics
	The following table describes the metrics that appear in the	Infrastructure	page when you select the	Usage	tab and
	then select a node from the drop-down menu on the left.

The graphs display No Data when there is no data for a specific interval.

The graph is displayed for a specified

you select from the dropdown menu on the right of the widget.

interval

The

involves

Property 1	Widget	Description
	Memory Usage	Displays the graph of memory capacity used by the node.
	CPU Usage	Displays the graph of CPU capacity used by the node.
	GPU Utilization	Displays the graph of GPU capacity used by the node.
	GPU Memory Usage	Displays the percentage of GPU memory capacity used by the node.
Viewing Kubernetes Cluster Resources and Health Metrics

View the resources available in the Kubernetes cluster that hosts Nutanix Enterprise AI.

Kubernetes cluster. For information on the fields that appear on the page, see

page 289.

For information on the health and infrastructure usage statistics of the cluster and the nodes, see

Viewing

Infrastructure Usage Metrics

on page 288.

Kubernetes Cluster Summary

Kubernetes Cluster

The following table describes the fields that appear on the

page.

Table 58: Kubernetes Cluster Summary - Field Description

Field	Description
Name

Displays the name of the node in the cluster

Displays the health of the node.

Green dot indicates node is online

Grey dot indicates node is offline.

Version

Displays the Kubernetes version running on the node pool.

vCPU

Displays the number of vCPUs assigned to the node pool.

Memory

Displays the memory available to the node.

Disk

Displays the storage space available to the node.

Accelerators

Displays the name and number of GPUs assigned to this node when you hover over the hover info icon.

GPU Memory

Displays the total GPU memory available on the node.

The number of GPUs displayed might be incorrect if the GPU operator pods in your Kubernetes cluster are unhealthy. To fix these unhealthy pods, contact NVIDIA support.

Last updated Oct 08, 2026