https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Cloudera-Manager-API-HTTP-Error-401-basic-auth-failed-error/m-p/69057#M46122 <P><a href="https://community.cloudera.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/27556">@don1123</a></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>API calls cannot use SAML for authentication, so "local" database login will need to occur in order for your authentication to succeed.&nbsp; This means you need a user/password created in Cloudera Manager to be able to utilize it via the API.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You can test your "local" (non-SAML) authentication in Cloudera Manager by navigating to the following URL:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>http://cm_host:cm_port/cmf/localLogin</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This will bypass SAML authentication and allow you to log in as a user who is in the Cloudera Manager database.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:15:45 GMT bgooley 2018-06-13T16:15:45Z