navsection: userguide
title: "Getting an API token"
...
+{% comment %}
+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
-The Arvados API token is a secret key that enables the @arv@ command line client to access Arvados with the proper permissions.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
+{% endcomment %}
+
+The Arvados API token is a secret key that enables the Arvados command line tools to authenticate themselves.
Access the Arvados Workbench using this link: "{{site.arvados_workbench_host}}/":{{site.arvados_workbench_host}}/ (Replace the hostname portion with the hostname of your local Arvados instance if necessary.)