AgentOS Security

Secure your AgentOS with authentication and authorization.

AgentOS supports two security mechanisms:

Method	Use Case
Basic Authentication	Simple key validation for development
RBAC	JWT-powered authorization with fine-grained scopes for production

Basic Authentication

Set the OS_SECURITY_KEY environment variable in your .env file or export it directly in your terminal:

export OS_SECURITY_KEY="your-secret-key"

Requests without a valid Authorization: Bearer <key> header return 401 Unauthorized.

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

RBAC validates JWT tokens and checks scopes against required permissions for each endpoint. Enable it with authorization=True:

from agno.os import AgentOS

agent_os = AgentOS(
    id="my-agent-os",
    agents=[my_agent],
    authorization=True,
)

Set the JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY environment variable to your public key in your .env file or export it directly in your terminal:

export JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY="your-public-key"

Requests without a valid JWT return 401 Unauthorized. Requests with insufficient scopes return 403 Forbidden.

See the RBAC documentation for the full setup flow, scope reference, and endpoint mappings.

RBAC Documentation

Complete scopes, permissions, and access control configuration.

JWT Middleware

JWT authentication with parameter injection and claims extraction.