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# [IONOS Cloud API token: the DCD is not the Control Center, how long it lasts and how to make it read-only](https://controlcloud.hashnode.dev/ionos-cloud-api-token-the-dcd-is-not-the-control-center-how-long-it-lasts-and-how-to-make-it-read-only?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

This site's IONOS Cloud guide explains in four steps how to generate the token in the DCD and paste it. Search Console showed me people arrive with questions the guide does not answer: "ionos controlc

2d ago · 7 min read · controlcloud.hashnode.dev  
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