Acquire Authentication Token - 2021.2 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing

Document ID
UG973
Release Date
2021-10-27
Version
2021.2 English

To minimize the user interaction, we will use secure token mechanism to authenticate the users.

First, we need to acquire an authentication token (stored in a text file) that will be used by the web installer to authenticate the user before downloading/installing the tool.

This authentication token will need to be acquired (generated) at least once and will expire after 7 days. You need to generate/acquire new token after it is expired.

  • Use following command to generate authentication token:

  • It will ask for Xilinx Account user ID and password before generating authentication token.