yes that was my understanding but:
From browser network analysis:

• Create User : POST /api/v2.31/auth.create_user via port 30080- Payload: {"email": "...", "name": "...", "company": "...", "given_name": "...", "family_name": "..."}
• Response: User ID- Login : POST /api/v2.31/auth.login via port 30080- Payload: {"username": "username"}
• Response: JWT token- Create Credentials : POST /api/v2.31/auth.create_credentials via port 30080- Headers: Authorization: Bearer <JWT_TOKEN>
• Response: {"access_key": "...", "secret_key": "..."}

but no mater what i get Unauthorized (missing credentials) when trying programatically

with this i have full acess to the running server, and can create the credentials via UI with no problem

# Step 3: Create credentials using JWT token via web server
API_URL="http://${NODE_IP}:30080/api/v2.31/auth.create_credentials"
PAYLOAD='{"label": "k8s-agent-credentials"}'

RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d "$PAYLOAD" \
  "$API_URL")

Hi @<1811208768843681792:profile|BraveGrasshopper38> , you can do anything programatically that you can do via the webUI. I suggest opening dev tools (F12) and checking what is being sent in the network tab when you create credentials.

curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "admin", "password": "clearml123!"}' \
  "

"
{"meta":{"id":"db21b4b3124f4bdda14c00f60c621599","trx":"db21b4b3124f4bdda14c00f60c621599","endpoint":{"name":"auth.login","requested_version":"2.31","actual_version":"1.0"},"result_code":401,"result_subcode":20,"# First, try to login as adminsing credentials)","error_stack":null,"error_data":{}},"data":{}}

i also tried to match it with the secure.conf

Defaulted container "clearml-apiserver" out of: clearml-apiserver, init-apiserver (init)
{
    "http": {
        "session_secret": {
            "apiserver": "V8gcW3EneNDcNfO7G_TSUsWe7uLozyacc9_I33o7bxUo8rCN31VLRg"
        }
    },
    "auth": {
        "fixed_users": {
            "enabled": true,
            "pass_hashed": false,
            "users": [
                {"username": "admin", "password": "clearml123!", "name": "Administrator"},
                {"username": "user1", "password": "clearml456!", "name": "Regular User"}
            ]
        },
        "token_secret": "Rq8FW84sSqVgq7WvBB_4EzNl9y8z8IGiDXX3C345_a5AZfcwZcwCIA"
    }
}

examples that i tested:

# Step 1: Create a user via the web UI API
CREATE_USER_URL="http://${NODE_IP}:30080/api/v2.31/auth.create_user"
USER_PAYLOAD='{"email": "k8s-agent@clearml.ai", "name": "k8s-agent", "company": "clearml", "given_name": "k8s", "family_name": "agent"}'

CREATE_USER_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "$USER_PAYLOAD" \
  "$CREATE_USER_URL")

then

 helm install clearml clearml/clearml \
                --namespace "$NS" \
                --values /tmp/server-values.yaml \
                --wait \
                --timeout "$TMO"

So im setting the server like this:

            global:
              defaultStorageClass: $STORAGE_CLASS

            apiserver:
              replicaCount: 1
              resources:
                requests:
                  cpu: "200m"
                  memory: "512Mi"
                limits:
                  cpu: "2000m"
                  memory: "4Gi"
              service:
                type: NodePort
                nodePort: 30008
                port: 8008
              additionalConfigs:
                secure.conf: |
                  {
                      "http": {
                          "session_secret": {
                              "apiserver": "V8gcW3EneNDcNfO7G_TSUsWe7uLozyacc9_I33o7bxUo8rCN31VLRg"
                          }
                      },
                      "auth": {
                          "fixed_users": {
                              "enabled": true,
                              "pass_hashed": false,
                              "users": [
                                  {"username": "admin", "password": "$ADMIN_PASS", "name": "Administrator"},
                                  {"username": "user1", "password": "clearml456!", "name": "Regular User"}
                              ]
                          },
                          "token_secret": "AAAAAA"
                      }
                  }

            webserver:
              replicaCount: 1
              resources:
                requests:
                  cpu: "100m"
                  memory: "256Mi"
                limits:
                  cpu: "1000m"
                  memory: "2Gi"
              service:
                type: NodePort
                nodePort: 30080
                port: 8080

            fileserver:
              replicaCount: 1
              resources:
                requests:
                  cpu: "100m"
                  memory: "256Mi"
                limits:
                  cpu: "1000m"
                  memory: "2Gi"
              service:
                type: NodePort
                nodePort: 30081
                port: 8081
              storage:
                data:
                  class: $STORAGE_CLASS
                  size: 50Gi

            ingress:
              enabled: false

            elasticsearch:
              enabled: true
              master:
                replicas: 1
                persistence:
                  enabled: true
                  storageClass: $STORAGE_CLASS
                  size: 20Gi
              data:
                replicas: 1
                persistence:
                  enabled: true
                  storageClass: $STORAGE_CLASS
                  size: 50Gi

            mongodb:
              enabled: true
              replicaCount: 1
              persistence:
                enabled: true
                storageClass: $STORAGE_CLASS
                size: 20Gi

            redis:
              enabled: true
              master:
                persistence:
                  enabled: true
                  storageClass: $STORAGE_CLASS
                  size: 10Gi

this is how i am doing it and Its prob something simple that i am missing
But in all of them i get missing credentials Unauthorized (missing credentials)

What i intended to do was via calls do the same so i can automate it

# Step 2: Login via web UI API 
LOGIN_URL="http://${NODE_IP}:30080/api/v2.31/auth.login"
LOGIN_PAYLOAD='{"username": "k8s-agent"}'

LOGIN_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "$LOGIN_PAYLOAD" \
  "$LOGIN_URL")

#Step 4:  Using the configured admin credentials for initial authentication
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -u "admin:mypassword123" \
  -d "$USER_PAYLOAD" \
  "$CREATE_USER_URL"

With no sucess, @<1523701070390366208:profile|CostlyOstrich36> I hope this provides a clear idea of what i am trying, any help is fantastic

How are you trying it programatically? Are you providing API keys for authentication?