Creating service accounts

A quick guide on how to create a Service Account for our REST API.

Overview

We will here create a new a new Service Account using either the web application or our REST API.

Prerequisites

In order to create the initial service account, the logged in user needs to have a role of Admin.

Create using app

The first service account needs to be created using our App. Whereas subsequent accounts may be created using the REST API.

1. Navigate to Service account settings

2. Click Add

3. Give the account a meaningful name and decide whether you want to enable Basic Auth

4. Click Save

5. Add 1 or more service account keys that may be used for Authentication

6. Copy the details.

The shown secret will not be shown again.

Make sure the secret is safely stored. Delete the key if you think it has been compromised in any way.

Dialog showing the created key information

Create using REST API

Service accounts may be created, and keys may be rotated deleted using the REST API shown below. See our API reference for more operations

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