Granting access through service IDs and API keys

If your product uses service IDs and API keys, you can grant other services access to your service instances.

This feature is included with the following products:

Creating service IDs

A service ID is like a user ID but for services and applications instead of users.

From the Service IDs and API keys page, select the Service IDs tab and click Create service ID. The Create service ID window opens.
In the window, enter a name and choose a role for your service ID.
- Someone with the Administrator role can create, read, update, and delete users, roles, and groups for an instance.
- Someone with the User role can view the instance, but this role doesn't include permissions that are related to user management like adding more users.
Click Create. The service ID is created and appears in the table on the Service IDs tab.

Use API keys to access APIs in a service instance. You can create an API key for the service ID or a user.

From the Service IDs and API keys page, select the API keys tab and click Generate key. The Generate API key window opens.
Enter a name for the API key and optionally add a description.
Click Generate key. The API key successfully created window opens.
To copy the API key, click Copy to clipboard. You have a limited amount of time to copy the API key. The API key is unrecoverable. If lost, it must be reset.
Close the window. The API key appears in the table on the API keys tab.
To update the access for an API key, assign or remove access for the user. API keys are associated with a user and have the same access that the user is assigned to across all accounts.