Generating an IAM API key

Get the Identity and Access Management (IAM) API key to authenticate you on watsonx Orchestrate API for IBM Cloud offering.

The watsonx Orchestrate for IBM Cloud offering uses the IAM API key to authenticate you on the watsonx Orchestrate API.

To get the IAM API key, access the IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management page in your IBM Cloud console. From the console, follow the procedure to generate the IAM API key:

  1. In the IAM menu, click Manage identities.

  2. Click API keys.

    User icon and Profile and settings option
    Figure 1. The image shows the API keys menu in the IBM Cloud.

  3. Click Create.

  4. Set a name for the API key.

  5. Click Create.

  6. Click Copy and save your key somewhere safe.