Service accounts

A service account is a set of credentials that allows you to manage your organization programmatically by enabling you to authenticate to the Anaconda Cloud API. For more information, see Managing your organization using the Anaconda Cloud API.

Only administrator users can create service accounts. You can create as many service accounts per organization as you need. However, Anaconda recommends limiting the number of service accounts to no more than is absolutely necessary. Restricting the number of service accounts enhances your organizations security posture.

Creating a service account

To create a service account:

1. Log in to Anaconda Cloud.

2. Navigate to your Organizations page.

3. Select the organization you want to create a service account for.

4. Select Service Accounts from the left-hand navigation.

5. Click Add Account.

6. Provide a name for your service account.

   Note

   Service account names must be created using lower case letters, numbers, hyphens, or underscores, and cannot contain spaces or special characters.

7. Click Save.

   Caution

   Save your Client Secret somewhere secure! Once you close the window, you will not be able to recover the Client Secret.