How to add a service account

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This document provides information on how to add service accounts in Cloud IAM. Service accounts are those of programmatic access, i.e., access of applications and machines to cloud providers' accounts.

Add a service account

To add a service account to Cloud IAM, see the following steps:

  1. On Segura, in the navigation bar, hover over the Products menu and select Cloud IAM.
  2. In the side menu, select Identity management > Service accounts.
  3. In the top right corner, click Add.
  4. In the Settings tab, enter the following information:
    1. In the Name * field, enter the name for the service account.
    Attention

    If you are a member of an access group with a template defined, when inserting the user, he must follow the rule established in the template.

    1. (Optional): In the User responsible field, select the user responsible for the service account.
    2. (Optional): In the TTL (seconds) field, enter the lifetime of the service account. If the value is zero, the service account won't expire.
    3. (Optional): In the Description field, enter a description.
    4. (Optional): In the Tags field, enter tags to help identifying the service account.
  5. Navigate to the providers’ tab you want to register.
    Info

    You can register AWS, Azure and Google Cloud service accounts on the same screen at the same time.

  6. Click Continue until you get to the Review tab.
  7. In the Review tab, review all information enter previously, and click Save.

The new added service account will appear listed on the Service accounts report screen.

Add an AWS service account

To add an AWS service account to Cloud IAM, see the following steps:

  1. On Segura, in the navigation bar, hover over the Products menu and select Cloud IAM.
  2. In the side menu, select Identity management > Service accounts.
  3. In the top right corner, click Add.
  4. Go to the AWS tab.
  5. In the Accounts section, select which accounts this service account should be created under.
  6. In the Policies section, select the policies that this service account should have on the account. AWS limits up to 10 policies per service account.
  7. Click Continue until you get to the Review tab.
  8. In the Review tab, review all information enter previously, and click Save.

Add an Azure service account

To add an Azure service account to Cloud IAM, see the following steps

  1. On Segura, in the navigation bar, hover over the Products menu and select Cloud IAM.
  2. In the side menu, select Identity management > Service accounts.
  3. In the top right corner, click Add.
  4. Go to the Azure tab.
  5. In the Supported Account Types, specify the account types supported.
  6. In the URI redirect, enter the location to which the microsoft identity platform redirects the user's client and sends security tokens after authentication.
  7. In the API Permissions, select which permissions the service account must have.
  8. Click Continue until you get to the Review tab.
  9. In the Review tab, review all information enter previously, and click Save.

Add a Google Cloud service account

To add a Google Cloud service account to Cloud IAM, see the following steps:

  1. On Segura, in the navigation bar, hover over the Products menu and select Cloud IAM.
  2. In the side menu, select Identity management > Service accounts.
  3. In the top right corner, click Add.
  4. Go to the Google Cloud tab.
  5. In the Organization roles section, select which roles, accounts and organizations the service account should be added to.
  6. In the Project roles section, select which roles, accounts and projects the service account should be added to.
  7. Click Continue until you get to the Review tab.
  8. In the Review tab, review all information enter previously, and click Save.

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