How to add a service account

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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, follow the steps:

  1. Access Cloud IAM > Identity management > Service accounts.
  2. Click the Add button.
  3. 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.

  4. In the User responsible field, select the user responsible for the service account.
  5. In the TTL (seconds) field, enter the amount of seconds to define the lifetime of the service account and its credentials.
  6. (Optional): In the Description field, enter a description.
  7. (Optional): In the Tags field, enter tags.
  8. 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.

Add an AWS service account

To add an AWS service account, follow the steps:

  1. Access Cloud IAM > Identity management > Service accounts.
  2. Add or edit a Cloud IAM account.
  3. Go to the AWS tab.
  4. In the Accounts section, select which accounts this service account should be created under.
  5. In the Policies section, select the policies (permission group) that this service account should have on the account. AWS limits up to 10 policies per service account.
  6. Go to the Review tab and click Save.

Add an Azure service account

To add an Azure service account, follow the steps:

  1. Access Cloud IAM > Identity management > Service accounts.
  2. Add or edit a Cloud IAM account.
  3. Go to the Azure tab.
  4. In the Supported Account Types,
  5. In the URI redirect,
  6. In the API Permissions,
  7. Go to the Review tab and click Save.

Add a Google Cloud service account

To add a Google Cloud service account, follow the steps:

  1. Access Cloud IAM > Identity management > Service accounts.
  2. Add or edit a Cloud IAM account.
  3. Go to the Google Cloud tab.
  4. In the Organization roles section, select which roles (permission groups), accounts and organizations the service account should be added to.
  5. In the Project roles section, select which roles (permission groups), accounts and projects the service account should be added to.
  6. Go to the Review tab and click Save.

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