Create a service account

A service account is a specific kind of account the allows you to use a third-party service or application to interact with DoubleCloud via the API. When authenticating as a service account, such application has the access to the service determined by the service account's user role.

To create a service account:

1. Go to the Service accounts tab of the Members page in the console and click Create.

2. Name your service account and click Next.

3. Assign permissions to your service account and click Submit. You'll see your new service account's information page:

   

Create an API key

* **Viewer** - read-only access.

1. Click Submit. You'll see your new service account appear on the list.

Create an API key

To use your service account, create at least a single API key to get access to DoubleCloud API:

See also

• Manage a service account