Create a Service Account
Create an entry for a service account you want to manage in the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service Management Portal.
To create a service account:
- Click
Service Accounts in the navigation menu sidebar. If the navigation menu sidebar is hidden, click
Show/Hide Navigation Menu to show it. If the navigation menu is collapsed and you wish to view the text for the navigation items, click
Expand Sidebar.
- From the Service Accounts page, click Create.
- In the Service Account Name field, enter the name of the service account. Note that the name of the service account should be unique.
- (Optional) In the Description field, enter a brief description of the service account.
- From the Account Type list, select either Basic Auth, OAuth 2.0, or WSS Username Token.
- If you selected Basic Auth, do the following.
- In the Username field, enter the user name.
- In the Password field, enter the password.
- Click Create.
- If you selected OAuth 2.0, do the following.
- In the Token Endpoint URL field, enter the URL for the OAuth token provider endpoint where the access token is available.
- (Optional) Click Use Gateway Node Proxy if a proxy is required to reach the token endpoint URL.
- In the Scope field, enter a scope, such as
.READ
. Separate multiple scopes with a blank space. - In the Client ID field, enter the client ID.
- In the Client Secret field, enter the client secret.
- From the Grant Type list, select Client Credentials or Resource Owner Password Credentials. If you select Resource Owner Password Credentials, enter the appropriate username and password.
- In the Token Transfer section, click Pass Token via URL or Pass Token via Header.
- Click Create.
- If you selected WSS Username Token, do the following:
- In the Username field, enter the user name.
- In the Password field, enter the password.
- Click Create.