Users can create application credentials Application Credentials to allow their applications to authenticate to the OpenStack Identity service.
Users can delegate a subset of their role assignments on a project to an application credentialApplication Credential, granting the application the same or restricted authorization authorisation to a project.
With application credentials, applications authenticate with the application credential ID and a secret string, which is not different from the user’s password. This way, the user’s password is not embedded in the application’s configuration.
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The application credentials can be created from the Openstack Horizon Dashboard dashboard by going to the left panel Identity → Application Credentials and press the button selecting "Create Application Credentials"
A dialog panel appear with appears, showing the relevant options and related description. Credentials Credentials "Name" is the only mandatory field.
Once created they the Secret will be shown just once and need to be captured . It should be copied and saved in a safe place.
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Please capture Copy the application credential ID and secret in order Secret, to provide them to your application. The application credential secret Secret will not be available after closing the page, so you must capture copy it now, or download it. If you lose this secret, you must generate a new application credential. |
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