Users can create 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 credential, granting the application the same or restricted authorization to a project.

With application credentials, applications authenticate with the application credential ID and a secret string which is not the user’s password. This way, the user’s password is not embedded in the application’s configuration.

Create a new Application Credentials

The application credentials can be created from the Openstack Horizon Dashboard by going to the left panel Identity → Application Credentials and press the button "Create Application Credentials"

A dialog panel appear with the relevant options and related description.  Credentials "Name" is the only mandatory field.

Once created they will be shown just once and need to be captured and saved in a safe place.