Generating a Secret for the Service Account Client - Identity and Access Management Services - 4.4 - 4.4 - Ready - Other - external

A secret for the Service Account Client can be generated in the following scenarios:

• During the initialization process for new installations. For more information on the initialization process, see Initializing the Hyland IdP Server.
• When a user generates a client secret using the graphical user interface or the command line utility.

The following limitations apply when generating a secret for the Service Account Client:

• The maximum secrets that a user can generate is set to 2. If there are 2 secrets and a new secret is required to be generated, either of the secrets must be deleted.
• The expiration date of the secret is restricted to a maximum of 180 days from the date of creation. A user can enter a custom expiry date, which should not be more than 180 days.

The Service Account Client must be enabled if you want to manage its secrets. For information on enabling the Service Account Client, see the topics under Managing Service Account Client.

For more information on creating or deleting secrets from the Service Account Client using the command line utility or the graphical interface, see the topics under:

• Managing Secrets of the Service Account Client Using the Command Line
• Managing Secrets of the Service Account Client Using the Graphical User Interface