Managing service accounts in Access Management
Service accounts enable applications and other non-human users to authenticate through Access Management and be authorized to access APIs.
Default service accounts
Access Management provides the following preconfigured service accounts:
| Service account | Default access settings |
|---|---|
| Access Management API Client (admin) | The default settings give access to the Access Management API with the rights, permissions and privileges of the Administrator role. |
| Tridion Docs Content Manager API Client (admin) | The default settings give access to the Content ManagerAPI. |
| API Client (ServiceUser) | The default settings give the Translation Organizer access to the Content Manager API. |
| Metrics API Client (ServiceUser) | The default settings give the background task access to the Metrics API. |
Custom service accounts
Access Management enables you to create new custom service accounts to use in addition to the default ones for Tridion Docs.