Authenticating with service credentials

You can generate a new set of credentials for cases where you want to manually connect an app or external consumer to an IBM Cloud service. Credentials are provided in JSON format. The JSON snippet lists credentials, such as the API key and secret, and the connection information for the service.

Services that are managed by IBM Cloud® Identity and Access Management (IAM) can generate a resource key, also known as a credential. Credentials are service-specific and vary based on how each service defines the credentials they need to generate. A credential might contain a username, password, hostname, port, and a URL.

Click Service credentials to view the existing credentials with the Key name and Date created or create a new credential.

For more information about adding and viewing a service credential, see Adding and viewing credentials.