Generating an API access key

A CDP user account (a user or a machine user) must have API access credentials to access CDP services through the CDP CLI or API.

Steps - CDP web interface

1. Sign in to the CDP console.

2. If you are generating the API access key for yourself:

   1. Click your user account name and select Profile.
   2. On the user profile page that appears, click Generate Access Key.

3. If you are generating the API access key for yourself or other users:

   1. From the CDP home page, click Management Console.
   2. On the side navigation panel, click Users.
   3. On the Users page, click the name of the user or machine user account for which you want to generate an access key.
   4. On the user account page, go to the Access Keys section and click Generate Access Key.

4. CDP creates the key and displays the information on the screen.

   Copy the access key and private key to a text file and send it to the CDP user who requires it. The private key is a very long string of characters. Make sure that you copy the full string. You can optionally download the credentials file containing the access key information.

5. Click OK to exit the access key window.

Once you've generated the access key, you can configure CDP CLI, SDK, or other utilities that require it.