Creating a service account

A service account serves for machine-to-machine access and can be managed by multiple account managers (user accounts). Follow a specific instance naming guideline if provided.

At VO page visit Service Accounts and click Create

A form will pop-up where you need to fill in

Account name (must not be the same as the name of the requestor, it should be e.g. the name of the server, service etc.)
Email (The email address should not be your email contact. We recommend the address of e.g. an queue / workplace / team / or group of people)

Click Next

Choose namespace (select to which namespace your service account will belong)
Write login name.
Set password later (email will be sent to the provided email in the first step to set up the password)
Set password now (write your password)

Click Next

And associate real user. It is recommended to set up two service account administrators/owners in case of interchangeability and access to account management (e.g. when terminating employment, etc.).