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Manage application users

Application users give non-human users programmatic access to Aiven. You grant them access to organization resources using roles and permissions.

You must be an organization admin to access this feature.

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Application users can be a security risk if not carefully managed and monitored. Follow best practices for mitigating these risks.

Create an application user​

  1. Click Admin.
  2. Click Application users.
  3. Click Create application user.
  4. Enter a name and click Create application user.

Create a token for an application user​

  1. Click Admin.

  2. Click Application users.

  3. Find the user and click Actions > View profile.

  4. In the Authentication tokens section, click Generate token.

  5. Optional: Enter a description and session duration.

  6. Click Generate token.

  7. Click the Copy icon and save your token somewhere safe.

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    You cannot view the token after you close this window.

  8. Click Close.

View application users and tokens​

To view your organization's application users and the last time they were used:

  1. In your organization, click Admin.
  2. Click Application users.
  3. Click the name of an application user to view its profile, tokens, and groups.

Revoke a token for an application user​

  1. Click Admin > Application users.
  2. Find the user and click Actions > View profile.
  3. In the Authentication tokens section, click Actions.
  4. Select Revoke.

Delete an application user​

  1. Click Admin > Application users.
  2. Find the user and click Actions > Delete.