Credential Vault Stored Information by Account Type

The following is the access information that you enter for different account types of disk storage or cloud storage.

For information about configuring cloud service providers as storage devices, see Add / Edit Cloud Storage (General).

Cloud Account

Cloud vendor type: The name of the cloud service provider.
Credential name: The name of the credential entity.

Note

The information needed for cloud account access varies based on the cloud service provider. For example, some cloud service providers provide an access key, and other cloud service providers provide a consumer secret.

For information about the credentials needed for each cloud service provider, see Cloud Service Provider Information.
Description: The description for the credentials.

For a user name of an account, you can prefix a domain name or a destination server (for local accounts) using the POST Credentials API. For example, the following record creates a user credential for the Jdoe user in the Testdomain-us domain.

"record": {

"password": "WFhYWFhYWFg=",

Credential name: The name of the credential entity.

The name is used to identify the credential in the Credential Vault list.
User name: The user name for the Linux user account.
Password: The password for the Linux user account.
Description: A description of the credential entity.

Credential vault: The credential vault used to create the credential entity.
Credential name: The name of the credential entity.

The name is used to identify the credential in the Credential Vault list.
User Name: The user name for the SQL Server user account.
Password: The password for the SQL Server user account.
Description: A description of the credential entity.

Credential vault: The credential vault used to create the credential entity.
Credential name: The name of the credential entity.

The name is used to identify the credential in the Credential Vault list.
User Name: The user name for the SQL Server user account.
Password: The password for the SQL Server user account.
Description: A description of the credential entity.

Credential vault: The credential vault used to create the credential entity.
Credential name: The name of the credential entity.

The name is used to identify the credential in the Credential Vault list.
User Name: The user name for the Windows user account.
Password: The password for the Windows user account.
Description: A description of the credential entity.