Create credential - Create a credential and add the required attributes.

Automation 360

Create a credential and add the required attributes.

Before you begin

This task is performed by the Automation Anywhere Control Room administrator. You must have the necessary rights and permissions to complete this task. Ensure you are logged in to the Control Room as the administrator, or a user with either the AAE_Locker Admin role, or a user-created role with the Manage my credentials and lockers permission to configure lockers, add credentials, and grants access to other users.

About this task

Assign the credential when adding the credential details. If no locker was created, create a locker and then assign the credential. Add up to 50 attributes to a credential.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Control Room as the administrator.
  2. Navigate to Manage > Credentials and click Create credential.
  3. Enter the Credential name and a Description for the configured credential.
  4. If integrating with an external key vault, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, CyberArk, or HashiCorp, select External key vault and enter the required credentials for the specified external vault as follows:
    Note: Select the Custom secret name check box to specify a name according to your own naming convention or use the default Automation 360 naming.
    AWS
    Enter the secret name.
    CyberArk
    Enter the object name.
    Note: Optionally, you can add attributes and enter property set using CyberArk properties to use in your bot automation.

    The following examples show how to create property sets in different scenarios:

    • If you want to use a username in the format domain\username where the domain is stored in the CyberArk property called Address and the username is stored in the CyberArk property called UserName, then enter the property set in the format $$Address$$\$$UserName$$ in the credential attribute and use this attribute in your bot automation.
    • If you want to use a username in the format username@example.com where the username is stored in the CyberArk property called UserName and the address (example.com) is stored in the CyberArk property called Address, then enter the property set in the format $$UserName$$@$$Address$$ in the credential attribute and use this attribute in your bot automation.
    Microsoft Azure
    Enter the secret name.
    HashiCorp
    Enter the HashiCorp secret name.
  5. If not integrating with an external key vault, ensure Credential vault is selected, and do the following.
    Note: Credential vault is selected by default.
    1. Enter the Attribute name and supply the Description for the attribute.
    2. Select one of the following Input options:
      Input Value
      Standard Enter the value. All users see the same credential value set by the credential owner.
      User-provided The value field is not available because the values are not preset during creation. Only users of the locker containing this credential can provide the value
    3. Set Security for the attribute.
      Note: When the Masked option is selected, the attribute value is hidden for security purpose.
    4. Select Use attribute ONLY on Password or Masked fields.
      This option ensures that bots input the attribute value only into fields that are identified as password fields.
      Note: When this option is selected, an attribute is available only for the commands in Automation Anywhere Enterprise client that support credential variables and where the fields are of Password type.
  6. Click Create credential.

What to do next

Assign this credential to a locker.