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Create an Automation Account
Last Updated January 30, 2025

Automation accounts are used to access
VMware Cloud Foundation
 APIs in automation scripts.
  1. Log in to the
    SDDC Manager UI
     as a user with the ADMIN role.
    For more about roles, see User and Group Management.
  2. In the navigation pane, click
    Developer Center
    API Explorer
    .
  3. Get the ID for the ADMIN role.
    1. Expand
      APIs for managing Users
      .
    2. Expand
      GET /v1/roles
       and click
      Execute
      .
    3. In the Response, click
      PageOfRole
       and
      Role (ADMIN)
      .
    4. Copy the ID for the ADMIN role.
      Get the ID for the ADMIN role
  4. Create a service account with the ADMIN role and get the service account's API key.
    1. Expand
      POST /v1/users
       and click
      User
      .
    2. Replace the Value with:
      [
  {
    "name": "service_account",
    "type": "SERVICE",
    "role":
      {
        "id": "317cb292-802f-ca6a-e57e-3ac2b707fe34"
      }
  }
]
      Paste the ADMIN role ID from step 3.
      Add a service account
    3. Click
      Execute
      .
    4. In the Response, click
      PageOfUser
       and
      User (service_account)
      .
    5. Copy the API key for the service account.
      Copy the API key for the service account
  5. Use the service account's API key to generate an access token.
    1. Expand
      APIs for managing access and refresh tokens
      .
    2. Expand
      POST /v1/tokens
      .
    3. Click
      TokenCreationSpec
      .
    4. Replace Value with:
      {
    "apiKey": "qsfqnYgyxXQ892Jk90HXyuEMgE3SgfTS"
}
      Paste the service account's API key from step 4.
      Generate tokens
    5. Click
      Execute
      .
    6. In the Response, click
      TokenPair
       and
      RefreshToken
       and save the access and refresh tokens.
      Save the tokens from the response

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