---
title: "Service Identities in RapidIdentity"
slug: "service-identities-in-rapididentity"
description: "Service Identities can be used in RapidIdentity to create keys with specific permissions or to map service-specific user identifiers to RapidIdentity idautoIDs"
tags: ["Administrator", "Developer", "ISAPI Filter", "Windows Authentication Client"]
updated: 2023-06-28T17:28:27Z
published: 2023-06-28T17:28:27Z
canonical: "help.rapididentity.com/service-identities-in-rapididentity"
---

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# Service Identities in RapidIdentity

## Service Identities in RapidIdentity

RapidIdentity Service Identities can be used to create keys with specific RapidIdentity permissions (roles) or to map service-specific user identifiers to RapidIdentity user accounts based on their idautoID.

          **Note:**

          

Only Tenant or System Administrators can create Service Identities

### To Create a Service Identity

To create a Service Identity:

1. Navigate to Configuration > Security > Service Identities and click the **Add Service Identity** button

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28459%29.png)
2. Enter a **Name** and **Description** for the Service Identity and click the **Save** button when done ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28458%29.png)
3. Click the ellipses next to the new Service Identity and select **Keys**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28460%29.png)
4. Click **Add Key** to create a secret and key with the proper authorization for this Service Identity

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28461%29.png)
5. Enter a **Description**, select the appropriate **Roles** and click **Save** when done

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28462%29.png)
6. Hover over the new Key and select **Details**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28464%29.png)
7. Click **Show Secret Key**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28465%29.png)
8. Provide the **Secret Key** to the application or service that needs it to access Rapididentity

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28467%29.png)

## Related

- [ISAPI Filter Configurations](/isapi-1.md)
- [2023.07.0 Release Notes](/2023070-release-notes-x.md)
- [Release 2023.07.0 - What's New](/release-2023070-whats-new.md)
- [Windows AuthClient v1.2.0 Release Notes](/windows-authclient-v120-release-notes.md)
- [Windows AuthClient v1.3.0 Release Notes](/windows-authclient-v130-release-notes.md)
- [Windows Auth Client Project Setup, Installation, and Upgrade on VM](/authclient-project-setup-and-installation-and-upgrade-on-vm.md)
- [Windows Authentication Client](/rapididentity-windows-authentication-client.md)
- [RapidIdentity Windows Authentication Client Release Notes](/rapididentity-windows-auth-client-release-notes.md)