For accessing resources such as, applications, shared keys, and cloud services, you must check out the credentials from the user console and use the appropriate client to access the resource. You can use these credentials until the access duration expires.
You can perform credential check out for the following:
Shared Keys: Key for any application, such as license key to install an application.
Applications: Credentials to access any application. The application can be LDAP, eDirectory, ESXi Server, SAP, Linux, AIX and Windows.
Cloud Services: Credentials to access cloud platforms such as, AWS, Openstack and Microsoft Azure.
You can also generate API tokens for checking out and checking in the credentials through REST API. For more information about API tokens, see Managing API Tokens.
The following sections explain the credential check in and check out process in detail: