Updating a service account credential Example

To update a service account credential:

1. Go to Secret Settings > Dependency Updater.
2. Select Create.

   The New Dependency Updater window opens.

3. In Name, enter a name for the dependency updater.
4. Set Restart After Updates to Disable.

   If you intend to restart the service each time after updating the service credential, set Restart After Updates to Enable.

5. In the Service Name dropdown, select Application Identity.

   On Windows, the Service Display name is different from the Service name. For example, in Services on Windows, when you double-click Application Identity, you see that the Service name is AppIDSvc.

6. Click Submit.

   

7. Go to Secrets > Secrets.
8. Double-click the secret that you intend to use as the credential for a target where the service defined in the dependency updater runs.
9. Select the Dependency tab.
10. Select +.
11. From the Dependency dropdown, select the dependency updater created earlier.
12. From the Target dropdown, select a target.
13. Click Save.

    

    Once the secret password changer successfully rotates the secret password, all the dependencies in the secret are automatically updated.

    To update an individual dependency, click the Update Dependency () icon on the left of each dependency when editing a secret.

    If needed, you can update all the dependencies by selecting Update from the top when editing the secret.

    Click the Check Dependency () icon on the left of each dependency to check if the service is running or not, and whether the service is running with the particular secret user name.

    To check all the dependencies in a secret, select Check from the top when editing a secret.

    To sync the current status of the dependencies, select Refresh from the top when editing a secret.