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    Identity as a Service:CreateCredential

    Last Updated:Sep 14, 2026

    Creates a credential resource in a specified EIAM instance.

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    RAM authorization

    The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

    • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

    • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

    • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

    • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

      • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

      • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

    • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

    Action

    Access level

    Resource type

    Condition key

    Dependent action

    eiam:CreateCredential

    create

    *Credential

    acs:eiam:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/{#InstanceId}/credential/*

    		 None None

    Request parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Required

    Description

    Example
    InstanceId

    string

    Yes

    The instance ID.

    idaas_ue2jvisn35ea5lmthk267xxxxx
    CredentialIdentifier

    string

    Yes

    The credential identifier.

    credential_identifier_test
    CredentialName

    string

    Yes

    The credential name.

    credential_name
    CredentialSubjectType

    string

    No

    The subject type to which the credential belongs. Valid values:

    • authentication_token_provider: authentication token provider.

    authentication_token_provider
    CredentialSubjectId

    string

    No

    The subject ID to which the credential belongs.

    apt_werthgfdsasffxxxxx
    CredentialScenarioLabel

    string

    No

    The Scenarios label of the credential. Valid values:

    • llm: large language model.

    • saas: third-party SaaS service.

    Valid values:

    • saas :

      Third-party SaaS service.

    • llm :

      Large language model.

    llm
    CredentialType

    string

    Yes

    The credential type. Valid values:

    • api_key: API key authentication credential.

    • oauth_client: OAuth client authentication credential.

    Valid values:

    • api_key :

      API key authentication credential.

    • oauth_client :

      OAuth client authentication credential.

    api_key
    CredentialContent

    object

    Yes

    The content of the credential.

    OAuthClientContent

    object

    No

    The credential content of the OAuth client authentication credential type.

    ClientId

    string

    No

    The client_id of the OAuth protocol.

    dmvncmxersdxxxxxx
    ClientSecret

    string

    No

    The client_secret of the OAuth protocol.

    nsklncmwizncxxxx
    ApiKeyContent

    object

    No

    The credential content of the API key credential type.

    ApiKey

    string

    No

    The content of the API key.

    nsklnertyt5ddwizncxxxx
    Description

    string

    No

    The description of the credential.

    credential_description
    ClientToken

    string

    Yes

    Ensures the idempotence of the request. Generate a parameter value from your client to ensure that the value is unique across different requests. The ClientToken value supports only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see References: How to ensure idempotence.

    client-token-example
    CredentialSharingScope

    string

    No

    The sharing scope of the credential.

    Valid values:

    • common :

      common

    • user_exclusive :

      user_exclusive

    user_exclusive
    ExclusiveUserId

    string

    No

    The exclusive user ID of the credential.

    user_xxxx
    CredentialExternalId

    string

    No

    The external unique identifier of the credential.

    test_external_id

    Response elements

    Element

    Type

    Description

    Example

    object

    RequestId

    string

    The request ID.

    0441BD79-92F3-53AA-8657-F8CE4A2B912A
    CredentialId

    string

    The credential ID.

    cred_mkv7rgt4d7i4u7zqtzev2mxxxx

    Examples

    Success response

    JSON format

    {
  "RequestId": "0441BD79-92F3-53AA-8657-F8CE4A2B912A",
  "CredentialId": "cred_mkv7rgt4d7i4u7zqtzev2mxxxx"
}

    Error codes

    See Error Codes for a complete list.

    Release notes

    See Release Notes for a complete list.