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System Accounts

All system account settings can be located by navigating to Argo CD → your instance → Settings → System Accounts.

Anonymous user​

Toggling the Anonymous User switch to ON permits anonymous access to the Argo CD UI.

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Anonymous users receive the default permissions specified under Argo CD → your instance → Settings → RBAC → Default Role. For read-only access, you should set this default policy to role:readonly.

Admin account​

Toggling the Admin Account switch to ON creates a system account with the username admin.

To specify a password for the admin user:

  1. Click Set Password. Then either:

    • Specify a custom password and click Submit or

    • Click Regenerate password to generate a strong password. The password will not be displayed. Click Copy to copy the new password to your clipboard.

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The Argo CD Admin Account feature is different from the Akuity Platform Admin user role. Please refer to Argo CD documentation for more information about the Admin Account feature, or refer to the Organizations page in the Akuity Platform documentation for more information about the Akuity Platform Admin user role.

Account management​

In addition to the admin user, the Akuity Platform allows you to create additional system accounts with configurable capabilities:

  1. Click Add Account.

  2. Type a username in the blank Name field.

  3. Select appropriate permissions in the Capabilities field.

  4. Click Add.

Repeat these steps to add additional system accounts.

To set a password for any system user:

  1. Click the corresponding Set password button. Then either:

    • Specify a custom password and click Submit or

    • Click Regenerate password to generate a strong password. The password will not be displayed. Click Copy to copy the new password to your clipboard.

Account capabilities​

  • login: Permits the user to log in using the Argo CD UI.

  • apiKey: Permits the user to generate authentication tokens for API access. This is useful for CI/CD pipelines or other automated processes that need to interact with the Argo CD API.