Working with User Credentials

You can manage several types of credentials with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM):

• Console password: For signing in to the Console, the user interface for interacting with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Use a username and Console password, to sign in to your cloud account/tenancy and identity domain. Note that federated users can't have Console passwords because they sign in through their identity provider. See Federating with Identity Providers. If you need help signing in, see Signing In for the First Time.
• API signing key (in PEM format): For sending API requests, which require authentication.
• Auth token: An Oracle-generated token that you can use to authenticate with third-party APIs. For example, use an auth token to authenticate with a Swift client when using Recovery Manager (RMAN) to back up an Oracle Database System (DB System) database to Object Storage.
• Customer Secret Keys: For using the Amazon S3 Compatibility API with Object Storage. See Amazon S3 Compatibility API.
• OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials: For interacting with the APIs of those services that use OAuth 2.0 authorization. See OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials.
• SMTP Credentials: For using the Email Delivery service.
• IAM Database Passwords: Users can create and manage their database password in their IAM user profile and use that password to authenticate to databases in their tenancy. See Working with IAM Database User Names and Passwords.
• IAM Database User Names: For users to create and manage their own user names for databases, and to create alternate user names as needed. See Working with IAM Database User Names and Passwords.