Create an NCentral Read-Only User and an API Key

Step 1:

• Log in to your NCentral administration console.

• Select Administration > User Management > Users.

• Select Create User.

Step 2:

• Enter the following information:

  • First Name: epiphany

  • Last Name: systems

  • Login Name: epiphany

  • Password: Ensure your password follows your organization's password security policy.

Step 3:

• Select the Role tab and select Assign Roles.

• Check the Default Dashboard Role checkbox.

NCentral's API will not work with 2FA enabled during collection testing. Please do not enable 2FA for this user.

Step 4:

• Select the API Access tab.

• Check the API-Only User checkbox to enable API access for this user.

• Select Save.

Step 5:

• Select the login name of the user you just created to open the Modify User form.

• Select the API Access tab and check the API-Only User checkbox.

• To authenticate the API user with a web token, select GENERATE JSON WEB TOKEN and copy the token for login use in Add the NCentral Credentials to Epiphany. For more information, see Generate a JSON web token.

• Select OK then select Save.

You now have a read-only user, and an API key generated for the user.