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Machine Account Attributes

Machine account attributes are used in provisioning configurations for machine accounts.

After you have created the required machine account subtypes, you can use the machine account attributes to provision machine accounts in your SailPoint tenant.

Refer to Machine Identity Security Overview for more information.

Note

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

Machine Account Provisioning Attributes

The following table provides a reference summary of Create Machine Account attributes.

Create Machine Account Attribute Description
ObjectType* The Active Directory object class for machine account creation. The default value is msDS-GroupManagedServiceAccount (gMSA).
distinguishedName* The distinguished name (DN) where the machine account is created. For example: CN=<name>,OU=<container>,DC=<domain>.
sAMAccountName* The machine account logon/profile name in Active Directory.
dNSHostName* The FQDN assigned to the service account. For example: gMSAName.domain.com.
sn Surname/last name value for the account object.
givenName Given name/first name value for the account object.
msDS-SupportedEncryptionTypes Supported encryption type(s) for the gMSA. The default is AES256.
msDS-ManagedPasswordInterval Password rotation interval (in days) for the managed service account.
msDS-GroupMSAMembership Principals allowed to use the gMSA. Multi-valued attribute.
msDS-AllowedToActOnBehalfOfOtherIdentity Principals allowed to act on behalf of this account. Multi-valued attribute.
description Description/comment for the machine account.
servicePrincipalName Service principal names (SPNs) associated with the machine account. Multi-valued attribute.

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