unleash.unleash/website/docs/reference/service-accounts.md

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title: Service Accounts
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:::note Availability

**Plan**: [Enterprise](https://www.getunleash.io/pricing) | **Version**: `4.21+`

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Service accounts provide an identity for integration and automation tools to access the Unleash API. You can assign a role to a service account, granting it a specific set of permissions. Service accounts authenticate using tokens. They do not have a password and cannot access the Unleash Admin UI.

## Create a service account

To create service accounts in the Unleash Admin UI:
1. Go to **Admin > Service accounts.**
2. Enter a name and username for the service account and select a root role. 
3. Optionally, create and assign a service account token. You can also generate one later.
4. Click **Save service account**.

![Service account tokens](/img/service-account-tokens.png)

When a service account creates or modifies resources, Unleash uses the username of the account as the value for the _Created by_ or _Changed_ by properties of [events](./events).