Creating an Adobe Cloud connection

To create the connection you need:

  • A client ID
  • A client secret
  • An organization ID
  • A technical account ID
  • A private key

Obtaining the credentials

  1. Login to your Adobe Cloud Developer account.

  2. Navigate to the Adobe Cloud Developer console page.

  3. Click Create New Project.

  4. Click Add API

  5. Choose the User Management API

  6. Click Generate a key pair, and in the end click Generate keypair

  7. Once the private key pair was generated, navigate back to the Project page and click on the project you’ve created

  8. Click Service Account

  9. Copy the specified credentials

    Don’t forget to copy the private key that was generated in step number 7.

Creating your connection

  1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.

  2. Select the Adobe Cloud icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appear.

  3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.

  4. Select Access Token as the method to make the connection.

  5. Fill in the parameters:

    • The client ID
    • The client secret
    • The organization ID
    • The technical account ID
    • The private key
  6. (Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.

  7. Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.