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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for using credentials to access computing resources
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Application No.: US14301934Application Date: 2014-06-11
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Publication No.: US09679122B1Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Michael P. DeHaan , Christopher S. Church , Christopher L. Houseknecht , Matthew W. Jones
- Applicant: Ansible, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F21/31
- IPC: G06F21/31

Abstract:
Mechanisms for controlling access to credentials are disclosed. A computing device receives, at a first time, a request associated with a user to initiate a plurality of actions against a computing resource of a plurality of computing resources, the request including a credential identifier that identifies a credential. A memory is accessed, based on the credential identifier, to retrieve the credential identified by the credential identifier that was stored in the memory at a time prior to the first time, the credential comprising authentication information configured to authenticate the plurality of actions to the computing resource. The computing device communicates the request and the authentication information to an orchestration engine for execution of the plurality of actions against the computing resource.
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