Authenticate for Platform Operations

Generate OAuth credentials

The primary method used to authenticate for Platform Operations is OAuth2. Specifically, you need to generate a machine-to-machine OAuth client - these are available at multiple tiers in Qlik Cloud, depending on your subscription.

Note: This section relates to the use of machine-to-machine OAuth to support Platform Operations. For a general overview of OAuth, refer to the OAuth2 Overview.

Tenant provisioning is handled by My Qlik, the subscription management portal for Qlik Cloud. If you are entitled to a single tenant, then you will use this portal to create your tenant interactively, before logging into that tenant to create an OAuth client to continue with this tutorial series. If you are entitled to multiple tenants, then the portal will be used to procure region level OAuth clients for your entitlement.

If you are planning to deploy multiple tenants and you haven’t used these features before, please reach out to your Qlik account manager as it’s likely that you will need changes made to your Qlik entitlement before you begin.

How to create a tenant level OAuth client

If you have only one tenant, then you will want to create a tenant level OAuth client. First ensure the tenant has been created and sign in to it with a user assigned with a TenantAdmin role.

Then review the create a new OAuth client guide.

How to create a region level OAuths client

If you will have more than one tenant, create a region level OAuth client. You need to be the Service Account Owner of a subscription with an entitlement for more than one tenant.

Learn how to create a region level OAuth client in My Qlik.

Next steps

To begin the provisioning workflow and start spinning up tenants with code, go to Create a tenant.

If you prefer a no-code workflow, begin your journey with the Platform Operations connector.