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Breakglass Accounts

A user performs a break glass check out when they need immediate access to an account that they are not authorized to manage.

To break glass an account, send the HTTP request to the following URL:

https://<host_name>:18443/iam/api/1.0/restapi/environments/ac/endpoints/<endpoint_name>/accounts/<account_name>?breakglass-accounts=true
host_name

Specifies the host name.

endpoint_name

Specifies the endpoint name.

account_name

Specifies the account name.

The following example shows the HTTP body content to break glass an account:

<Account>
<PasswordState justification="my justification">BreakGlass</PasswordState>
</Account>

Note: Only users with the break glass privileged access role can perform the break glass process.