Create application partition and identity

{{ch}} supports both administration and key management access through the json api you must create an application partition and its associated identity to enable authentication and communication through a json web request the application partition specifies the administrative, key management permissions, and key access for the application identity create an application partition perform the following steps to create an application partition log in to the {{ch}} web dashboard under dual control with your administrator users select the gear icon in the upper right corner of the page and go to administration > user management > partitions select \[ add ] and configure the following settings basic info role name enter zoho login count requirement select normal hsm partition select enabled role type select principal service permissions select zoho permissions select the following permissions crypto\ decrypt crypto\ encrypt advanced info external name (none) rest api login select enabled excrypt api login select disabled kmip api login select disabled select \[ deploy ] create an application identity perform the following steps to create an application identity log in to the {{ch}} web dashboard under dual control with your administrator users select the gear icon in the upper right corner of the page and go to administration > user management > applications select \[ add ] and configure the following settings basic info login name enter keymanagerapi common name enter keymanagerapi hsm application enabled locked disabled partitions enter keymanagerapi authentication select api key select \[ deploy ] your browser prompts you to download a text file api key keymanagerapi txt containing the api key, which you can use for web api authentication