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Functional accounts

There are a series of endpoints that aren't associated with regular user ids:

  • Management console (Port 8889)
  • Metrics endpoint (Port 8890)

  • Health check (Port 8886)

    Tip

    You can also configure access to Health check (Port 8886) using the following environment parameters:

    • HEALTHCHECK_USER
    • HEALTHCHECK_PASSWORD

To enable access to those, you need functional accounts. The same applies to the use of Domino REST API in a local context when running on a client.

There are many reasons to keep these users separate from your enterprise directory:

  • They need to be available when the directory isn't available.
  • They don't need access to regular end points.

Note

Functional account names are verbatim. Domino REST API doesn't accept any variations as you expect in a Domino login.

For information on setting up a functional account, see Set up a functional account.