How to request a Service Account
Service accounts are requested on behalf of account owners by departmental ITC’s or local support representatives that have access to O-Key Administrator. The process is described below. Please contact the OSU Stillwater IT Helpdesk should you require further assistance. Multiple Long Term Visitor accounts can be requested with a spreadsheet.
- The O-Key Administrator will authenticate to okey.okstate.edu/admin
- Click on the “Request Service Account” link.
- Click the “Service Account Request” link or the “Long Term Visitor Service Account Multiple Request” link.
- Choose the following service account information.
- Service Account Type
- Mail Enabled
- Application
- Kiosk
- Reserved UID
- Resource Room (conference rooms, classrooms, etc)
- Long Term Visitor
- WirelessMac
- Resource Equipment (vans, cars, pike passes, etc)
- LDAP Only
- Capacity (this field is required only for Resource service accounts). If the resource is a room, the capacity would be how many people can fit in the room. If the resource is equipment, such as a car, the capacity would be how many people can fit in the car. If the resource is equipment, such as a pike pass, the capacity would be zero.)
- Service Account UID (Not required for WirelessMac accounts)
- Desired AD Username (The default email address for a service account, if applicable, is username@okstate.edu (for example, pistolpete@okstate.edu). However, this may be modified during the activation process if the account owner wishes to do so.
- Begin Date (this is the date that the account can be activated and used)
- End Date (one year from begin date maximum)
- Owner’s Name
- Owner’s AD Username
- Owner’s Department
- Secondary Owner’s Name
- Secondary Owner’s AD Username
- Requestor’s Name (ITC or Local Support Rep)
- Requestor’s Department
- Requestor’s Phone
- Service Account Description
- Detailed Usage Info (a more detailed description of the account purpose)
- Click on Submit
- An email will be delivered to helpdesk@okstate.edu, which will automatically generate a Support Incident Ticket.
- Once the account has been created, the requestor will be contacted.
- The service account will need to be activated by the account owner.
- Once activated, the service account is ready for use.