Pega Access is a single API key that is stored on the Robot Runtime computer, and provides access to configuration information that is read from BeyondTrust on startup. Each of these additional keys can be individually secured. Using this feature reduces the need for maintenance on individual robots.

Pega Access offers several advantages:

• You can set up each computer a minimal set of shared secrets, with the API keys that are not stored locally being retrieved from BeyondTrust on demand.
• Each API key has authentication rules that control who can use the key to retrieve credentials. Using more API keys allows more granular control of access to credentials.
• You can change API key values (except for the Pega Access API key) in BeyondTrust without the need to update individual computers.

To implement Pega Access, you create a special asset, a managed account, a user group, and a user with reserved names. When present, the integration uses Pega Access if an API key is not found locally.