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+Credentials
+==========
+
+Any **User** can have **Credentials** of two types: `API_KEY` and `PASSWORD`.
+
+An `API_KEY` credential consists of a random generated string, and will be shown only once during creation, so make sure
+to write it down and keep somewhere safe as there will be no way to retrieve it. It can be used instead of the standard
+`PASSWORD` **Credential** to perform a REST API login via the `/authentication/apikey` resource.
+
+A `PASSWORD` credential is a standard password that is assigned to a **User**; only one `PASSWORD` **Credential** can
+be assigned to a single **User**. By default, it must be at least 12 characters long and contain at least one uppercase
+letter, one lowercase letter, one number and one symbol; however, a different minimum can be enforced both at account
+level and at system level.
+
+In order to set a different limit for a specific account, go to the `Child Accounts-->Settings` panel in the Console
+and look for the `CredentialService` settings:
+
+![CredentialService Settings](images/credential_service_settings.png)
+
+The `password.minLength` configuration value can be changed to enforce a different minimum length for new passwords;
+existing passwords won't be affected by the change of the value. Allowed values are numbers between `12` and `255`
+inclusive, or an empty value (default); in this case, the default system value will be used. In order to set the default
+system value, use the `authentication.credential.userpass.password.minlength` system property; again, the allowed values
+are numbers between `12` and `255` inclusive, with `12` being the default if no value is set. Setting a value lower than
+`12` or higher than `255` will have the system reject the desired value and use `12` or `255` respectively.
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