https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/best-security-practices-for-an-automated-script-on/m-p/1637625#M11529 <P>I've been looking for information regarding the best practices re: security when running an automated script from a bot user the server hosting our enterprise deployment.</P><P>I've found some information on the dev website laying out the different approaches, but I'm unsure if some of these are available on Enterprise 11.3 - I remember finding another page stating that OAuth2.0 isn't available until 11.4+. Here's the site:</P><P><A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/guide/working-with-different-authentication-schemes/" target="_blank">Working with different authentication schemes | ArcGIS API for Python | Esri Developer</A></P><P>At the moment, my script logs into to our enterprise deployment using my Admin credentials, but we don't want to have a python file with plain text credentials lying around on our server. What is the recommended method to access our enterprise portal?</P> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:41:10 GMT OscarFitzpatrick 2025-07-30T14:41:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/best-security-practices-for-an-automated-script-on/m-p/1637625#M11529 <P>I've been looking for information regarding the best practices re: security when running an automated script from a bot user the server hosting our enterprise deployment.</P><P>I've found some information on the dev website laying out the different approaches, but I'm unsure if some of these are available on Enterprise 11.3 - I remember finding another page stating that OAuth2.0 isn't available until 11.4+. Here's the site:</P><P><A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/guide/working-with-different-authentication-schemes/" target="_blank">Working with different authentication schemes | ArcGIS API for Python | Esri Developer</A></P><P>At the moment, my script logs into to our enterprise deployment using my Admin credentials, but we don't want to have a python file with plain text credentials lying around on our server. What is the recommended method to access our enterprise portal?</P> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:41:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/best-security-practices-for-an-automated-script-on/m-p/1637625#M11529 OscarFitzpatrick 2025-07-30T14:41:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/best-security-practices-for-an-automated-script-on/m-p/1637671#M11530 <P>Secrets management options vary by OS/platform.&nbsp; Are you running the script from Windows, Linux, etc...?</P> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:23:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/best-security-practices-for-an-automated-script-on/m-p/1637671#M11530 JoshuaBixby 2025-07-30T16:23:29Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/best-security-practices-for-an-automated-script-on/m-p/1638013#M11533 <P>Hi, I'm running from a Windows server on our network using a bot user to run the script overnight.</P> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:35:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/best-security-practices-for-an-automated-script-on/m-p/1638013#M11533 OscarFitzpatrick 2025-07-31T14:35:46Z