OpenMetadata/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.6.x/developers/bots.md

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title: How to Set Up Bots
slug: /developers/bots
---

# How to Set Up Bots

The default account for any ingestion pipeline deployed from the UI is `ingestion-bot`. To configure `ingestion-bot` from the UI, go to the settings page and access the `Bots` tile.

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src="/images/v1.6/developers/settings-bot.png"
alt="settings-bot"
/%}

{% image
src="/images/v1.6/developers/bot-listing.png"
alt="bot-listing"
/%}

You can either create a new bot or update the existing `ingestion-bot`.

### Update `ingestion-bot`

Click on `ingestion-bot` and you will be redirected to it's details page, there you can

- Revoke the token if already present
- Copy the generated token

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src="/images/v1.6/developers/bot-token-page.png"
alt="bot-listing"
/%}

- Generate new token

{% image
src="/images/v1.6/developers/generate-new-token.png"
alt="generate new token"
/%}

{% image
src="/images/v1.6/developers/bot-token-generate.png"
alt="token generate page"
/%}

### Create a new bot

Click the `Add bot` button, and you will be directed to the bot creation page. Fill in the required details and then click on the `Create` button.

{% image
src="/images/v1.6/developers/create-bot.png"
alt="create bot"
/%}


### Notes:

**1. `ingestion-bot`**

The `ingestion-bot` bot is created (or updated if it already exists) as a system bot that cannot be deleted, and
the credentials used for this bot, if they did not exist before, will be the ones present in the OpenMetadata configuration.
Otherwise, a JWT Token will be generated to be the default authentication mechanism of the `ingestion-bot`.

**2. JWT Token auth mechanism**

If you decide to configure a JWT Token for the authentication mechanism ensure that you have also the value `http://localhost:8585/api/v1/system/config/jwks`
in your `publicKeyUrls` list:

- For **bare metal** configuration:

```yaml
authenticationConfiguration:
  provider: "google"
  publicKeyUrls:
    - "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/certs"
    - "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/system/config/jwks"
```

- For **docker** configuration, the value to be updated is `AUTHENTICATION_PUBLIC_KEYS`:

```bash
AUTHENTICATION_PUBLIC_KEYS=[https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/certs, http://localhost:8585/api/v1/system/config/jwks]
```

- In the case of **kubernetes**, you have to update `publicKeys` values:

```yaml
openmetadata:
  config:
    authentication:
      publicKeys:
        - "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/certs"
        - "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/system/config/jwks" 
```

**3. Redeploying ingestion pipelines**

When the `ingestion-bot` is updated, we must redeploy our ingestion pipelines since the credentials used by the bot have been updated,
and they will no longer be valid.