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title: Adding Cluster Accounts in Password Vault
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-5-0/adding-cluster-accounts-in-password-vault
description: Learn how to configure cluster accounts in target devices by setting the same password for all instances. Follow our step-by-step guide to create identical SAPM accounts easily and efficiently. Find out how to search for identical accounts in the SAPM Man
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createdAt: 2022-07-29T12:49:55.000Z
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For cluster accounts in target devices, the same password should be set for both instances. To make the configuration for cluster accounts, an account has to be defined for an active cluster node. Once that is done, other nodes can be defined by following these steps:

1.
   Navigate to **Secrets > Vault.**
2.
   Open the **Vault** tab.
3.
   Select the defined active node account and click its **Options** button.
4. Select the **Create Identical Account** option.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/SQwPdYdxmihp6N0GfNX37_image.png "Identical Account Creation Option")

- Enter the Account name, other cluster node IP address, and **Parent Group. **
- Click **Create.**

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/CyrRyUmKpkYxGcHmb5GQu_image.png "Create Identical Account dialog box")

:::hint{type="info"}
- While adding a cluster account, a connection to the device is not established. The password of the first account of the cluster is assigned automatically to identical accounts.
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  The proper regular expression should be defined for the **change.password.failure.pattern **property in the Vault configuration, to prevent password change on passive nodes.
:::

To search for identical accounts for an account:

1. Navigate to **Secrets > Vault.**
2. Open the **Vault** tab.
3. Select the desired account and click the** Options **button.
4. Select the **Show Identical Accounts** option.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/OTgG7KwG_QIeY4vtIUzdI_image.png "Showing Identical Accounts")