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title: Adding Cluster Accounts in SAPM
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-2-0/adding-cluster-accounts-in-sapm
description: Learn how to configure cluster accounts and search for identical accounts on target devices with this comprehensive document. Find out how to set the same password for cluster accounts and define SAPM accounts for active and passive nodes. Discover useful
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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 SAPM 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 **SAPM Management** > **SAPM Management**.
2. Open the **SAPM Accounts** tab.
3. Select the defined active node SAPM account and click its **Options** button.
4. Select the **Create Identical SAPM Account** option.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/cnlC_mIMJdEUGKOldAF6r_image.png "Identical SAPM Account Creation Option")

- Enter the other cluster node IP address .
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  Click **Create**.


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- While adding a cluster account, a connection to the device is not established. The password of the first SAPM account of the cluster is assigned automatically to identical accounts.
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  Proper regular expression should be defined for the **change.password.failure.pattern **property in the SAPM configuration, to prevent password change on passive nodes.
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To search for identical accounts for an SAPM account:

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

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/L_zUd6k6U9UE21iVMPU1e_image.png "Showing Identical SAPM Accounts")