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## Prerequisites
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- Create a [Mattermost](https://www.mattermost.com/) account.
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- Have the rights to generate personal access tokens (needs to be enabled by the system administrator of the Mattermost server).
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**Note:** A system administrator has to grant permission to the user to generate an access token. Refer to the [FAQs](#_1-how-to-grant-permissions-to-the-users-to-generate-access-tokens) to learn how a system administrator can grant this permission.
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## Using Access Token
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1. Access your System Console.
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2. Access Integrations.
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1. Click on your username on the top left corner and select 'Account Settings' from the dropdown list.
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2. Click on the ***Security*** tab.
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3. Click on ***Edit*** in the ***Personal Access Tokens*** section.
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4. Click on the ***Create Token*** button.
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5. Enter a description in the ***Token Description*** field.
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6. Click on the ***Save*** button.
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7. Click on the ***Yes, Create*** button.
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8. Use this ***Acess Token*** with your Mattermost node credentials in n8n.
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## FAQs
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### 1. How to grant permissions to the users to generate access tokens?
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A system admin has to grant permissions to the users for the user to create access tokens. If you're a system admin, follow the steps mentioned below.
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1. Click on your username on the top left corner and select 'System Console' from the dropdown list.
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2. Click on ***Integration Management*** under the ***INTEGRATIONS*** section on the left sidebar.
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3. Go to Integration Management.
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4. Scroll down and enable personal access tokens.
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4. Scroll down to the ***Enable Personal Access Tokens*** and enable personal access tokens.
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5. Click on the ***Save*** button.
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6. Click on ***Users*** under the ***USER MANAGEMENT*** section on the left sidebar.
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7. Personal access tokens are generated for individual users, so they must be enabled for each user. Click on ***Member*** next to the user you want to grant permission to, and select 'Manage Roles' from the dropdown list.
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8. Check the ***Allow this account to generate personal access tokens*** checkbox.
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9. Select any additional permissions you want to grant the user and click on the ***Save*** button.
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**Note:** You may also create a bot account and apply the same for it.
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5. Personal access tokens are generated for individual users, so they must be enabled for each user. To accomplish this, go to Users under User Management. *You may also create a bot account and apply the same to this.*
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6. Select the user you wish to enable them for. Click on "Manage Roles" under the dropdown menu.
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7. Tick the "Allow this account to generate personal access tokens" radio button.
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8. Now the user can generate a personal access token by going to account settings.
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9. Click on the security tab.
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10. Click edit on the personal access token item and click generate token.
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The user can now generate a personal access token by going to their account settings and following the steps mentioned [above](#using-access-token).
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