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Creating a Adobe Creative Cloud Connector | v8.6+

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Managing API client access to Adobe Creative Cloud

The Certero connector for Adobe Creative Cloud uses the Adobe Creative Cloud API (available to Adobe Enterprise Customers) to connect and retrieve data from Adobe.

Adobe recently made a change which deprecated Service Account (JWT) credentials in favor for OAuth Server-to-Server credentials. Certero has revised the Adobe Connector process to be inline with these changes which requires customers to update their connector details to the new authentication method from v8.6 and above.

Existing JWT tokens and Certero platforms on v8-v8.5 will continue to work until January 27th 2025 before you will be migrated to the new OAuth method by Adobe.

All customers on v8.6+ will be required to migrate any existing JWT tokens to OAuth Server-to-Server or create a new OAuth Server-to-Server token to continue receiving Adobe data into Certero.

For more information on how to migrate an existing JWT token, please review the following Migration Guide (all products)

The Adobe Creative Cloud API's use OAuth Server-to-Server to encapsulate credentials and authenticate your identity. The OAuth token is exchanged for an access token that authorizes access.

For more information on Adobe Authentication for server account integrations:

Adobe Service Account Integration

For more information on Adobe Authentication in general:

Adobe I/O Authentication Overview

In order to successfully create a connection to the Adobe Creative Cloud APIs you will need to complete the following steps:

  1. Create a new integration in Adobe's developer portal

  2. Create a Certero Platform Connector

Creating a new Adobe integration

Note:

The integration feature is only available with Adobe Enterprise Level Accounts

To create an integration, complete the following steps:

  1. Sign into the Adobe Developer Portal console.
    The console gives you access to APIs, SDKs and developer tools to build on, integrate and extend Adobe Products.  Sign in using an administrator account, not a standard user account

    1. Select Console in the top right corner

    2. Select Create new project under quick start options

  2. Select Add API

  3. Select Adobe Services

  4. Tick the box for User Management API

  5. Select Next

  6. Select OAuth Server-to-Server (currently the only option available)

  7. Save the configured API

  8. Select OAuth Server-to-Server and select Generate access token

  9. Note the Client ID , Client Secret & Organization ID

Creating the Certero Platform Connector

  1. Login to your Certero platform

  2. Navigate to Administration > Endpoint Server , right click your primary endpoint server, select Properties , next select Features and ensure you have Adobe Creative Cloud Connector ticked to enable the creation of an Adobe Connector.

  3. Within your Certero platform, select Connectors > Adobe Creative Cloud

  4. Click the + New button (top right)

  5. Give the connector a name and enter in your Client ID , Client Secret , Organization ID

  6. Click Validate to test the credentials

  7. Click the Schedule tab and schedule when you want the connector to run in your environment

  8. To finalize the process, its recommended to run your Adobe Connector to ensure data is coming into the platform and it looks as expected.
    With your Certero platform, select Connectors > Adobe Creative Cloud , right click your newly created connector, select Actions > Run Now