Managing Account Security

As the initial account Owner, you are the Admin and control security settings, such as the session and API key expiration timeouts, according to your companies requirements.

Admin Account

When you create a BlazeMeter Account, you have specified an email address and password to sign in to BlazeMeter. When you sign in using these credentials, you are accessing your BlazeMeter site as an Admin. Your Admin account has access to all services, settings, and resources in your account.

Follow security best practices to help prevent your Admin account from being compromised. To help ensure that you protect your BlazeMeter Account, set a strong password with a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters.

API Keys Expiration Period

As Admin, define the maximum expiration date of all API Keys created in this account.

  1. Log in to your BlazeMeter Account and click the cog in the top right corner of the screen.
  2. Click Account > Security.
  3. In the API Keys Expiration Period section, select an Expiry time period:

    • 1 Month

    • 3 Months

    • 6 Months

    • 1 Year

    • 10 Years

  4. Click Set to save.

The default is 10 years.

Session Timeout

As Admin, set a session timeout after which idle users are logged out.

  1. Log in to your BlazeMeter Account and click the cog in the top right corner of the screen.
  2. Click Account > Security.
  3. Enable the Session Timeout section.
  4. Select a time unit: Either Minutes, Hours, or Days.
  5. Enter an idle timeout as a number.
  6. Click Set to save.

The default is 30 days.