Commercetools
Beginner
Projects, API Clients, Auth, and Scopes
Set up secure project access for enterprise teams without handing every service broad manage permissions.
35 min
3 sections
oauth
scopes
security
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01. Model projects as environments and tenancy boundaries
Section 1 of 3
A Commercetools Project is the top-level container for commerce resources. Enterprise programs usually use separate projects for development, staging, production, and sometimes regional or brand boundaries. Do not use a single production project as a playground for every integration team.
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Project layout example:
dev-us-retail
stage-us-retail
prod-us-retail
prod-eu-retail
Control plane:
- API clients created per service and environment
- Secrets stored in the enterprise secret manager
- Scopes limited to service responsibilities
- Audit ownership documented per clientBack to Course