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CREATE AUTHENTICATION POLICY
CREATE AUTHENTICATION POLICY
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Available to all accounts.

Creates a new authentication policy in the current or specified schema or replaces

an existing authentication policy. You can use authentication policies to define
authentication controls and security requirements for accounts or users.
See also:
ALTER AUTHENTICATION POLICY, DESCRIBE AUTHENTICATION POLICY, DROP
AUTHENTICATION POLICY, SHOW AUTHENTICATION POLICIES
Syntax
CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] AUTHENTICATION POLICY [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <name>
[ CLIENT_TYPES = ( '<string_literal>' [ , '<string_literal>' , ...
[ AUTHENTICATION_METHODS = ( '<string_literal>' [ , '<string_literal
[ SECURITY_INTEGRATIONS = ( '<string_literal>' [ , '<string_literal>
[ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]

Required Parameters
<name>

Specifies the identifier for the authentication policy. If the identifier contains
spaces or special characters, you must enclose the string in double quotation
marks. Identifiers enclosed in double quotation marks are case-sensitive. The
identifier must meet the identifier requirements.
Optional Parameters
CLIENT_TYPES = ( '<string_literal>' [ , '<string_literal>' ,
... ] )

A list of clients that can authenticate with Snowflake If a client tries to connect
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