Efficient centralized credential storage for remotely managed networks

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a server device that stores a plurality of access credentials for computing devices that are disposed within a managed network, a request containing a label and an indication of an application service, wherein the server device is disposed within a remote network management platform that remotely manages the managed network, and wherein the request is received from a requesting device;
• mapping, by the server device, the label and the application service to an endpoint identifier of a target computing device that is disposed within the managed network, wherein the endpoint identifier is associated with particular access credentials of the plurality of access credentials that are usable to access the application service executing on the target computing device;
• and
• transmitting, by the server device and to the requesting device, the endpoint identifier and the particular access credentials, wherein reception of the endpoint identifier and the particular access credentials causes the requesting device to remotely access the application service executing on the target computing device.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a server computing system that is disposed within a remote network management platform that remotely manages a managed network, cause the server computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a proxy server application executing on a proxy server device that is disposed within the managed network, a request containing a label and an indication of an application service;
• mapping the label and the application service to an endpoint identifier of a target computing device that is disposed within the managed network, wherein the endpoint identifier is associated with particular access credentials of a plurality of access credentials that are usable to access the application service executing on the target computing device;
• and
• transmitting, to the proxy server application, the endpoint identifier and the particular access credentials, wherein reception of the endpoint identifier and the particular access credentials causes the proxy server application to remotely access the application service executing on the target computing device.