4.4 Manage Credentials for Data Source Connections

OpenText™ Cloud Bridge Agent > Data Sources

Use this page to add, view, modify, or delete credentials for your data source connections. You can also export and import credentials from one OpenText™ Cloud Bridge Agent to another to reuse them in a high availability environment.

For more information, see the following topics:

4.4.1 Add New Credentials

Complete the following steps to add new credentials for data source connections.

  1. Click the plus (+) sign.

  2. In the Unique Id box, paste the data source connection ID you copied from the application to which you want to connect. For example, for OpenText Advanced Authentication, paste the data source connection credential Id you copied in Step 7.b.

  3. In the Ordinal box, specify the appropriate ordinal for the authentication method. This value varies depending on whether you are entering credentials for the OpenText Identity Manager AE Permission collector or one of the SCIM collectors and fulfillers. For information about ordinals, see the documentation for the data source for which you are adding credentials.

  4. (Optional) In the Description box, specify a unique description of the data source to help you easily identify it.

  5. Under Data Source Credentials in the Username box, specify the service account ID. For LDAP accounts, specify the full DN. For example, CN=svc-id-admin,CN=Users,DC=support,DC=test.

    NOTE:This box is limited to 255 characters.

  6. In the Password box, enter the password for the service account.

    NOTE:This box is limited to 255 characters.

  7. Click Save.

  8. Repeat these steps to add credentials for other identity or application collectors in OpenText Identity Governance or external repositories in OpenText Advanced Authentication.

You can change these credentials anytime if your service account or password has changed. Click the credential name in the Unique Id column to open the Update Credential window where you can make changes.

After you have added credentials on an Agent, you can reuse those credentials on other Agents in a high availability environment by exporting and importing the credentials. For more information, see Export or Import Existing Credentials.

4.4.2 Export or Import Existing Credentials

After you have added credentials on an Agent instance, you can reuse those credentials on other Agents in your high availability environment by exporting and importing the credentials. For information about adding new credentials, see Add New Credentials. As a best practice, you should verify that all data source credentials are correct before you export them for reuse.

To export or import existing credentials:

  1. (Conditional) If this is the first Agent in your environment and you plan to install additional Agents for high availability, export your data source credentials as follows:

    1. Click the Export icon.

    2. Provide a name for the credentials file with a .json extension, then click Download.

  2. (Conditional) If you previously saved data source credentials and want to reuse them now, import them as follows:

    1. Click the Import icon.

    2. Click Select file to import and locate the .json file that you previously saved to the Downloads folder, then click Import.

IMPORTANT:

  • If you recreate your OpenText Advanced Authentication external repositories, your Data Source Connection credential ID will change and you will need to delete the previous credential and add the new credential.

  • If you delete and recreate any in-use data source connection credential ID in OpenText Identity Governance, the associated collector will stop communicating through the Agent and you will need to enter the new credential in the Agent using the steps above.