About Credentials

Credentials store the authorizations for the user or service accounts you will use to connect Validio with integrations such as data sources and notification channels. In general, we recommend creating a new service account with the required permissions for the data you want to monitor with Validio.

When you create a credential, you will configure a set of parameters -- such as a username, password, and hostname of the service account -- along with the type of data source it connects to. You can use one credential to connect to multiple sources, as long as the sources require the same authentication.

After you create a credential, Validio will connect to the service account and automatically start to collect information, such as metadata and lineage. This information populates the Catalog and Lineage pages with assets, which you can then convert to sources for Validio to monitor and validate.

For more information, see Managing Credentials.