About Credentials

Credentials store the authorizations for the user or service accounts you will use to integrate Validio with data sources. When you connect Validio to an integration, such as a data source or a notification channel, the credential authenticates the connection.

When you create a credential, you will configure a set of parameters -- such as a username, password, and hostname -- 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 data source 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.