How does a Lucidum connector access data sources and consume the data? #
Answer: Lucidum uses the data source’s API library or REST API requests to retrieve data.
How does a connector authenticate with the data source? #
Answer: Lucidum authenticates with some data sources using username and password; API key and API secret; or client id and client secret and scopes. Some data sources require OAuth-based authentication, where Lucidum uses client id and client secret to receive an authorization code and then sends an HTTP request to exchange the authorization code for an access token and refresh token. The resource owner then sends the tokens to the Lucidum connector. The Lucidum connector then authenticates with the tokens to retrieve data from the API.
What does the Lucidum connector do to the customer data set via the API? #
Answer: Connectors only read from data sources and don’t modify the customer data set.
How frequently do the Lucidum connectors run? #
Answer: each connector runs once a day.
What Parameter Do Lucidum Connectors Require？ #
Connectors usually require a common set of parameters:
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Host Name/IP Address/Domain. The hostname or IP address of the data source server. It is where the connectors fetch the data.
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Port. Connection port.
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One of the following type of authentication information:
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User Name and Password. The credentials for a user account that has the permissions to fetch assets.
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API Key. An API key associated with a user account that has permissions to fetch assets.
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Client ID and Client Secret. Usually the customer needs to register an App client.
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AWS Access Key ID and AWS Access Key Secret
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User Name and API Key. The credentials for a user account that has the required permissions to fetch assets. Examples include Auvik and Jira assets platform and the Jira software platform. You need not just the API key but also the user name for this category.
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JSON Key pair for the service account. A JSON document containing service-account credentials.
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Email of an admin account and JSON Key pair for the service account.
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