Manage credentials ↗

Credentials simplify and compartmentalize administrative tasks, and enable you to save login information without exposing usernames, passwords, certificates, and SSH keys. You can reuse credentials across multiple systems, for example, when using the same administrator password across multiple endpoints.

Prerequisite

To view the Credentials page and manage its content, your user role must have the following minimum permissions:

  • Integrations: View
  • Data Sources: View
  • External Issue Mapping: View

Without these permissions, the Credentials page is hidden. Furthermore, if the Credentials permission itself is set to None, the page is hidden even if the above prerequisites are met. For more information, see Credentials permissions.


After you set up a credential, you can configure integration instances to use it instead of entering the name and password manually.

How to add credentials to an integration instance

  1. Create the credential.
    1. Select Settings → Configurations → Integrations → Credentials → New Credential.

    2. Add the following parameters:

      Parameters Description
      Credential Name The name of the credential. You select this name when adding the credential to the integration instance.
      Username The username for the credential.
      Workgroup The workgroup to associate this credential with. Relevant for third-party services, such as Active Directory, CyberArk, and HashiCorps.
      Password The password for the credential. For example, add the API Key when defining the API credential.
      Certificate Certificate or SSH to use for the credential.
    3. Save the credential.
  2. Add the credential to the integration instance.
    1. Go to Settings → Data Sources & Integrations and select the integration.
    2. Click Add Instance.

    3. Locate the relevant section and click Switch to credentials.

      If there is more than one credential, select the relevant credential.

      Note

      If your user role has the Credentials permission set to None, the Switch to credentials option is hidden. Instead, the message Credentials are locked by admin is displayed, and you cannot reference stored secrets. This restriction applies to both data sources and unified connectors.

    4. Test and Save & Exit the integration instance.

Configure an external credentials vault in Cortex XSIAM

Cortex XSIAM integrates with external credential vaults, which enables you to use them without hard-coding or exposing the credentials. The credentials are not stored in Cortex XSIAM, but the integration fetches the credentials from the external vault when called. The credentials are passed to the relevant executed integrations as part of the integration parameters.

Sample credentials provider integrations:

After the integration is configured to fetch credentials, you can also use them in scripts and playbooks. To use these credentials in an integration, click Switch to credentials in an integration instance, and select the necessary credential from the drop-down menu.