Documentation for creating custom credential types?

Hello Santeri,

The documentation here Credential Management explains each credential type and how to edit the credentials. However, how you modify the credential to monitor a specific type of device depends entirely on that device, especially for more complex credentials like SOAP/XML and Database credentials. These instructions are in the PowerPack manuals for the specific device you are monitoring, i.e. the IBM: DB2 PowerPack manual contains instructions on how to create credentials to monitor DB2 databases specifically.

Antonio Andres

Principal Technical Support Engineer | ScienceLogic

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Hi,

Thank you for your reply. What I meant here was how to create custom credential types, not credentials themselves. In the AP2 GUI, under System -> Manage -> Credentials, there is a Types tab where I can create a new credential type. It seems that some kind of JSON configuration needs to be created, based on which the new credential type is defined. I would like to see documentation on this — specifically, what configuration options are available — so that I can create my own credential types and use them when setting up monitors.

- Santeri

Hello Santeri,

Thank you for the clarification. The Create New button creates Universal Credential Types. The documentation I linked to before has more information on Universal Credentials, but we do not have a guide on how to create a new universal credential type. You can review some of the existing Universal credential types in the Types tab to see how to configure the JSON. Otherwise, I recommend reaching out to our Professional Services team if there is a specific device you need to monitor with a new universal credential type.

Antonio Andres

Principal Technical Support Engineer | ScienceLogic