Disabling the shared credentials
A Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform project administrator can optionally disable the option to use shared credentials in connections in platform connections, projects, and catalogs.
About this task
When a connection is created with shared credentials, all users access the connection with the same credentials. However, because the credentials are shared, it is difficult to audit access to the connection, to identify the source of data loss, or identify the source of a security breach.
- Permissions you need for this task
- You must be a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform project or cluster administrator.
- When you need to complete this task
- If individual accountability is required, especially by industry-specific regulations that your
organization must comply with, it is recommended that you disable shared credentials on the
platform.
However, this setting is only applicable if the Cloud Pak for Data common core services are installed. If you can see in the navigation, you should determine whether you want to allow the use of shared credentials or whether you want to require each user to provide personal credentials.
If you want to require each user to provide personal credentials, disable the option to use shared credentials.