Configuring connection security

To ensure secure access to your application, you must define the necessary security protocol that verifies user identity (authentication) and governs access permissions (authorization) through your connector. This is achieved by configuring an authentication type and its required connection properties.

When you configure a connector, you must define how access security is handled:

• If you created the connector by using an OpenAPI document, the authentication type and required properties are imported automatically from the specification.
• If you created the connector manually, you must explicitly specify the authentication type (for example, Basic, OAuth 2.0, and API key) and define the connection properties (for example, username, password, token, and key) to access the connector.

Always refer to the application's REST API documentation to ensure that the authentication type you configure is supported and correctly implemented.