Connecting with IBM watsonx.ai on IBM Cloud

You can connect one or more IBM watsonx.ai on IBM Cloud® instances with IBM Guardium AI Security by using a secret key that provides access to your cloud environment. IBM watsonx.ai discovers AI deployments across the instances.

Before you begin

AI Security This functionality is available only with the Guardium AI Security application.

Verify that you have an watsonx.ai instances on IBM Cloud user with the permission to create the relevant service account.

About this task

Use the following steps to connect Guardium AI Security with one or more watsonx.ai instances on IBM Cloud:

Procedure

  1. Use one of the following methods:
    • Click Add connections on the welcome page of Guardium AI Security.
    • Click the Connections icon from the Guardium AI Security navigation menu.
  2. In the Add connections wizard, select the IBM Cloud watsonx.ai tile, and then click Next.
  3. In the Add a cloud account step, follow the onscreen instructions to add the account details and generate a secret key, and then click Next.
    Note: Until the secret key is entered in the Account secret key box, the Next button is not enabled.
  4. Based on the result of the secret key validation, you can do either of the validation tasks:
    • If the secret key is valid, click Next.
    • If the secret key is not valid, verify that you entered valid account details and secret key. If not, repeat step 3.
  5. In the Set permissions step, follow the onscreen instructions to set access control for service IDs, and then click Done.

Results

When you connect Guardium AI Security with watsonx.ai instances on IBM Cloud, a service account with read-only permissions. This service account is connected to the different watsonx.ai projects. The service account scans and monitors the metadata of the AI deployments that Guardium AI Security discovers.