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Authorization

Follow this guide to create a new Collibra credential that will allow Nexla to authenticate to and exchange data with your Collibra account.
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Collibra

Prerequisites​

Before creating a Collibra credential, you need to obtain authentication credentials from your Collibra account. Collibra uses Basic Authentication with a username (or personal API key) and password combination to authenticate API requests.

To use Collibra with Nexla, you need:

  • Access to your Collibra account
  • A Collibra account with appropriate permissions to access the resources you want to work with
  • Your username or personal API key for Basic Authentication
  • Your password for Basic Authentication
  • Your Collibra environment URL

The Collibra API requires your environment URL, which is the base URL of your Collibra instance (e.g., https://your-instance.collibra.com). For detailed information about Collibra authentication, credential setup, and available resources, refer to the Collibra API documentation.

Create a Collibra Credential​

  • To create a new Collibra credential, after selecting the data source/destination type, click the Add Credential tile to open the Add New Credential overlay.

New Credential Overlay – Collibra

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Credential Name & Description​

  1. Enter a name for the credential in the Credential Name field and a short, meaningful description in the Credential Description field.

    Resource descriptions are recommended but are not required. They should be used provide information about the resource purpose, data freshness, etc. that can help the owner and other users efficiently understand and utilize the resource.

Basic Authentication Configuration​

  1. Enter your Collibra username or personal API key in the Username Or API Key field. This is the username or personal API key associated with your Collibra account that will be used for Basic Authentication.

  2. Enter your Collibra password in the Password field. This is the password associated with your Collibra account that will be used together with the username or API key for Basic Authentication.

  3. Enter your Collibra environment URL in the Environment URL field. This should be the base URL of your Collibra instance, including the protocol (https://) but without any trailing slashes (e.g., https://your-instance.collibra.com). The environment URL is used to construct all API endpoint URLs.

    Keep your authentication credentials secure and do not share them publicly. The credentials provide access to your Collibra account and should be treated as sensitive information. Basic Authentication credentials are sent in the Authorization header for all API requests to the Collibra API. The environment URL determines which Collibra instance your credential will access. For detailed information about obtaining and managing credentials, see the Collibra API documentation.

Save the Credential​

  1. Once all of the relevant steps in the above sections have been completed, click the Save button at the bottom of the overlay to save the configured credential.

  2. The newly added credential will now appear in a tile on the Authenticate screen during data source/destination creation and can be selected for use with a new data source or destination.