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Connect to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Let's configure the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform connection properties to connect to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.

Before you begin

Before you get started, you'll need to get information from your MuleSoft Anypoint Platform account based on the authentication type that you want to configure.
Check out Prepare for authentication to learn more about the authentication prerequisites.

Connection details

The following table describes the basic connection properties:
Property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Use Secret Vault
Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization.
This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization.
This property is not supported by Data Ingestion and Replication and the Data Access Management services.
When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select the credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured.
Note:
If you’re using this connection to apply data access policies through pushdown or proxy services, you cannot use the Secret Vault configuration option.
For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see Secrets manager configuration.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks. Select a Secure Agent or serverless runtime environment.
The following table describes the advanced settings:
Property
Description
Additional Connection Parameters
Adds extra settings or configuration options for the connection. Enter properties as key-value pairs. Example: key1=value1; key2=value2; key3=value3

Authentication types

You can configure your MuleSoft Anypoint Platform connection to use either the Connected App or User Name and Password authentication type.
Select the required authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.

Connected App authentication

Connected App authentication requires the client ID and client secret of your OAuth 2.0 client configuration created in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
The following table describes the connection properties for Connected App authentication:
Property
Description
Client ID
The client identifier to connect to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform application. You can access the client ID from the Connected Apps menu in Access Management of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
Client Secret
The token generated in MuleSoft to access data.

User Name and Password authentication

User Name and Password authentication requires the user name and password of your user account registered in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
The following table describes the connection properties for User Name and Password authentication:
Property
Description
User Name
The user name to authenticate a user in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
Password
The password associated with the user name.