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Connect to Qlik Cloud

Let's configure the Qlik Cloud connection properties to connect to Qlik Cloud.

Before you begin

Before you get started, you'll need to get information from your Qlik Cloud 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 which 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.

Authentication types

You can configure your Qlik Cloud connection to use either the API Key or OAuth 2.0 authentication type.
Select the required authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.

API Key authentication

API Key authentication requires your Qlik Cloud Base URL and the access token of your application registered in Qlik Cloud.
The following table describes the connection properties for API Key authentication:
Property
Description
Base URL
The base URL of the Qlik Cloud account. Create the URL in the following format: https://<your-tenant-id>.<region>.qlikcloud.com
Access Token
The token generated in Qlik Cloud to access data. Qlik Cloud uses API Key to generate the token.

OAuth 2.0 authentication

OAuth 2.0 authentication requires the base URL, client ID, and client secret of your application registered in Qlik Cloud.
The following table describes the connection properties for OAuth 2.0 authentication:
Property
Description
Base URL
The base URL of the Qlik Cloud account. Create the URL in the following format: https://<your-tenant-id>.<region>.qlikcloud.com
Client ID
The OAuth 2.0 client identifier to connect to the Qlik Cloud application. You can access the client ID from the OAuth section in the Qlik Cloud Management Console.
Client Secret
The client secret generated for the client ID.