Create Kerberos authentication files

In order to authenticate with Kerberos, you need to create the files with which Collibra DQ will access to authenticate your datasource connections.

Prerequisites

You have:

  • A krb5.conf file to store your Kerberos configuration information.
  • Admin user permissions.

Steps

  • Keytab
  • TGT
  1. Open a terminal session.
  2. Run the following command with your own username:
    3. kinit <your-username>
  3. Enter the password of your keytab file.

    4. Note If any encryption-related messages appear, you can safely ignore them.

  4. Run the following command with your file name:
    kinit -c /tmp/<your-file-name>.keytab

    Note You can define the location of your file, for example /tmp/.

  5. Run the following command with your username to view the details of your keytab file:
    6. klist <your-username>

View example screenshot...Kerberos Keytab example for oracle connection

  1. Open a terminal session.
  2. Run the following command with your username:
    3. kinit <your-username>
  3. Enter the password of your TGT file.
  4. Run the following command with your file name:
    5. kinit -c /tmp/<your-file-name>.tgt

    Note You can define the location of your file, for example /tmp/.

  5. Run the following command with your username to view the details of your TGT file:
    6. klist <your-username>

View example screenshot...Kerberos TGT example for oracle connection