Create an OpenAI connection to an Edge or Collibra Cloud site

After you install an Edge site or are granted a Collibra Cloud site, you can create an OpenAI connection to link your Edge or Collibra Cloud site to your OpenAI project.

Do you use a vault?

You can use a vault to add your data source information to your Edge site connection.

Check the connection property table below to see which information is available for your vault.

Vaults are not available for Collibra Cloud sites.

No vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Azure Key Vault

CyberArk Vault

Google Secret Manager

HashiCorp Vault

I don't use a vault
AWS Secrets Manager
Azure Key Vault
CyberArk Vault
Google Secret Manager
HashiCorp Vault

How to use your vault...

To use your vault, do the following:

In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
Enter the query value to identify the secret in your vault.
Example
Note The Query must be a string containing the properties required to identify the secret. Each property must be separated by a semicolon (;). For example: Safe=<SafeName>;Folder=<FolderName>;Object=<ObjectName>
If a property is a folder with sub-folders, use a backslash (\) to define the folder path. For example: Folder=Root\Top Secrets\More Secrets
For more information about query formats and supported properties, go to the CyberArk Credential Provider documentation.

To use your vault, do the following:

In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
Enter the required information:
Secret Engine Type
Select one of the following:
- Key Value
- Database
Engine Path
The engine path to your vault where the value is stored.
Secret Path
The secret path to your vault where the value is stored.
Field
If your Secret Engine Type is Key Value, enter the name of the field to your vault where the value is stored.
Role
If your Secret Engine Type is Database, enter the role specified in the Database engine.
Example

To use your vault, do the following:

In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
Enter the required information:
Vault Name
The name of your Azure Key Vault in your Azure Key Vault service where the value is stored.
Secret Name
The name of the secret in your vault where the value is stored.
Example

To use your vault, do the following:

In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
Enter the required information:
Secret Name
The name of the secret in your vault where the value is stored.
Field
If the secret stored in your AWS Secrets Manager is a JSON value, for example {"pass1": "my-password", "pass2": "my-password2"}, then you need to specify the Field to point to the exact JSON value that should be used. For example, Secret Name: edge-db-customer; Field: pass.
Note If the secret stored in your AWS Secrets Manager is a plain string value, for example my-password, then you do not need to specify the Field.
Example

To use your vault, do the following:

In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
Enter the name of the secret in your vault where the value is stored.
Example

Prerequisites

In your Collibra environment

To use the OpenAI integration, you need Collibra Platform 2026.09 or newer.
A separate Edge connection is required for each OpenAI project. OpenAI API keys are scoped to a single project, so a key issued in one project cannot access another. Create one connection per project, each using the API key for that specific project.
You either created and installed an Edge site or were granted a Collibra Cloud site.
Note
If you have defined an outbound (forward) proxy on your Edge site, the integration will take that configuration into account when connecting to the AI platform. The following proxies are supported, using either a HTTP or HTTPS proxy URL:
- Pass through (No authentication)
- Pass through (Basic authentication)
- No proxy for noProxy hosts defined by Edge
This integration is not supported on Edge sites installed using a Man-in-the-middle (MITM) proxy.

You have added a vault to your Edge site.

Note Vaults are not supported on Collibra Cloud sites.

If your data source connection requires a file from your vault, the file must be encoded into Base64 and stored as a regular secret in your vault.

You have a global role that has the Manage connections and capabilities global permission, for example, Edge integration engineer.

In your OpenAI environment

You have created an OpenAI project API key (sk-proj-...) for the OpenAI project you want to integrate, with Read Only access to the /v1/models endpoint.
Go to the OpenAI API documentation to generate an API key. For more information on API key permissions, go to the OpenAI Assign API Key Permissions documentation.

Steps

Open a site.
1. On the main toolbar, click → Settings.
  The Settings page opens.
2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
  The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of your sites.
3. In the table, click the name of the site whose status is Healthy.
  The site page opens.
In the Connections section, click Create connection.
The Create connection page appears.
Select the OpenAI connection to connect to OpenAI.

Enter the required information.

Field	Description	Required	Available for vaults?
Name	The name of the Edge or Collibra Cloud site OpenAI connection.	Yes	No
Description	The description of the connection.	No	No
Vault	The vault where you store your data source values.	No	No
OpenAI API Key	The OpenAI project API key (`sk-proj-...`) for the OpenAI project you want to integrate. The secret is encrypted on Edge and cannot be revealed.	Yes	Yes

Click Create.
The connection is added to the Edge or Collibra Cloud site.
The fields become read-only.

What's next

You can now add the OpenAI capability to an Edge or Collibra Cloud site.