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3798616 - Log Connector authentication mechanism

Symptom

When configuring the SAP Customer Data Cloud Log Connector with the Elastic Cloud provider, an API key must be provided.

Customers may have questions such as:

  • What is this API key used for?
  • Does Elastic Cloud use the configured API key to authenticate requests from SAP CDC?
  • Is this API key the same as the apikey field contained in CDC log events?


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Environment

When configuring the SAP Customer Data Cloud Log Connector with the Elastic Cloud provider, an API key must be provided.

Customers may have questions such as:

  • What is this API key used for?
  • Does Elastic Cloud use the configured API key to authenticate requests from SAP CDC?
  • Is this API key the same as the apikey field contained in CDC log events?
  • Where can details of the Elastic Cloud authentication mechanism be found?

Product

SAP Customer Data Cloud all versions

Keywords

SAP Customer Data Cloud, SAP CDC, Log Connector, Elastic Cloud, Elasticsearch, apiKey, API key authentication, log authentication, apikey, CDC site API key, Elastic authentication, CEC-PRO-CON , KBA , CEC-PRO-CON , Admin Console (Settings, Administration, Queries / Reports) , Problem

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