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name: watsonxdata-cpg_enable
title: Enabling or disabling common policy gateway engines
description: The Common Policy Gateway (CPG) is a critical component in watsonx.data that serves as a centralized gateway for integrating multiple policy governance engines across diverse data sources.
last-updated: 2025-10-24
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# Enabling or disabling common policy gateway engines
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The Common Policy Gateway (CPG) is a critical component in watsonx.data that serves as a centralized gateway for integrating multiple policy governance engines across diverse data sources.
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You can enable or disable CPG provisioning based on the specific requirement of a policy engine. If a policy engine—such as Ranger, or IKC is needed, CPG can be provisioned else you can disable it.

## Enabling CPG
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1. Log in to the watsonx.data console.

1. From the navigation menu, select **Access control**. Click the **Integrations** tab.

1. Use the **External policy** toggle button to enable the Common Policy Gateway engine. A confirmation message opens. Click **Confirm** to proceed enabling the CPG feature. By default, the External policy toggle button will be in disabled state.

1. After you enable CPG, the **Integrate service** button is activated and ready for use.

1. Use the button **Integrate service** to enable the required policy engines such as IKC or Ranger.


## Disabling CPG
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1. Log in to the watsonx.data console.

1. From the navigation menu, select **Access control**. Click the **Integrations** tab.

1. To disable CPG, you must remove all the existing policy engines.

1. Select the policy engine. Click the overflow menu against the policy and select **Deactivate**. On confirming the updates, the policy will be deactivated.

1. Click the overflow menu against the policy and select **Delete**. On confirming the updates, the policy will be removed.

1. Use the External policy toggle button to disable the Common Policy Gateway engines. A confirmation message opens. Click **Confirm** to proceed disabling the CPG feature.