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Service to service authorization

Service to service authorization

For integrating IBM® watsonx.data with IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC), you must configure service-to-service authorization in IBM Cloud.

Procedure

  1. Log in to IBM Cloud.
  2. Go to Manage > Access (IAM). The IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management page opens.
  3. From the left panel, select Authorizations.
  4. On the Manage authorizations page, click Create.
  5. On the Grant a service authorization page:
    • If you are setting up authorization in your account, select This account.
    • If you are setting up authorization in the enterprise account, select Other account.
  6. Search and select IBM Knowledge Catalog as the source and watsonx.data as the target.
  7. Select All resources as the scope of access.
  8. Select all the three roles:
    • Viewer
    • DataAccess
    • MetastoreViewer
  9. Click Authorize.
  10. On the Manage authorizations page, click Create.
  11. Repeat steps 5 to 7 by selecting watsonx.data as the source and IBM Knowledge Catalog as the target.
  12. Select the Watsonx.data Service Access role and click Authorize.