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In IBM App Connect Enterprise 12.0.9.0 and above (more details here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/integration/blogs/ben-thompson1/2023/07/04/ace-12-0-9-0), there is a feature which allows a user's Java code (running inside a JavaCompute node in a deployed message flow) to query and gain access to credentials which are known to the integration server due to being stored in its vault. This is potentially useful for users who wish to use credentials within their own bespoke logic running in Java, and who want to exploit the convenience of having ACE store the credential safely on their behalf. The getCredential method can be used like this:
myCred = MbCredential.getCredential(“ODBC”, “myDSN”);
By default, this feature only allows access to credentials which are of the user-defined type. This aspect of behaviour can be controlled by a setting in the server.conf.yaml file. The stanza shown below can be editted so that if you want to extend access to also include other credential types then you may do so:
Credentials:
#userRetrievableCredentialTypes: 'userdefined' # Sets the comma separated list of credential types that user code is allowed to reference. Default is 'userdefined'.
# The list can be empty to disallow credential lookups from user code.
# Set the value to 'ALL' to allow access to credentials of any type from user code.
The context of this idea appears to be the public cloud variant of ACE (App Connect Enterprise as a Service on AWS). This service has the relevant versions of ACE available. Status of the idea is updated to Delivered.