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Register a Sidecar

Registering a sidecar in ALTR provides the necessary information for the sidecar to securely connect with ALTR and retrieve policy and configuration information. Communication is always initiated by the sidecar; ALTR never reaches into your environment.

To register a sidecar in ALTR:

  1. Log into ALTR via Okta.
  2. Select SettingsSidecars in the Navigation menu.
  3. Click Register Sidecar .
  4. Enter a Display Name . This is a user-friendly name to identify your sidecar.
  5. Enter Hostname of the sidecar in RFC 1123 specification, which is a URL without http:// . This is the DNS name of the network load balancer.
  6. Enter Public Key of the sidecar. This is the public key from your RSA private-public key pair.
  7. (Optional) Expand Advanced Settings and enable Allow unsupported queries if you want queries that can’t be parsed to run instead of fail, which may result in unauthorized data access. This setting applies only to access management policies, not impersonation policies.
  8. Click Register . If Allow unsupported queries is enabled, a modal displays to confirm.
  9. Note the Sidecar ID , the Data Plane URL and the ALTR Organization ID for later. These are used to install the sidecar to your environment. Once a sidecar is registered, ALTR displays information for all instances of that sidecar that have connected to ALTR. A single configured sidecar can have multiple installed instances.

Remove Sidecar

Section titled “Remove Sidecar”

Removing a sidecar from ALTR prevents repository users from accessing data repositories using this sidecar. You must remove relevant sidecar listener ports before removing a sidecar.

To remove a sidecar from ALTR:

  1. Log into ALTR via Okta.
  2. Select SettingsSidecars in the Navigation menu.
  3. Click the sidecar to view details.
  4. Click Remove Sidecar ; a modal displays to confirm.
  5. Click Remove Sidecar .
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