Sidecars
Sidecars allow you to access policy information, provide telemetry and consolidate database activity logs in ALTR. Learn more.
Use this page to
Section titled “Use this page to”- Register a sidecar
- Rotate sidecar authentication keys
- Register a sidecar listener port
- Bind a sidecar listener port to a repository
Learn about each field
Section titled “Learn about each field”| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Active Connections | Number of connections currently active for an instance. It’s updated each time the instance checks in. |
| Allow unsupported queries | If enabled, queries that can’t be parsed will run instead of fail, which may which may result in unauthorized data access. This setting applies only to access management policies, not impersonation policies. By default, this setting is disabled. |
| ALTR Organization ID | ID of your ALTR tenant. It’s used to install ALTR’s sidecar |
| Bindings | Count of bindings created with ports and repositories on this sidecar. Click the Bindings tab to manage bindings. |
| Data Plane URL | Used to install ALTR’s sidecar |
| Database Type | Type of database associated with the port. Options are: Microsoft SQL Server MySQL Oracle PostgreSQL |
| Database Version | Version of the database type associated with the port |
| Display Name | User-friendly name to identify the sidecar |
| Hostname | Hostname of the sidecar in RFC 1123 specification, which is a URL without http://. This is the DSN name of the network load balancer. |
| Instance ID | Unique identifier assigned to the sidecar container |
| Instance Version | Specific release number of the software running inside the sidecar container |
| Instances | Count of active instances of the sidecar |
| Last Seen | Date and time the sidecar last checked in with ALTR |
| Port | Open port number of the sidecar |
| Public Key | Public key from your RSA private-public key pair. The Public Key must begin with -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- and end with -----END PUBLIC KEY-----. In addition to the public key registered, a second public key field displays. This is used to rotate keys. |
| Repository | Repository registered in ALTR that is bound to a sidecar port registered in ALTR |
| Sidecar ID | Used to install ALTR’s sidecar |
| Sidecar Listener Port | Sidecar port registered in ALTR that is bound to a repository registered in ALTR |
| Status | Communicates sidecar instance activity. If you’re on the Overview page, options are: Connected (green)— all sidecar instances checked in within the last minute and are running normally Investigate (amber)— some sidecar instances might be disconnected or down and haven’t checked in for over a minute Unavailable (red)— no sidecar instances have checked in for over 5 minutes and are disconnected or down If you’re on the Instances tab, options are: Connected (green)— instance is running normally and checked in within the last minute Investigate (amber)— instance hasn’t checked in for over a minute and might be disconnected or down Unavailable (red)— instance hasn’t checked in for over 5 minutes and is disconnected or down |