App Settings

Navigate to the App Settings Page

Click the App Settings icon in the left sidebar.
Click the link in the App Settings panel to navigate to that section.

Use Existing Identity Access Manager

See the identity manager pages for a tutorial to connect an Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, or OneLogin identity manager.

To configure Immuta to use all other existing IAMs,

Click the Add IAM button.
Complete the Display Name field and select your IAM type from the Identity Provider Type dropdown: LDAP/Active Directory, SAML, or OpenID.

Once you have selected LDAP/Active Directory from the Identity Provider Type dropdown menu,

Adjust Default Permissions granted to users by selecting from the list in this dropdown menu, and then complete the required fields in the Credentials and Options sections. Note: Either User Attribute OR User Search Filter is required, not both. Completing one of these fields disables the other.
Opt to have Case-insensitive user names by clicking the checkbox.
Opt to Enable Debug Logging or Enable SSL by clicking the checkboxes.
In the Profile Schema section, map attributes in LDAP/Active Directory to automatically fill in a user's Immuta profile. Note: Fields that you specify in this schema will not be editable by users within Immuta.
Opt to Link SQL Account.
Opt to Enable scheduled LDAP Sync support for LDAP/Active Directory and Enable pagination for LDAP Sync. Once enabled, confirm the sync schedule written in Cron rule; the default is every hour. Confirm the LDAP page size for pagination; the default is 1,000.
Opt to Sync groups from LDAP/Active Directory to Immuta. Once enabled, map attributes in LDAP/Active Directory to automatically pull information about the groups into Immuta.
Opt to Sync attributes from LDAP/Active Directory to Immuta. Once enabled, add attribute mappings in the attribute schema. The desired attribute prefix should be mapped to the relevant schema URN.
Opt to enable External Groups and Attributes Endpoint, Make Default IAM, or Migrate Users from another IAM by selecting the checkbox.
Then click the Test Connection button.
Once the connection is successful, click the Test User Login button.
Click the Test LDAP Sync button if scheduled sync has been enabled.

Once you have selected OpenID from the Identity Provider Type dropdown menu,

Take note of the ID. You will need this value to reference the IAM in the callback URL in your identity provider with the format <base url>/bim/iam/<id>/user/authenticate/callback.
Note the SSO Callback URL shown. Navigate out of Immuta and register the client application with the OpenID provider. If prompted for client application type, choose web.
Adjust Default Permissions granted to users by selecting from the list in this dropdown menu.
Back in Immuta, enter the Client ID, Client Secret, and Discover URL in the form field.
Configure OpenID provider settings. There are two options:
1. Set Discover URL to the /.well-known/openid-configuration URL provided by your OpenID provider.
2. If you are unable to use the Discover URL option, you can fill out Authorization Endpoint, Issuer, Token Endpoint, JWKS Uri, and Supported ID Token Signing Algorithms.
If necessary, add additional Scopes.
Opt to Enable SCIM support for OpenID by clicking the checkbox, which will generate a SCIM API Key.
In the Profile Schema section, map attributes in OpenID to automatically fill in a user's Immuta profile. Note: Fields that you specify in this schema will not be editable by users within Immuta.
Opt to Allow Identity Provider Initiated Single Sign On or Migrate Users from another IAM by selecting the checkboxes.
Click the Test Connection button.
Once the connection is successful, click the Test User Login button.

Set Default Permissions

To set the default permissions granted to users when they log in to Immuta, click the Default Permissions dropdown menu, and then select permissions from this list.

Link External Catalogs

See the External Catalogs page.

Add a Native Workspace

Select Add Workspace.
Use the dropdown menu to select the Databricks Workspace Type.
- Before creating a workspace, the cluster must send its configuration to Immuta; to do this, run a simple query on the cluster (i.e., show tables). Otherwise, an error message will occur when users attempt to create a workspace.
- The Databricks API Token used for native workspace access must be non-expiring. Using a token that expires risks losing access to projects that are created using that configuration.
Use the dropdown menu to select the Schema and refer to the corresponding tab below.

Enter the Name.
Click Add Workspace.
Enter the Hostname, Workspace ID, Account Name, Databricks API Token, and Storage Container.
Enter the Workspace Base Directory.
Click Test Workspace Directory.
Once the credentials are successfully tested, click Save.

Databricks API Token Expiration

The Databricks API Token used for native workspace access must be non-expiring. Using a token that expires risks losing access to projects that are created using that configuration.

Add An Integration

Select Add Native Integration.
Use the dropdown menu to select the Integration Type. Follow one of the guides below to finish configuring your integration:

Initialize Kerberos

To configure Immuta to protect data in a kerberized Hadoop cluster,

Upload your Kerberos Configuration File, and then you can add modify the Kerberos configuration in the window pictured below.
Upload your Keytab File.
Enter the principal Immuta will use to authenticate with your KDC in the Username field. Note: This must match a principal in the Keytab file.
Adjust how often (in milliseconds) Immuta needs to re-authenticate with the KDC in the Ticket Refresh Interval field.
Click Test Kerberos Initialization.

Generate System API Key

Click the Generate Key button.
Save this API key in a secure location.

Enable Sensitive Data Discovery

To enable Sensitive Data Discovery and configure its settings, see the Sensitive Data Discovery page.

Audit Settings

Enable Exclude Query Text

By default, query text is included in native query audit events from Snowflake, Databricks, and Starburst (Trino).

When query text is excluded from audit events, Immuta will retain query event metadata such as the columns and tables accessed. However, the query text used to make the query will not be included in the event. This setting is a global control for all configured integrations.

To exclude query text from audit events,

Scroll to the Audit section.
Check the box to Exclude query text from audit events.
Click Save.

Manage the Default Subscription Policy

Deprecation notice

The ability to configure the behavior of the default subscription policy has been deprecated. Once this configuration setting is removed from the app settings page, Immuta will not apply a subscription policy to registered data sources unless an existing global policy applies to them. To set an "Allow individually selected users" subscription policy on all data sources, create a global subscription policy with that condition that applies to all data sources or apply a local subscription policy to individual data sources.

Click the App Settings icon in the navigation menu.
Scroll to the Default Subscription Policy section.
Select the radio button to define the behavior of subscription policies when new data sources are registered in Immuta:
- None: When this option is selected, Immuta will not apply any subscription policies to data sources when they are registered. Changing the default subscription policy to none will only apply to newly created data sources. Existing data sources will retain their existing subscription policies.
- Allow individually selected users: When a data source is created, Immuta will apply a subscription policy to it that requires users to be individually selected to access the underlying table. In most cases, users who were able to query the table before the data source was created will no longer be able to query the table in the remote data platform until they are subscribed to the data source in Immuta.
Click Save and confirm your changes.

Default Subscription Merge Options

Immuta merges multiple Global Subscription policies that apply to a single data source; by default, users must meet all the conditions outlined in each policy to get access (i.e., the conditions of the policies are combined with AND). To change the default behavior to allow users to meet the condition of at least one policy that applies (i.e., the conditions of the policies are combined with OR),

Click the Default Subscription Merge Options text in the left pane.
Select the Default "allow shared policy responsibility" to be checked checkbox.
Click Save.

Note: Even with this setting enabled, Governors can opt to have their Global Subscription policies combined with AND during policy creation.

Configure Governor and Admin Settings

These options allow you to restrict the power individual users with the GOVERNANCE and USER_ADMIN permissions have in Immuta. Click the checkboxes to enable or disable these options.

Create Custom Permissions

You can create custom permissions that can then be assigned to users and leveraged when building subscription policies. Note: You cannot configure actions users can take within the console when creating a custom permission, nor can the actions associated with existing permissions in Immuta be altered.

To add a custom permission, click the Add Permission button, and then name the permission in the Enter Permission field.

Create Custom Data Source Access Requests

To create a custom questionnaire that all users must complete when requesting access to a data source, fill in the following fields:

Opt for the questionnaire to be required.
Key: Any unique value that identifies the question.
Header: The text that will display on reports.
Label: The text that will display in the questionnaire for the user. They will be prompted to type the answer in a text box.

To create a custom message for the login page of Immuta, enter text in the Enter Login Message box. Note: The message can be formatted in markdown.

Opt to adjust the Message Text Color and Message Background Color by clicking in these dropdown boxes.

Prevent Automatic Table Statistics

Without fingerprints, some policies will be unavailable

These policies will be unavailable until a data owner manually generates a fingerprint:

Masking with format preserving masking
Masking with K-Anonymization
Masking using randomized response

To disable the automatic collection of statistics with a particular tag,

Use the Select Tags dropdown to select the tag(s).
Click Save.

K-anonymization

Query engine and legacy fingerprint required

K-anonymization policies require the query engine and legacy fingerprint service, which are disabled by default. If you need to use k-anonymization policies, work with your Immuta representative to enable the query engine and legacy fingerprint service when you deploy Immuta.

When a k-anonymization policy is applied to a data source, the columns targeted by the policy are queried under a fingerprinting process that generates rules enforcing k-anonymity. The results of this query, which may contain data that is subject to regulatory constraints such as GDPR or HIPAA, are stored in Immuta's metadata database.

The location of the metadata database depends on your deployment:

Self-managed Immuta deployment: The metadata database is located in the server where you have your external metadata database deployed.
SaaS Immuta deployment: The metadata database is located in the AWS global segment you have chosen to deploy Immuta.

To ensure this process does not violate your organization's data localization regulations, you need to first activate this masking policy type before you can use it in your Immuta tenant.

Click Other Settings in the left panel and scroll to the K-Anonymization section.
Select the Allow users to create masking policies using K-Anonymization checkbox to enable k-anonymization policies for your organization.
Click Save and confirm your changes.

Randomized response

Query engine and legacy fingerprint required

For all data platforms except Snowflake, randomized response policies require the query engine and legacy fingerprint service, which are disabled by default. If you need to use these policies, work with your Immuta representative to enable the query engine and legacy fingerprint service when you deploy Immuta.

When a randomized response policy is applied to a data source, the columns targeted by the policy are queried under a fingerprinting process. To enforce the policy, Immuta generates and stores predicates and a list of allowed replacement values that may contain data that is subject to regulatory constraints (such as GDPR or HIPAA) in Immuta's metadata database.