8.1.1 Different Credential Sets for Oracle GoldenGate

• Preferred Credentials
  The preferred credentials are hierarchical in nature. Preferred credentials are used to simplify access to the managed targets by storing target login credentials in the Management Repository. Preferred credentials are required for performing the administrative tasks for the Oracle GoldenGate classic as well as Microservices instances.
• Monitoring Credentials
  Monitoring credentials are required to get metrics from GoldenGate targets. These are set by default after discovery.

8.1.1.1 Preferred Credentials

The preferred credentials are hierarchical in nature. Preferred credentials are used to simplify access to the managed targets by storing target login credentials in the Management Repository. Preferred credentials are required for performing the administrative tasks for the Oracle GoldenGate classic as well as Microservices instances.

Preferred credentials are set on a per-user basis, thus ensuring the security of the managed enterprise environment. The credentials are hierarchical in nature. For example, if credentials are provided for Oracle GoldenGate target type, then by default, they are applicable to its child target types as well, which means that they are applicable for Oracle GoldenGate Extract, Manager, or Replicat processes. Preferred Credentials are of the following types: Host Credential and OGG Admin Credentials.

Host Credential

Host Credential is the credential to login to the Enterprise Manage Agent host machine. If you don't set this credential, then you can't start or stop the processes.

OGG Admin Credentials

OGG Admin Credentials is the credentials of Oracle GoldenGate Monitoring Agent. In the UI, you set the Monitor Agent Username and Monitor Agent Password. The Monitor Agent Username is defined in the config.properties in the Oracle GoldenGate Monitoring Agent installation.

8.1.1.2 Monitoring Credentials

Monitoring credentials are required to get metrics from GoldenGate targets. These are set by default after discovery.

The monitoring credentials are required to be set for Oracle GoldenGate target in case of classic instances and to GoldenGate Service Manager or GoldenGate Deployment and GoldenGate Administration Service target type (optional) in case of MA instances.