How to set up Anomalo

Atlan supports the API authentication method for fetching metadata from Anomalo. This method uses an API key to fetch metadata.

Your Anomalo Deployment Admin Superuser must also configure an Atlan integration in your Anomalo deployment to send events to Atlan when your checks run in Anomalo. This will update the check metadata in Atlan in real time. This configuration is required only after you have completed integrating Anomalo in Atlan. You will need your Atlan hostname and an API token generated in Atlan.

Generate an API key

You will need to create an API key in Anomalo for integrating with Atlan.

To create an API key for crawling Anomalo:

1. Log in to your Anomalo instance.
2. From the left menu of your Anomalo instance, click Settings.
3. On the Settings page, in the Account tab, change to the API keys tab.
4. On the API keys page, to generate a new API key:
   • If you have existing API keys, click the Add an API key button.
   • If you do not have any API keys, click the Create an API key button.
5. In the New API Key dialog, enter the following details:
   1. For Description, add a meaningful description for your API key — for example, Atlan connection.
   2. For Expiration, keep the default selection or select a preferred option.
   3. Click Save to finish creating the API key.
6. From the corresponding screen, copy the API Key value and store it in a secure location.
   🚨 Careful! The API key cannot be retrieved later. You must copy the key value before closing the dialog box.