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Access Control

Learn how to manage user permissions and access to data assets in Atlan for security and compliance.

AI Policy

Configure AI asset access in personas — control who can view, edit, or manage AI models, model versions, applications, and governance properties.

Atlan architecture

Understand the Atlan architecture: platform components, management components, and central services across AWS, Azure, and GCP deployments.

Create policies with Metadata Policy Helper

Use the Metadata Policy Helper app to create metadata policies in personas using advanced asset selection patterns. Setup requires the app access and connection admin rights.

Deployment architecture

The Atlan Secure Agent is a Kubernetes-based application that runs within a customer's environment. It acts as a gateway between the single-tenant Atlan SaaS and external systems like Snowflake, Tableau, and other data sources. This document explains the Secure Agent's deployment architecture, key components, communication flows, and security considerations.

Immuta

Configure Immuta access request links on Atlan assets and request data access directly from asset profiles.

Install on AWS EKS

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to install the Secure Agent on an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (AWS EKS) cluster.

Integrate Immuta

Configure the Immuta workflow in Atlan to enrich data assets with Immuta access request links.

Manage user authentication

When users log into Atlan, a user session begins. You can change the default timeouts for user sessions for all users in your organization, helping you establish secure authentication protocols in Atlan. Once you have configured the settings, these would be applicable to users logging in via both basic and SSO authentication.

Metadata Policy

Configure metadata access in personas — control who can view, edit, or restrict metadata, tags, terms, and governance properties.

Metadata Policy Helper

Configure metadata policies at scale using policy templates — automate permission assignment across assets, taxonomies, and custom metadata.

Requests

Request and manage changes to assets that you don't have direct edit access to.

Secure Agent

The Atlan Secure Agent is a lightweight, Kubernetes-based application that enables secure metadata extraction. It connects internal systems with Atlan SaaS while keeping sensitive data protected and doesn’t require inbound connectivity. Running within an organization’s controlled environment, the Secure Agent ensures compliance with security policies and automates metadata processing.

Security

Frequently asked questions about security controls and access protections for Lakehouse.

Set up on-premises Databricks lineage extraction

The Docker-based databricks-extractor offline tool has been sunset. For on-premises or network-restricted Databricks lineage extraction, use Self-Deployed Runtime, Secure Agent, or direct connectivity via private link.

User offboarding

Automatically downgrade offboarded users to Guest role — configure workflows for secure access revocation when users leave.

User Role Import

Import user roles from external sources into Atlan — automate role assignment based on user attributes and systems of record.

User Role Sync

Complete configuration reference for the User Role Sync app properties and settings.