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## Overview

IT Monitoring Vault simplifies access credentials management, making it easier for customers and MSPs to work with different IT environments without compromising security.

Credentials are stored centrally, can be accessed by discovery functions and sensitive data such as the password field is protected by a master key.

Users can configure and manage multiple credentials and easily switch between them.

i-Vertix Vault, is a complete internal credential manager (not just passwords), with functionality to be extended in the future.
For now, the i-Vertix Vault can be used for the following 4 types of access:

The i-Vertix Vault supports four types of access:

- **SNMP**
- **SSH**
- **I-VERTIX AGENT** (vmware o.s. discovery only)
- **WSMAN** (vmware o.s. discovery only)
- **I-VERTIX AGENT** (VMware O.S. discovery)
- **WSMAN** (VMware O.S. discovery)

The stored credentials can be used for various utilities such as:
The stored credentials are used for these discoveries such as:

- **NEDI Discovery**
- **Network Discovery**
- **VMware OS Discovery**
- **Meraki**

To access the i-Vertix Vault, you must edit a job configuration such as VMware or Nedi. The i-Vertix Vault is not actually accessible from a dedicated menu item.
## How to use

To access the i-Vertix Vault, you must edit, or create, a discovery job. The i-Vertix Vault is not actually accessible from a dedicated menu item.

In the example configuration below (NEDI Discovery) we have created a new entry (under **Configuration > Hosts > NEDI Configuration**):

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When credentials are changed, these changes will affect ***all*** hosts/configurations where these credentials are used.

To see if credentials have been used check Usage:
To see if credentials have been used check **u** (usage):

![vault](../../version-22.10/assets/vault/usage.png)

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One important use of the i-Vertix Vault is to use it to retrieve credentials without using a personal credential store (e.g. keepass); remember that this functionality is subject to ACLs.
An important functionality of the i-Vertix Vault is the ability to retrieve credentials without relying on a personal credential store (e.g., Keepass). It is crucial to note that this functionality is subject to Access Control Lists (ACLs).

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