This documentation supports the 20.02 (12.0) version of BMC Discovery.To view an earlier version of the product, select the version from the Product version menu.

Integrating with credential brokers

BMC Discovery can use discovery credentials stored in a number of credential brokers. The credential broker is application software in your IT infrastructure that can store and manage different types of credentials, according to your in-house security policies.

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Credential broker performance testing

Credential brokers are designed with human interaction in mind. When BMC Discovery is scanning, it can make many simultaneous API calls. Before putting an integration with any supported credential broker into production, you should perform scale and performance testing in your IT environment.

BMC Discovery supports the following credential brokers:

 

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