# Data Sources

Each cloud provider will have one or more associated data sources. Each represents a discrete instance of a service that Veza connects to for the discovery and extraction of authorization metadata.

The provider under `/providers/aws/{id}`, for example, may have an associated EC2 data source, represented as:

```json
{
  "id": "6961b032-3fd7-4baa-a230-146d1b70ec27",
  "name": "AWS EC2 (527398259632)",
  "datasource_type": "EXTRACTOR",
  "agent_type": "AWS_EC2",
  "status": "SUCCESS",
  "provider_id": "cd0cf102-e86c-4599-9cbe-64d2c6b83236",
  "path": "AWS/ec2",
  "state": "ENABLED",
  "effective_state": "ENABLED",
  "datasource_config": null,
  "created_at": "2021-10-26T07:10:38Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-10-26T07:10:38Z",
  "sync_start": "2022-01-13T20:53:20Z",
  "sync_end": "2022-01-13T20:53:23Z",
  "sync_start_success": "2022-01-13T20:53:20Z",
  "sync_end_success": "2022-01-13T20:53:23Z",
  "parse_start": "2022-01-13T20:53:24Z",
  "parse_end": "2022-01-13T20:53:29Z",
  "parse_start_success": "2022-01-13T20:53:24Z",
  "parse_end_success": "2022-01-13T20:53:29Z"
}
```

You can use the API to get or update data source records, or enable and disable individual data sources.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Disabling a data source will cancel all pending extractions.
{% endhint %}

### Available Endpoints

#### Core Data Source Operations

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>List Data Sources</strong></td><td>Retrieve all data sources with filtering and pagination</td><td><a href="/pages/b8rRw7g7JrTovQqlE3qt">/pages/b8rRw7g7JrTovQqlE3qt</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Get Data Source</strong></td><td>Retrieve details for a specific data source</td><td><a href="/pages/YMCLEjc3ChRwxQ9mujU8">/pages/YMCLEjc3ChRwxQ9mujU8</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Update Data Source</strong></td><td>Update the name for a data source</td><td><a href="/pages/XkUuu8WA4waHPlDlwWGx">/pages/XkUuu8WA4waHPlDlwWGx</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Disable Data Source</strong></td><td>Pause discovery and extraction for a data source</td><td><a href="/pages/6QxzktvLWkkMNKqDUASy">/pages/6QxzktvLWkkMNKqDUASy</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Enable Data Source</strong></td><td>Resume monitoring and queue for extraction</td><td><a href="/pages/yIynb02pTQFwraGdk718">/pages/yIynb02pTQFwraGdk718</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Lifecycle Management Operations

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>List Lifecycle Manager Datasources</strong></td><td>List datasources with lifecycle management capabilities</td><td><a href="/pages/Fl5OAKWiALFzsVSNnb6E">/pages/Fl5OAKWiALFzsVSNnb6E</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Get Lifecycle Manager Datasource</strong></td><td>Get details for a specific lifecycle manager datasource</td><td><a href="/pages/tRbrklCAu0z5TR9bfxAt">/pages/tRbrklCAu0z5TR9bfxAt</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>List by Action Type</strong></td><td>Find datasources that support specific action types</td><td><a href="/pages/vsDuMfAfE9L77rxzE7iI">/pages/vsDuMfAfE9L77rxzE7iI</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Status and Monitoring

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Get Parse Status</strong></td><td>Retrieve parsing status and details</td><td><a href="/pages/ZOJBI07LvwiT9d4T4QIL">/pages/ZOJBI07LvwiT9d4T4QIL</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Get Sync Status</strong></td><td>Retrieve synchronization status and details</td><td><a href="/pages/dvZ7b86aJknMAlCAITRI">/pages/dvZ7b86aJknMAlCAITRI</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Related APIs

For working with custom applications and Open Authorization API (OAA), see:

* [Open Authorization API](/4yItIzMvkpAvMVFAamTf/developers/api/oaa/rest-api.md)
* [OAA Operations](/4yItIzMvkpAvMVFAamTf/developers/api/oaa/rest-api/operations.md)


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