Connectors
Connectors in Adeptia Automate give you a central place to define, organize, and verify the credentials and endpoint details that your integrations use to communicate with external systems. By setting up a connector once, you can reuse it across as many automations as you need, without re-entering the same details each time.
What connectors do
A connector stores the information Automate needs to reach an external system: things like server addresses, authentication credentials, and protocol-specific settings. Once a connector is saved, any automation that needs to talk to that system can reference it by name. This separation of connection details from automation logic makes it easier to update credentials in one place when they change, and to audit which systems your integrations depend on.
Supported connection types
Automate supports a broad range of connection types, covering the protocols and platforms most commonly used in enterprise integrations.
| Category | Connection types |
|---|---|
| Messaging | Kafka, JMS, Azure Service Bus |
| Database | Database connections, custom database drivers |
You can filter and search your saved connections by type, name, or description, making it straightforward to find the right connector when building or troubleshooting an automation.
Testing a connection
Before using a connector in an automation, you can verify that it actually works. Automate tests the saved connection by attempting to reach the external system with the stored credentials, then reports whether the attempt succeeded or failed.
When a test fails, Automate provides a categorized result so you know what kind of problem to address:
| Result category | What it means |
|---|---|
| Authentication failure | The credentials are incorrect or expired |
| Host unreachable | The server address or port is not accessible, possibly due to a firewall or network issue |
| Timeout | The system did not respond in time; the test can be retried |
| SSL error | There is a certificate issue with the connection |
This feedback helps you resolve connection problems before they affect running automations.
Discovering what is connected
You can browse all saved connections across every connection type from a single view. The listing shows each connection's name, type, and project. This makes it easy to audit your integration landscape, spot unused or duplicate connectors, and understand dependencies before making changes.