Snowflake Data Warehouse
  • 21 Mar 2024
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Snowflake Data Warehouse

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Article Summary

Snowflake is a data warehouse built on top of the Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, and allows storage and compute to scale independently.

AttributesCybersecurity Asset ManagementSaaS Management
Service Account Required?YesYes
Service Account PermissionsRead PermissionsRead Permissions
Required Adapter FieldsAccount Identifier, Warehouse, View Name, Username, RSA Private KeyAccount Identifier, Warehouse, View Name, Username, RSA Private Key

Types of Assets Fetched

This adapter fetches the following types of assets:

  • Devices
  • Users
  • SaaS Data

Parameters

  • Account Identifier (required) - The Snowflake account within your organization. The preferred structure is: <organization_name>-<account_name>

    For more information, see Account Identifiers.

  • Warehouse (required, default: COMPUTE_WH) - Enter the relevant data warehouse. Note that the value is case-sensitive.

  • Devices View Name (required) - Enter the View/Table that you want to extract data from. Note that the value is case-sensitive.

  • Fetch users - Toggle this option on to fetch users. When you select this option, the Users view name field is displayed. Enter a Users view name, this is the View/Table that you want to extract user data from. Note that the value is case-sensitive. The name of the default users view in Snowflake is ACCOUNT_USAGE.USERS. It should contain at least the fields: USER_ID, LOGIN_NAME, NAME, EMAIL.
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  • Username (required) - The credentials for a user account that has required permissions to fetch assets.

  • RSA Private Key (required) - Upload the RSA Private Key associated with a user account that has permissions to fetch assets.

  • Key Passphrase (optional) - Enter the passphrase for an encrypted key.

Warning:

Do not provide a passphrase for an unencrypted key.

  • Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

  • HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

  • HTTPS Proxy User Name (optional) - The user name to use when connecting to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.

  • HTTPS Proxy Password (optional) - The password to use when connecting to the server using the HTTPS Proxy.

To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

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Advanced Settings

Note:
  • Advanced settings can either apply for all connections for this adapter, or you can set different advanced settings and/or different scheduling for a specific connection, refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters.

  • These setting are only for accounts with SaaS Management capability

  • Fetch Snowflake Instance Admins - Select this option to fetch users with the capability to manage the Snowflake instance.
  • Organization Region - The parameter in the account URL that represents the region where the organization’s account is located.

APIs

Axonius uses the Snowflake SQL API.

Required Permissions

The value supplied in Username must have Read permissions for the Table/View specified in the connection details.

Version Matrix

This adapter was only tested with the versions marked as supported, but may work with other versions. Contact Axonius Support if you have a version that is not listed, which is not functioning as expected.

VersionSupportedNotes
Latest cloud versionYes

Supported From Version

Supported from Axonius version 4.5



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