Data Source Connection

Bigeye connects to a wide range of data sources for monitoring and lineage. There are two ways to connect your data sources to Bigeye:

Agentless connections

For a simple and fast setup, connect your data source directly to Bigeye over the internet. You allow-list Bigeye's static IP addresses, create a read-only service account in your data source, and enter those credentials in Bigeye. Credentials are stored encrypted (AES-256). This option works well when your data source is accessible over the public internet or can be configured to accept connections from Bigeye's IP range.

See Agentless Connections for database-specific setup instructions.

Agent-based connections

For environments where direct access is not possible or additional security is required, Bigeye provides a Docker-based agent that runs inside your network. The agent makes only outbound connections to Bigeye — no inbound access to your infrastructure is needed. Data source credentials never leave your environment, and all data in transit is encrypted with mTLS plus an additional layer of application-level encryption.

The agent can be deployed as a Docker container or on Kubernetes, and supports all data sources available through agentless connections plus additional sources like Teradata and IBM DB2.

See Agent-based Connections for installation and configuration instructions.