Data Collector can authenticate user accounts based on LDAP or files. Best practice is to use LDAP if your organization has it. By default, Data Collector uses file-based authentication.
You can edit the Data Collector configuration file, $SDC_CONF/sdc.properties, to configure properties such as the host name and port number and account information for email alerts.
$SDC_CONF/sdc.properties
You can configure Data Collector to integrate with data governance tools, giving you visibility into data movement - where the data came from, where it’s going to, and who is interacting with it.
Data Collector uses JMX metrics to generate the graphical display of the status of a running pipeline. You can provide the same JMX metrics to external tools if desired.