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Add read-only user best practice recommendation to integration READMEs (DataDog#22778)
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clickhouse/README.md

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#### Prepare ClickHouse
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As a best practice, Datadog recommends using a read-only user to monitor your ClickHouse instance. This limits the access granted to the Datadog Agent.
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cloudera/README.md

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The Cloudera check requires version 7 of Cloudera Manager.
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#### Prepare Cloudera Manager
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As a best practice, Datadog recommends creating the machine user with read-only access to limit the permissions granted to the Datadog Agent.
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1. In Cloudera Data Platform, navigate to the Management Console and click on the **User Management** tab.
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foundationdb/README.md

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As a best practice, Datadog recommends using a read-only user to monitor your FoundationDB cluster. This limits the access granted to the Datadog Agent.
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ibm_was/README.md

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#### Prepare IBM WAS
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As a best practice, Datadog recommends using a read-only user to monitor your IBM WAS instance. This limits the access granted to the Datadog Agent.
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openldap/README.md

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The user created in these steps is granted read-only access to the monitor backend. As a best practice, Datadog recommends this read-only setup to limit the permissions granted to the Datadog Agent.
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If the `cn=Monitor` backend is not configured on your server, follow these steps:
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1. Check if monitoring is enabled on your installation:

singlestore/README.md

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As a best practice, Datadog recommends using a read-only user to monitor your SingleStore instance. This limits the access granted to the Datadog Agent.
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snowflake/README.md

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<div class="alert alert-warning">Snowflake recommends granting permissions to an alternate role like `SYSADMIN`. Read more about controlling <a href="https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/security-access-control-considerations.html#control-the-assignment-of-the-accountadmin-role-to-users">ACCOUNTADMIN role</a> for more information.</div>
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As a best practice, Datadog recommends creating a dedicated role and user with read-only access to monitor your Snowflake instance. This limits the access granted to the Datadog Agent.
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1. Create a Datadog specific role and user to monitor Snowflake. In Snowflake, run the following to create a custom role with access to the ACCOUNT_USAGE schema.
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Note: By default, this integration monitors the `SNOWFLAKE` database and `ACCOUNT_USAGE` schema. See "Collecting Organization Data" for information on how to monitor the `ORGANIZATION_USAGE` schema.

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