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API Key
Is an authentication key that allows to obtain an Access Token for the Core Services API.
Application
An Application is a group of related Integration Endpoints. An Application belongs to one specific Instance.
Connection
A set of configuration that allows to configure and connect to an external service. A Connection belongs to one specific Instance, and you can create any number of Integration Endpoints based on a given Connection.
Instance
A logic instance of the Core Services Platform for a specific customer or client.
Integration Endpoint
An API endpoint that allows to interact with an external service based on a specific Connection. The external service could be any of the supported by the connectors (HTTP, SOAP, etc).
Management Tenant
The management tenant or the Management Instance is the Instance of the Core Services Platform used by the administrator to access any of the services in the Platform API, for example, creating other instances, API Keys, etc.
On-premise Agent
The On-premise agent is a process that runs inside a secure network and establishes a Web Socket connection with the Core Services platform, enabling the of use connectors that would otherwise be unreachable from the cloud.
Provision
A specific "view" or "version" of an application that encompasses all of the application resources (endpoints, configuration, storage, etc.). All applications start off with a `default` provision and new ones can be added to inherit from a parent provision.
Tenant
Also called just Instance, is a logic instance of the Core Services Platform for a specific customer or client. A Tenant can point to multiple Provisions. For example, a client may have a Development Provision, UAT Provision, and Production Provision.
Workflow
A kind of API endpoint that can orchestrate other endpoints and resources within the Core Services.