# Data Sources

Data source is where you manage credentials and make connections to various popular databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch and all kinds of internal or third-party APIs.

Appizap stores your credentials securely and does not store any data from your requests or responses. It only serves as a proxy between client side and your data sources.

## Connect to a new data source

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Check out [IP allowlist](https://github.com/nighthack/Appizap-Docs/blob/main/data-sources/configure-ip-allowlists.md) and add Appizap IP addresses to your data source allowlist when needed.
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Fill out data source connection fields. See docs in [Connect to databases](https://github.com/nighthack/Appizap-Docs/blob/main/data-sources/broken-reference/README.md) and [Connect to APIs](https://docs.appizap.ae/database/data-source-basics/connect-to-databases) for detailed tutorials.

Click **Test connection** to check whether you can make a successful connection to data source based on current settings. Click **Save**.

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## Permissions

Only workspace admins and developers can view the **Data Sources** page and create new data sources.

For each data source, workspace admins and the creator can change its **Access Control**. Go to Appizap homepage > **Data Sources**, and click `···` > **Access Control**.

For more information about permissions for data sources, see [Data sources](https://docs.appizap.ae/database/broken-reference).