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Step-by-step setup guides
The reference chapters describe what every part of AccessFlow is. These guides describe what you do — each one a short, ordered walkthrough of a single setup task, written in the sequence an operator actually performs it, with the traps that cost real time called out where you would hit them.
Where should I start?
If AccessFlow is new to you, read Run your first governed query first. It takes a fresh install all the way to a query that is reviewed, approved and executed, and every other guide assumes you have been through it. After that, pick whichever task you need next — the rest stand alone.
Every guide
Roughly in the order a new deployment needs them.
Run your first query
From a fresh install to a query that is reviewed, approved and executed. Start here.
02Add a datasource
Install the engine connector, connect a database, read its schema, then limit what can be queried and mask what should not be read.
03Send notifications
Configure system email so invitations work, then route review events to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty or a signed webhook.
04Invite your team
Create accounts, choose roles that match what people actually do, group them, and grant access that expires on its own.
05Connect SSO
Sign in through your identity provider with OAuth 2.0 / OIDC or SAML 2.0, and provision users automatically over SCIM.
06Turn on AI analysis
Give reviewers a risk level and a plain-language explanation on every query before they decide.
07Govern an API call
Put the same review and approval flow in front of outbound REST, SOAP, GraphQL and gRPC calls.
08Gate a CI/CD pipeline
Make a deploy job wait for a human before it releases, and record who approved it.
09Automate with Terraform
Stop clicking. Declare datasources, review plans and policies as code and apply them from CI.