# External Credentials

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## Purpose

Configure and manage external credential providers (e.g., badging vendors) and map your platform-issued credentials to those providers so credentials are issued externally while remaining managed within your platform.

## Where to Find It

1. Click your **tenant name**.
2. Go to **Advanced**.
3. Scroll to the bottom to find:
  - **Provider Configuration**
  - **Credential Mapping**


## Provider Configuration

Use this to **add, edit, enable/disable, or delete** an external provider.

### Add or Edit a Provider

1. Open **Provider Configuration**.
2. Enter:
  - **Provider name**
  - **Configuration** (provider-specific settings)
  - **Enabled** (toggle on/off)
3. Click **Save**.


### Notes

- Editing looks the same as adding, except fields are **pre-filled**.
- You can **delete providers** you no longer need.
- **Enabled providers** appear in the mapping step.


## Map Credentials to an External Provider

Once a provider is configured, map platform credentials to the provider’s templates.

### Create the Mapping

1. Open **Credential Mapping**.
2. Select:
  - **Credential**
    - From the list created in your platform (typically from the course overview page)
  - **Provider**
  - **External Template ID**
    - The credential/template ID from the provider
3. *(Optional)* Add:
  - **Group ID**
  - **Additional metadata**
4. Click **Save**.


### What’s Editable

- **Credential name** and **provider** are fixed after creation.
- Optional fields (e.g., **group ID**, **metadata**, **external template ID**) can be added or updated.


## How Issuance Works

- The credential is **created and managed** in your platform.
- The mapping links it to the **external provider’s template**.
- When issued, the credential is **issued by the external provider** using that mapping.


## Result

You can self-manage **external credential providers** and seamlessly issue credentials through them—**without duplicating workflows or leaving the platform**.