> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lerian.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Providers overview

> Manage reusable provider configurations for external service integrations, including connection settings and credential references.

Flowker provider configurations connect workflows to external services. A configuration stores or references the connection settings and credentials it needs. Internally credential-managed catalog providers can require no client-supplied credentials. You manage provider configurations in the [Lerian Console](/en/platform/console/about-lerian-console).

## What is a Provider?

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A **Provider** is a catalog integration type that groups related executors and declares a configuration schema. A **provider configuration** selects a catalog provider or references a tenant-provided OpenAPI document, then supplies or references connection settings for executor call nodes. This keeps credentials and endpoints out of individual workflows.

## Accessing the Providers page

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To open the **Providers** page, click **Providers** from the left-side menu on the **Flowker** page.

The page displays all provider configurations for the organization in a data table, with the following columns:

* **Name**: the provider configuration name.
* **Provider**: the catalog integration type, for a `catalog` configuration.
* **Type**: the configuration kind: `catalog` selects a catalog provider, while `external_openapi` references a tenant-provided OpenAPI document.
* **Schemas**: XSD or OpenAPI schemas bound to the configuration. OpenAPI bindings can be restricted to operations.
* **Status**: the configuration status: `Active` or `Disabled`.
* **Last Modified**: the date of the last change to the configuration.
* **Actions**: action menu.

You can filter provider configurations by name or status using the filter fields above the table.

## Provider Catalog

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Flowker includes a catalog of available provider types. When creating a `catalog` provider configuration, you select which external service type you want to connect to. The catalog provides the configuration schema and required fields for each provider type.

## Available actions menu

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For each provider configuration, the following actions are available in the action menu (<Icon icon="ellipsis-vertical" />):

* **Details**: opens the provider configuration for viewing and editing.
* **Enable / Disable**: toggles the configuration status. Workflow nodes that reference a disabled configuration fail at execution time until you enable it again.
* **Delete**: permanently removes the provider configuration.

## Related pages

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