git.stella-ops.org/docs/ops/connector-setup-guide.md

# Connector Setup Guide — Concelier + Excititor

Operator reference for bringing up the Concelier (advisory source) and Excititor (VEX provider) connectors. This guide distinguishes the **aspirational catalog** (~78 entries exposed through `stellaops-cli sources list`) from the **actually backend-wired connectors** that run on ingest today, and lays out credential-creation steps for the few providers that require operator-minted secrets.

## Actual state (verified 2026-04-22 against the local dev stack)

### Concelier — 9 wired sources, 8 healthy, 787 advisories ingested

| Source | Backend wired? | Health check | Docs in DB | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `redhat` | YES | healthy | **651** | 2026-04-22 17:16 |
| `osv` | YES | healthy (498ms) | 59 | 2026-04-22 17:40 |
| `debian` | YES | healthy | 41 | 2026-04-22 17:07 |
| `suse` | YES | healthy | 26 | 2026-04-22 17:00 |
| `alpine` | YES | healthy | 8 | 2026-04-22 17:06 |
| `ubuntu` | YES | healthy | 2 | 2026-04-22 17:41 |
| `auscert` | YES | healthy | 0 | never |
| `vmware` | YES | healthy | 0 | never |
| `stella-mirror` | YES | unhealthy (404) | 0 | never |

The `stella-mirror` failure on the dev stack is expected — that source expects a reachable StellaOps infrastructure mirror that's not wired in dev.

### Excititor — 4 wired providers, all enabled

| Provider | Kind | Base URIs |
|---|---|---|
| `excititor:redhat` | distro | _(pulls via CSAF feeds)_ |
| `excititor:ubuntu` | distro | `https://ubuntu.com/security/notices.json` |
| `excititor:cisco` | vendor | `https://www.cisco.com/.well-known/csaf/` (public CSAF — no auth) |
| `excititor:oracle` | vendor | _(pulls via public Oracle Critical Patch Updates)_ |

**Note about Cisco**: the VEX side uses Cisco's public CSAF feed (unauthenticated). The **Concelier advisory** side of Cisco (which WOULD require PSIRT openVuln OAuth) is currently in the aspirational catalog but not backend-wired.

### Aspirational catalog (~65 entries — NOT yet backend-wired)

`stellaops-cli sources list` reports 78 entries. The other ~65 (npm, pypi, go, rubygems, maven, crates, packagist, hex, rustsec, pypa, govuln, bundler-audit, exploitdb, metasploit, intel, amd, arm, siemens, kaspersky-ics, cert-ua/pl/in, krcert, fstec-bdu, nkcki, mitre-attack, mitre-d3fend, nuget, poc-github, and more) are present in the static catalog but have no `source_type` → connector mapping in the backend. Calling `stellaops-cli sources enable <id>` on these returns `[OK]` but does NOT persist the source — the call is a no-op because there's no runtime implementation to register against.

Tracked in:
- `docs/implplan/SPRINT_20260422_004_Concelier_full_connector_control_plane.md` (archived — covered Excititor backend; Concelier-catalog mapping remains)
- `docs/implplan/SPRINT_20260422_007_Concelier_excititor_persisted_provider_credentials.md` (open — persisted per-provider configuration)

## Credential requirements

Authoritative current-state inventories live here:

- `docs/modules/concelier/connectors.md`
- `docs/modules/concelier/operations/source-credentials.md`
- `docs/modules/excititor/operations/provider-control-plane.md`
- `docs/modules/excititor/operations/provider-credentials.md`

Current UI/CLI-configurable credentialed paths:

- Concelier advisory sources: `ghsa`, `cisco`, `microsoft`
- Concelier endpoint-override paths: `oracle`, `adobe`, `chromium`
- Excititor VEX providers: `excititor:cisco`, `excititor:suse-rancher`, `excititor:msrc`

The sections below keep the acquisition steps for the most common credentialed providers.

### GitHub Security Advisories (GHSA)

**What Stella Ops needs**: a GitHub Personal Access Token (classic).

Steps:
1. <https://github.com/settings/tokens> → **Generate new token (classic)**.
2. Name: `stella-ops-concelier-ghsa`. Expiration: 90 days minimum.
3. Scopes: `read:packages` + `public_repo` (or the fine-grained `read:public_repo` equivalent).
4. If your GitHub org enforces SAML SSO: **Configure SSO** next to the token → authorize per org.

### Cisco PSIRT openVuln (Concelier advisory only; VEX uses public CSAF)

**What Stella Ops needs**: a Cisco PSIRT OAuth 2.0 client (grant_type=client_credentials).

Steps:
1. <https://apiconsole.cisco.com/apps/myapps> → **Register a New App**.
2. Name: `stella-ops-concelier-psirt`. Tick **Client Credentials** grant. Grant **openVuln API**.
3. Copy `client_id` + `client_secret` from the app detail page.

Cisco ref: <https://developer.cisco.com/docs/psirt/authentication/>.

### Microsoft MSRC (Concelier advisory + Excititor VEX)

**What Stella Ops needs**: a Microsoft Entra confidential client app with the consent and scope required by your MSRC onboarding flow.

Steps:
1. <https://entra.microsoft.com/> → **App registrations** → **New registration**.
2. Name: `stella-ops-concelier-msrc`. Single-tenant. Redirect URI blank.
3. From Overview: copy **Directory (tenant) ID** + **Application (client) ID**.
4. **Certificates & secrets** → **New client secret** → 24-month expiry → copy the `Value` column **immediately**.
5. Grant the application permissions and consent required by your MSRC onboarding process before storing the values in Stella Ops.

Microsoft refs: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/quickstart-register-app>, <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/how-to-add-credentials>.

## Day-to-day operator commands

```bash
# Using the CLI (src/Cli/StellaOps.Cli/bin/Debug/net10.0/StellaOps.Cli.dll):
dotnet StellaOps.Cli.dll sources list --json          # catalog view
dotnet StellaOps.Cli.dll sources status               # runtime readiness
dotnet StellaOps.Cli.dll sources check <id>           # connectivity probe
dotnet StellaOps.Cli.dll sources enable <id> [<id>...] # enable (no-op for unwired)
dotnet StellaOps.Cli.dll sources disable <id>
dotnet StellaOps.Cli.dll db fetch --source <id> --stage fetch  # trigger ingest
```

Environment:
- `STELLAOPS_BACKEND_URL=https://stella-ops.local` (required for `db fetch`)
- Self-signed cert: resolve by either trusting the dev cert system-wide or running the CLI from a container already in the compose network (the CLI currently has no `--insecure` flag).

Verify persisted state directly:
```sql
SELECT key, source_type, enabled FROM vuln.sources ORDER BY key;
SELECT s.key, COUNT(d.*) AS docs, MAX(d.updated_at) AS last_update
FROM vuln.sources s LEFT JOIN concelier.source_documents d ON d.source_id = s.id
GROUP BY s.key ORDER BY docs DESC;
SELECT id, kind, enabled, array_to_string(base_uris,' | ') FROM vex.providers ORDER BY id;
```

## What the UI workflow looks like

1. `/setup/integrations` → advisory sources catalog.
2. Each source row shows `enabled`, `readiness` (`ready` / `blocked` / `disabled` / `unsupported`), and the stored configuration schema.
3. `readiness=blocked` means the source is persisted as enabled but is missing required fields (credentials, URIs). The source will be excluded from automatic and manual sync with a blocked-outcome response (contract: `SOURCE_CONFIG_REQUIRED`, delivered via SPRINT_20260422_003 SRC-CREDS-005 work landed earlier today).
4. Paste credentials in the source's detail editor. The server persists them; subsequent reads surface only a masked "secret retained" badge — secrets are never echoed back.
5. Updating an unrelated field doesn't require re-entering the secret; the server detects "no change" and preserves the stored value.

## Follow-up for this stack

- ~65 aspirational catalog entries still need backend connector wiring — tracked in `SPRINT_20260422_004` and follow-up sprints.
- `Concelier.Advisories.Read` policy requires `advisory:read` scope which requires `aoc:verify` scope pairing, and the `stellaops-cli` OAuth client isn't allowed to mint `aoc:verify`. The UI (`stella-ops-ui` client, authorization_code flow) CAN mint it. Result: the CLI can execute the write path (enable, disable, sync) but cannot call the read-only status/catalog endpoints directly — it uses a separate auth path. This is a known asymmetry; documented here for future operators.