Managed secret providers

Milvus

Connect Milvus to Alter Vault for secure API access

Overview

Use Milvus credentials to make authenticated API calls through Alter Vault without exposing API keys in code.

Property	Value
Provider ID	`milvus`
Category	AI
Credential Type	API Key

Step 1: Get Credentials

Create an API key

Open API Keys and create a key for the organization or project.

Copy the key

Copy the key — it is only shown once.

Step 2: Add to Alter Vault

Open the Developer Portal

Go to portal.alterauth.com and navigate to the application.

Add Milvus

Go to Managed Secrets > Add Provider > Milvus.

Enter credentials

Paste your API Key into the credential field.

Save

Click Save. You’ll receive a grant_id to use with the SDK.

Using in Code

response = await alter_app.request(
    HttpMethod.POST,
    "https://YOUR-CLUSTER.cloud.zilliz.com/v2/vectordb/entities/search",
    grant_id="YOUR_GRANT_ID",
    json={
        "collectionName": "my_collection",
        "data": [[0.05, 0.61, 0.76, 0.74]],
        "limit": 5,
    },
)

Notes

Self-hosted Milvus accepts username:password as the bearer value on the RESTful API.