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Connect Postman to Glean

Give Glean governed access to Postman’s 41 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

Set up

Add Postman to Glean in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Glean then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Postman in Runlayer

    Add Postman from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Glean to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Glean by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Glean reaches Postman’s 41 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Glean setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Postman

    Sign in the way Postman requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Postman from Glean

    Postman’s approved tools appear in Glean. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

41 Postman tools in Glean

Runlayer policy decides which of these Glean users can call.

  • Create collection

    Creates a collection using the [Postman Collection v2.1.0 schema format](https://schema.postman.com/collection/json/v2.1.0/draft-07/docs/index.html).

  • Create collection request

    Creates a request in a collection.

  • Create collection response

    Creates a request response in a collection.

  • Create environment

    Creates an environment.

  • Create mock

    Creates a mock server in a collection.

  • Create spec

    Creates an API specification in Postman's [Spec Hub](https://learning.postman.com/docs/design-apis/specifications/overview/).

  • Create spec file

    Creates a file for an OpenAPI or a protobuf 2 or 3 specification.

  • Create workspace

    Creates a new [workspace](https://learning.postman.com/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/creating-workspaces/).

See all 41 Postman tools

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Glean

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Glean exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Postman call from Glean passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Glean as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • OTLP telemetry (available)

    Glean can send supported OpenTelemetry events to Runlayer for observe-only session visibility.

  • Native enforcement adapter (not available)

    Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Glean yet, so control happens at the gateway.

In Glean

  • Runlayer sees Glean activity through OpenTelemetry traces for monitoring only; enforcement happens at the gateway.

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