# Configure an Allow or Deny List

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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/configuration/allow_and_deny_lists.md -->

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> This feature requires an [enterprise license](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/get-started/licensing/). You can either [upgrade to an Enterprise Edition license](https://www.redpanda.com/upgrade), or [generate a trial license key](http://redpanda.com/try-enterprise) that’s valid for 30 days.

You can configure an allow or deny list to limit the Redpanda Connect components that users can run within data pipelines on a Redpanda Connect instance.

Introduced in version 4.39.0.

## [](#limitations)Limitations

-   You can configure only one allow list, or one deny list per Redpanda Connect instance.

-   When you add the name of a component to your allow or deny list, you grant or block access to all related components. For example, if you include `aws_s3` in your list, you grant or block access to the entire `aws_s3` family of components, including the cache, input, and output.


## [](#configure-an-allow-list)Configure an allow list

To configure an allow list:

1.  Create a `connector_list.yaml` file in the following location: `/etc/redpanda/connector_list.yaml`.

2.  In the [Connector Catalog](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/components/about/), find the exact name of the component family you want to grant access to. For example: `aws_s3` and `azure_cosmosdb`.

3.  Add the names of the component families to the `connector_list.yaml` file, using the following format:

    ```yaml
    allow:
      - aws_s3
      - azure_cosmosdb
    ```

4.  Save your configuration.


## [](#configure-a-deny-list)Configure a deny list

To configure a deny list:

1.  Create a `connector_list.yaml` file in the following location: `/etc/redpanda/connector_list.yaml`.

2.  In the [Connector Catalog](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/components/about/), find the exact name of the component family you want to block access to. For example: `aws_s3` and `azure_cosmosdb`.

3.  Add the names of the component families to the `connector_list.yaml` file, using the following format:

    ```yaml
    deny:
      - aws_s3
      - azure_cosmosdb
    ```

4.  Save your configuration.