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title: "Connecting an Acquia Web Governance account to Acquia Source"
date: "2025-07-31T15:50:23+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to connect your Acquia Web Governance account to Acquia Source with step-by-step instructions for API setup and configuration."
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If you have an existing Acquia Web Governance account, you can connect it to your Acquia Source site. The connection requires you to retrieve the API token and URL from Web Governance and set it up on your Acquia Source site.

Use the following steps to configure Web Governance settings in Acquia Source:

1.  Log in to your [Web Governance](https://new.monsido.com/login) [account](https://new.monsido.com/login).
2.  Find and copy the API token and URL.
    
    For instructions about how to retrieve the API token and URL in Web Governance , visit [Retrieving the API token from Acquia Web Governance for Acquia Source setup](/web-governance/retrieving-api-token-web-governance-acquia-source-setup "Retrieving the API token from Web Governance for Acquia Source setup").
    
3.  Log in to [Acquia Source](https://source.acquia.com/) to open the Sites Dashboard.
    
4.  Locate the site that you want to access.
    
5.  Click **Edit Site**.
6.  In the left sidebar, click **Configuration** \> **Content authoring** > **Web Governance** **settings**.
7.  In the **API key** field, paste the API token that you copied from Web Governance.
8.  In the **API URL** field, paste the API URL that you copied from Web Governance.
9.  Choose an Accessibility Guideline from the dropdown.
10.  Enable or disable the **Debug Mode** toggle for debug logging in the JavaScript console.
11.  Click **Save configuration**.