add_connection()
This operation adds connections to multiple Milvus instances for different purposes in a batch.
Request Syntax
add_connection(
default: dict,
# add other connections
# your_conn_name: dict
)
PARAMETERS:
kwargs -
When passing keyword arguments, the name of each argument will serve as a connection alias in the connect() method.
The argument value should be a dictionary with one or more of these fields:
address (string) -
The actual address to connect. Example address: localhost:19530.
uri (string) -
The URI of the Milvus instance. For example: http://localhost:19530.
host (string) -
The host of the Milvus instance. The value defaults to localhost, and PyMilvus will fill in the default host if only port is provided.
port (string | int) -
The port that Milvus instance listens to. The value defaults to 19530, and PyMilvus will fill in the default port if only host is provided.
user (string) -
A valid username used to connect to the specified Milvus instance.
Use this if authentication has been enabled on the target Milvus instance. To enable authentication, refer to Authenticate User Access.
This should be used along with password.
password (string) -
A valid password used to connect to the specified Milvus instance.
Use this if authentication has been enabled on the target Milvus instance. To enable authentication, refer to Authenticate User Access.
This should be used along with user.
token (string) -
A valid access token to access the specified Milvus instance. This can be used as an alternative to setting user and password separately.
When setting this field, notice that:
A valid token should be a pair of username and password used to access the target cluster, joined by a colon (:). For example, you can set this to
username:p@ssw0rd.Use this if authentication has been enabled on the target Milvus instance. To enable authentication, refer to Authenticate User Access.
RETURN TYPE:
None
RETURNS:
None
EXCEPTIONS:
ConnectionConfigException
This exception will be raised when the connection configuration is invalid.
Examples
from pymilvus import connections
connections.add_connection(
default={"address": "localhost:19530"},
dev={"host": "localhost", "port": 19543}
)
Related operations
The following operations are related to add_connection():