connect()

This operation establishes a connection to a Milvus instance using the provided alias, address, and authentication parameters.

Request Syntax

connect(
    alias: str,
    user: str | "",
    password: str | "",
    db_name: str | "default",
    token: str | "",
    **kwargs
)

PARAMETERS:

alias (string) -

[REQUIRED]

A connection alias.
notes
- If the specified connection alias does not exist, a new one will be added, and the parameters specified below are added as the parameters of the connection alias.
- If the specified connection alias has already been added by calling add_connection(), the parameters specified below overwrite those of the connection alias.
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.
db_name (string) -

The name of the database to which the target Milvus instance belongs.
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.
kwargs (dict) -

Keyword arguments for configuring the connection. The following keys are supported:
- 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.
- secure (bool) -
  
  A boolean value indicating whether TLS is employed in the connection.
- client_key_path (string) -
  
  A path to a valid client.key file for the TLS certificate verification on the client side.
  
  This parameter is necessary when using a self-signed TLS certificate or a certificate signed by an unknown authority.
  
  This parameter should work with client_pem_path,__ ca_pem_path__,__ server_pem_path__, and__ server_name__ if applicable.
- client_pem_path (string) -
  
  A path to a valid client.pem file for the TLS certificate verification on the client side.
  
  This parameter is necessary when using a self-signed TLS certificate or a certificate signed by an unknown authority.
  
  This parameter should work with client_key_path,__ ca_pem_path__,__ server_pem_path__, and__ server_name__ if applicable.
- ca_pem_path (string) -
  
  A path to a valid ca.pem file for the TLS certificate verification.
  
  This parameter is necessary when using a self-signed TLS certificate or a certificate signed by an unknown authority.
  
  This parameter should work with client_key_path,__ client_pem_path__,__ server_pem_path__, and__ server_name__ if applicable.
- server_pem_path (string) -
  
  A path to a valid server.pem file for the TLS certificate verification on the server side.
  
  This parameter is necessary when using a self-signed TLS certificate or a certificate signed by an unknown authority.
  
  This parameter should work with client_key_path,__ client_pem_path__,__ ca_pem_path__, and__ server_name__ if applicable.
- server_name (string) -
  
  A path to a valid server name for the TLS certificate verification on the server side.
  
  This parameter is necessary when using a self-signed TLS certificate or a certificate signed by an unknown authority.
  
  This parameter should work with client_key_path,__ client_pem_path__,__ ca_pem_path__, and__ server_pem_path__ if applicable.

RETURN TYPE:

None

RETURNS:

None

Exceptions

NotImplementedError:

This exception will be raised when the handler parameter value is not GRPC.
ParamError:

This exception will be raised when an unsupported value is passed for the pool parameter.
Exception:

This exception will be raised when the server specified in the connection parameters is not reachable/ready and the client cannot connect to it.

Examples

from pymilvus import connections

# Use host and port
connections.connect(
  alias="default", 
  host='localhost', 
  port='19530'
)

# Use uri
uri="http://localhost:19530"
connections.connect(uri=uri)

# Use environment variable
# The following assumes that you have already set an environment 
# variable using export MILVUS_URI=http://username:password@localhost:19530
connections.connect()

# Use environment files
# A sample file at https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus/blob/master/.env.example
# Rename the file to .env so that pymilvus will automatically load it.
connections.connect()

# Connect to a specific database
# Ensure the specified database exists.
connections.connect(db_name="books")

Related operations

The following operations are related to connect():