get_server_type()

This operation checks the type of the Milvus instance.

Request syntax

get_server_type(
    using: str = "default",
)

PARAMETERS:

• using (str) -

  The alias of the employed connection.

  The default value is default, indicating that this operation employs the default connection.

RETURN TYPE:

str

RETURNS: The server type. Possible values are as follows:

• zilliz

  Indicates that the current server is a Zilliz Cloud cluster.

• milvus

  Indicates that the current server is a Milvus instance.

EXAMPLE:

from pymilvus import connections, utility

# Connection to localhost:19530
connections.connect()

# Check the server type
server_type = utility.get_server_type()

Related operations

The following operations are related to get_server_type():

• get_server_version()