Cosmos Connection

Azure Cosmos is a globally distributed, multi-model database service. It is designed to provide high availability, scalability, and low-latency access to data for modern applications.

Connection Configuration #

Configure the fields required to create the connection as explained below.

Connection Name #

Name of the connection to be created.

Connection Type #

Option to choose between either connecting securely using SSH Tunnel or, proceed with a direct connection.

If Connection Type value is SSH Tunnel, additional fields will be displayed as given below:

To know more about SSH Tunneling with Gathr, see SSH Tunneling.

SSH Key #

The SSH key should be provided to authenticate the associated SSH host and SSH user.

SSH Host #

Public IP address of your SSH host.

SSH User #

Default SSH username.

If Connection Type value is Direct Connection, then proceed by updating the following fields.

Cosmos Endpoint URI #

End point URI of Azure Cosmos DB Account.

Key #

Provide the Azure Cosmos DB Key.

Consistency Level #

Azure Cosmos DB offers five levels of consistency. From strongest to weakest, the levels are:

• Strong

• Bounded staleness

• Session

• Consistent prefix

• Eventual

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated. Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.