DBFS Connection

Connection Configuration #

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

Connection Name #

Name of the connection to be created.

Scope #

When creating connections, users can define the scope to customize their accessibility.

You can set the connection scope as follows:

• Organization: Accessible to organization users across all Gathr projects for usage in applications.

• Project: Accessible to organization users limited to projects that are specified by the connection owner for usage in applications.

• Private: Accessible only to the connection owner for usage in applications.

Connection Type #

Option to choose between either connecting securely using SSH Tunnel or, proceed with a Direct Connection when connecting to CockroachDB.

If Connection Type value is SSH Tunnel, additional fields will be displayed.

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

SSH Tunnel #

If SSH Tunnel is selected, additional configuration parameters will get listed.

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.

Directory Path #

Enter DBFS parent path for checkpointing.

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”.