Milvus Connection

Milvus is a cloud-native vector database, simplifying long-term memory provision for high-performance AI applications with its optimized storage, querying, and indexing capabilities.

This topic describes how to authenticate to Milvus and configure any necessary connection properties in the Milvus connection connector.

Connection Configuration

Each connection property available in the Milvus connector is explained below.


Component Type

Shows all the available connections. Select Milvus from the drop-down list.


Connection Name

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.


Host

Provide the Milvus hostname.


Port

The port for Milvus cluster.


Authentication Enabled

Checkmark this option if authentication is enabled on Milvus.

Username

Provide the username with access to Milvus.

Password

Provide the password to authenticate the Milvus user.


Database Name

The name of the database to be connected. If left blank, the ‘Default’ database will be used for connection.


SSL Enabled

Check the option to enable SSL.

Client PEM Path Select Option

Specify client PEM file path or upload PEM file.

Client PEM File Path

Location of the client PEM file.

Upload Client PEM File

Upload client PEM file.

Client Key Path Select Option

Specify client key File Path or Upload client key File.

Client Key File Path

Location of the Client key file.

Upload Client Key File

Upload client key file by clicking on UPLOAD FILE button.

CA PEM File Path Select Option

Specify CA PEM File Path or Upload CA PEM File.

CA PEM File Path

Location of the CA PEM file.

Server Name

Expected hostname of the server for SSL/TLS handshake validation.


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”.

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