Manage connections

Learn about connection management tasks including how to edit, clone, and delete connections.

View connection details

Select a connection from the Database connections page to view its details. On the Connection details page, you can:

• View connection details such as:

  • Connection name, description, when it was created, and when it was last updated

  • Database type, hostname, port, username, connector, and connection type

• Edit the connection details

• Clone the connection

• Delete the connection

Edit a connection

To edit a connection:

1. On the Database connections page, select a connection to edit. You’re brought to the connection’s detail page.

2. On the connection’s detail page, select Edit.

3. In the Configure Database Connection Configuration panel, review the connection settings, make your updates, and then select Next to progress though the Edit connection pages.

4. Select Save changes.

Clone a connection

To clone a connection:

1. On the Database connections page, select the connection to clone. You’re brought to the connection’s details page.

2. On the connection details page, select Clone.

You’re brought back to the Database connections page, where the cloned connection appears in the list.

Delete a connection

Before you delete a connection, ensure that the connection is not currently in use by an active pipeline.

To delete a connection:

1. On the Database connections page, select the connection to delete. You’re brought to the connection details page.

2. On the connection details page, select Delete.

3. In the Delete connection dialog, confirm that you want to delete the connection, and then select Delete.

The Database connections list is refreshed and the deleted connection removed. You cannot undo a delete operation.