Connect to a Database

This guide walks you through how to access a database on Zilliz Cloud. You will learn how to obtain the database endpoint, configure the network access whitelist, and connect to a database.

Before you start

Ensure that

You have signed up on Zilliz Cloud.
You have created a vector database.

Configure the network access whitelist

To make your project publicly accessible from your IP address, you need to add your IP address to the network access list.

In the Summary section on the Database Details tab of a database, click Go and Configure on the right of Network Access to open the project page.
On the IP Access List tab, click Add IP Address.
In the prompted dialog box, click Submit or enter the IP address manually in Network Access (CIDR).
Click Submit to save the record. Note that you can add a maximum of 20 records to a project.

Add network access whitelist

Alternatively, you can access your databases from VPCs through AWS PrivateLink without having your traffic go through the Internet. For details, refer to Set up a Private Link.

Obtain database endpoint

A database endpoint exposes the database to the public Internet. After creating a vector database on Zilliz Cloud, open the database page and

Obtain the endpoint in the Cloud Endpoint section on the Database Details tab.
View your user name on the User tab.

Get endpoint

Connect to a vector database from the Internet

Initiate a connection to the database as follows:

# Run `python3` in your terminal to operate in the Python interactive mode.
from pymilvus import connections

connections.connect(
  alias="default", 
  uri='endpoint', #  Public endpoint obtained from Zilliz Cloud
  secure=True,
  user='user', # Username specified when you created this database 
  password='password' # Password specified when you created this database
)

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