Creating a Connection

Here is a quick guide for creating your first Connection in Contextual.

1. Access your Contextual Tenant Workspace

2. Select Components > Connections from the main menu

3. Select to Create a Connection

4. Provide the basic Definition...

   • Connection Name - required, editable. Letters, numbers, spaces, dashes, and most special characters allowed - used in lists and tables in the services console.

   • Connection Id - permanent, unique, not editable once created. Lower case letters, numbers, and dashes up to 256 characters.

   • Connection Type - One of the following types (described in more detail on the next page): Basic, Bearer, Client-Grant- Kafka, Password-Grant, Public, Pulsar

   • Connection Details - Based on the connection type, a type-specific form will be presented to collection the necessary details.

5. Click Create

The details of the various connection-types are covered on the next page.