Creating a Connection
Here is a quick guide for creating your first Connection in Contextual.
Access your Contextual Tenant Workspace
Select Components > Connections from the main menu
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.
Click Create
The details of the various connection-types are covered on the next page.
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