Connectors
In connectors section a user can create connection configs for various data sources which could be Streaming, SQL, NoSQL, Caching etc. A connection config in itself is known as a Connector. We can create connectors for applications (datasources) which are available from marketplace and for user's privately hosted data sources as well. Once a connector is created then it can be used at various places in Flex83 platform such as in ETL pipeline, ML experiments etc.
Let's create a Connector for MongoDB instance which we recently created using Marketplace (discussed in Market section). Click on MongoDB available in connectors page and click on Add New, enter the details - name, description, connector type (source/sink), select instance from marketplace dropdown, select database & user, test the connection and click on Save.
We have created a MongoDB Sink Connector which can be used to write data using various Flex83 services OR by external application if MongoDB instance is publicly exposed. Similarly, you can create another connector that can be used to read data from same MongoDB instance, just select connector type as source while creating the connector.
Similarly, you can create connectors for other services also, either they are created using Marketplace or they are privately hosted (select connection type as external while creating connector -- this functionality to be added soon).
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