UI Guide
Connections
/connections manages credentials for external systems your DAGs need to talk to (databases, cloud storage, messaging, compute).
Catalog#
The landing page groups available platform types by category:
A badge on each card shows how many connections of that type already exist. Click a platform to see (or add) its connections.
A platform's connection list#
Before any connections exist, you get a prompt to add the first one. Once you've created a few:
Each row has an icon-only test button (a lightning-bolt icon — it verifies the connection works right now, without leaving the page) and an icon-only delete button (a trash icon).
Creating a connection#
Click Add Connection to open the form (/connections/new). Pick a platform from the dropdown — the form fields adapt to what that platform needs.
Scrolling down reveals authentication and advanced options (these vary by platform — Snowflake, for example, asks for an authenticator method, token, warehouse, and role):
Always click Test Connection before saving (Save on a new connection, Save Changes when editing) — it's a free way to catch a typo'd hostname or expired token before it breaks a live pipeline.
Editing a connection#
Click a connection's ID from its list to edit it later — the same form, pre-filled: