Creating Cloud Search Service Data Connections

Before establishing a data connection to Cloud Search Service (CSS), ensure that the following conditions are met:

You have obtained the IP address and port number of CSS.
A CDM cluster is available and used as the network agent to ensure that DLV can communicate with CSS.

Log in to the DLV console.
On the Data page, click the workspace drop-down list at the top of the page, select the workspace to be accessed, and click New Data Connection.

Figure 1 Creating a data connection

In the New Data Connection dialog box, set Data Source Type to Cloud Search Service and set the related parameters.

Table 1 describes the CSS data connection parameters.

Figure 2 Creating a CSS data connection
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**Table 1** CSS data connection parameters
Parameter	Description
name	Name of the data connection. Must contain 1 to 32 characters and contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
clusterid	Name of the CSS cluster to be connected.
Host	Intranet IP address of the CSS cluster to be connected.
Port	Port of the CSS cluster to be connected.
safe mode	Whether the security mode will be enabled for the CSS cluster you want to connect to. By default, the security mode is disabled.
Username	Administrator account of the CSS cluster. This parameter is valid only when Security Mode is available. The default value is admin.
Password	Administrator account of the CSS cluster. This parameter is valid only when Security Mode is available. The default value is admin.
Agent	NOTE: Elasticsearch is not a fully managed service and thus cannot be directly connected to DLV. A CDM cluster serves as an agent that enables communication between them.
schema	Enter a mapping name that is different from the index name.