Connections

You can create, edit, delete, and alter the connections that can be configured in Lenses. The table below shows the different types of connections that can be configured in Lenses.

Commands	Description
`aws`	Manage Lenses AWS connections
`data-dog`	Manage Lenses DataDog connections
`elasticsearch`	Manage Lenses Elasticsearch connections
`generic`	Manage any Lenses connection using JSON
`glue`	Manage Lenses AWS Glue Schema Registry connections
`kafka`	Manage Lenses Kafka connections
`kafka-connect`	Manage Lenses Kafka Connect connections
`kerberos`	Manage Lenses Kerberos connections
`pager-duty`	Manage Lenses PagerDuty connections
`postgresql`	Manage Lenses PostgreSQL connections
`prometheus`	Manage Lenses PrometheusAlertmanager connections
`schema-registry`	Manage Lenses Schema Registry connections
`slack`	Manage Lenses Slack connections
`splunk`	Manage Lenses Splunk connections
`webhook`	Manage Lenses Webhook connections
`zookeeper`	Manage Lenses Zookeeper connections

Viewing connections

You can access a help menu to see all the connection types, just like the example above.

lenses-cli connections

One example using a Kafka connection type.

lenses-cli connections kafka list

Viewing connection details

lenses-cli connections kafka get

Creating a connection

lenses-cli connections slack create myconnection --webhook-url "https://hooks.slack.com/services/B0E99L0CDCN/B06L499SKEJ/t5YWEwxg3owi5if2ZBLB3Fvi"

Consider using the new Lenses provision for managing dynamic connections.

Update a connection

lenses-cli connections slack update myconnection --webhook-url "https://hooks.slack.com/services/B0E99L0CDCN/B06L499SKEJ/t5YWEwxg3owi5if2ZBLB3Fvi"

Delete a connection

lenses-cli connections slack delete myconnection

Last modified: July 26, 2024