To access your data in Elastic Cloud, create a connection asset for it.
Elastic Cloud is a serverless solution that offers the use of the Elasticsearch engine fully managed by a cloud provider.
Supported versions
Elasticsearch service version 6.0 or later
Elasticsearch version 8.15.0 is not supported. If you are on version 8.15.0, upgrade to version 8.15.2. For more information, see Elasticsearch release notes.
Create a connection to Elastic Cloud
If you have set up an integrated cloud service, select the service instance to automatically fill in the fields in the connection form. Confirm that all the fields are complete.
To create the connection asset, you need to choose one of the connection endpoint types:
- URL: the URL to access Elastic Cloud
- Cloud ID: this ID is from the Elastic Cloud web console
For credentials, choose one of the following methods:
- Username and password
- API key
You can also enable:
- SSL certificate
For Private connectivity, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a secure connection.
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
- In a project
- Click Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
- In the Platform assets catalog
- Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.
Next step: Add data assets from the connection
Where you can use this connection
You can use Elastic Cloud connections in the following workspaces and tools:
Catalogs
- Platform assets catalog
Elastic Cloud setup
Restrictions
- For Elastic Cloud versions earlier than version 7, read is limited to 10,000 rows.
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Elastic Cloud Guide for SQL for the correct syntax.
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Parent topic: Supported connections