1 Add a Connection
Logged in user lands on Ultipa Instances list, for those who comes the first time, there is no connection available:
![](https://ultipa-images.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/2022-12-01-17-00-52-instances.jpg)
Click New Connection, then fill in the info of database server or cluster:
- Name: A recognizable name of the connection
- Hosts: An address of server (e.g. 192.168.1.85:64801), or addresses of nodes in the cluster, separated by comma (e.g. 192.168.1.85:64801,192.168.1.85:64802,192.168.1.85:64803)
- Username: A username of the server or cluster (User needs to distinguish between Ultipa Manager account and server/cluster account)
- Password: Password of the user above
![](https://ultipa-images.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/2022-12-01-17-23-16-test-connection.jpg)
Click Submit to save this connection, click Test to verify the connection, message of Connected or Fail to connect will appear on top of the page.
2 Connection Card
A card is added to Ultipa Instances once the connection is saved, the info and supported operations of the card are:
- Connection status (Green means connected, red otherwise)
- Name of the connection
- Version of Ultipa Server
- Address(es) and status of server or servers in the cluster
- Username to connect the server or cluster
- Edit or delete this connection
- Test connection
- Open Ultipa Manager and connect to the server or cluster
- Preview of the graphsets in the server or cluster, click any graphset will enter the graphset in Ultipa Manager directly
![](https://ultipa-images.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/2022-12-01-17-50-49-Frame-2.jpg)
When connecting a cluster, Ultipa Manager chooses one of the nodes automatically.
3 Add More Connections
If multiple database servers or clusters are deployed, user can add more connections in Ultipa Instances list.
![](https://ultipa-images.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/2022-12-01-18-06-25-multi-connections.jpg)