Cloud Provider Connectors

Create and configure connectors in the old canvas

Creating and editing a connector

To create a connector, follow the steps below:

Access the Connector Manager screen from the left menu of the product or by clicking the card on the Welcome screen.

Click + NEW CONNECTOR in the upper right corner of the screen.

Select the connector card.

A new screen, Connector Configuration, will open. Fill in the following data in the connector form:

In Name, give the connector a name.

In Version, enter its version.

In Description (optional), add a description.

Select the environment in which you will deploy the connector.

Fill in the values for the required fields.

Field	Description
Secret Access Key	The user's access key.
Access Key ID	The user's ID.
Function	The name of the Lambda function you want to invoke.
Region	The region of the AWS Lambda account.
Operation	Operations that can be performed on the Lambda function through the connector.

Click CREATE.

NOTE
If you select both environments, you must fill in the complete data for both to be able to create the connector.

To edit the connector, follow the steps below:

Click on the connector.

You can change:

The description in the Description field.
The environment selected for deployment: staging or production (there must be at least one environment enabled).
The information in the selected environment form, even if the connector is in use in any integration flow.

When you finish your edits, click SAVE.

IMPORTANT
You cannot delete a connector while it is in use in any integration.

After creating the connector, you must configure it on the Flow screen. To do this, follow the steps below:

Access the Integration Flows screen and select your integration flow.

If you want to create a new flow, click + NEW FLOW and access the Flow screen.

NOTE
Check out our tutorial on how to create your first integration flow.

Click the hub icon with plus sign icon in the left editing menu.

Choose the connector you want. You can use the search bar to find it.

Connect it to a previous step if you want to use the properties of other steps.

TIP
To copy the step, click the button. If the step form is already configured, the settings are copied as well.

To remove the connector from the canvas, select it and click the trash icon button.

Select the connector on the canvas.

Click the edit icon pencil icon .

Fill in the following form fields:

Name: enter the connector name.
Connector: select one of the registered connectors.
Timeout: enter the request timeout in milliseconds.

By default, the value will be 3000 milliseconds and the maximum value is 60000 ms.

NOTE
By clicking the icon to the right of the Timeout field, you can filter and display environment variables and the payload of previous steps (if the steps are connected) for use in timeout configuration.
Properties: use environment variables and properties from previous steps to build your script in Instruction.
Instruction: create your script by inserting input attributes or creating an expression by clicking the button to the right. The Concat function is available for creating the expression. This field comprises the native syntax of the protocol to which the connector provides access.

Ignore Errors: by default, this button is disabled and you can enable it.

Check out more details about the Ignore Errors function in the table below:

Enabled	Disabled
Flow execution continues, even if there are errors in the process.	Execution will be stopped immediately.
Logs show the step with error.	Logs show execution up to the step with error.
Following steps will be executed.	No following steps will be executed.

Click SAVE.