Data Sources

Data Sources are the database connections Cortex uses to access your archived system data. Starting with v3.0, connections are managed directly inside the Cortex web app, allowing you to define any number of connections - including multiple connections to the same system type - without modifying server configuration files.

For background on how Data Sources relate to the installer and appsettings.json connection strings, see: Database Connections

Managing Existing Connections

Where you edit a connection depends on how it was originally configured.

If a connection string was set up through the Cortex Installer or the Cortex System Manager, any changes to it must also be made through the Cortex System Manager. Because those connections are written to appsettings.json and loaded on startup, edits made to them in the web UI will be overwritten the next time the application restarts.

If a Data Source was created directly in the web UI (rather than via the installer or System Manager), you can continue to manage it entirely from the web UI without any risk of changes being reverted.

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Full documentation for this page, including screenshots, is coming soon.