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====== Connection ======


===== About =====
A <icon name="mdi:connection" /> ''connection'' (or ''system connection'')  is a set of properties that defines how to connect to a [[docs:system:system|system]].


===== Attribute  =====
A connection has two mandatory [[attribute|attributes]]:  
  * [[name|name]] - a unique identifier
  * [[uri|url]] - a connection string that defined the [[docs:system:system|system]] 

===== Type =====
  * [[built-in|built-in]]: connection that are always available
  * [[howtos|how-to's]]: connection created at installation used in the ''How-to's''

===== Creation =====
''connection'' can be created with the [[docs:tabli:connection:start|connection module]] or by manually editing the [[..:conf:vault|connection vault]].
===== Default =====
The default connection is the [[cd|current directory]] connection.