Connector Snapshotting

Overview

Connectors play a crucial role in the functioning of your Tulip applications. Similar to your app logic, maintaining stability after publication is our top priority. We aim to prevent any changes to the Development Version of your application from affecting the performance of your apps in production.

Upon app publication, the Connectors within your application are "snapshot." This means that any modifications made to the existing Connector Function contexts after publication will not negatively impact the applications in use on the shop floor.

When manual publishing for Connector snapshots is enabled, you can apply new configurations to connectors used in already published apps.

Viewing Snapshots

To view the snapshots associated with a specific app Version, navigate to the "Versions" tab on the app overview page. The connectors used by each version will be listed in the resources column.

By clicking on a snapshot, you can access a read-only view of the connector version used by that application. This allows you to review the configuration of the connector at the time of publication.

Modifying Existing Snapshots

During publication, both the configuration and functions of the connector are snapshotted. This includes details such as the host, port, and authentication information. This approach safeguards against unintentional configuration changes that could immediately impact production.

However, if you frequently encounter expired authentication details, this default behavior might not be suitable. To address this, account owners can adjust this behavior from the connectors tab within the account settings and make the necessary adjustments.

The following options are available:

We hope these explanations provide clarity on how connectors and snapshots function within your Tulip applications.