Weaviate credentials
You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:
Supported authentication methods
- API key
Related resources
Refer to Weaviate's connection documentation (opens in a new tab)for more information on how to connect to Weaviate.
Using API key
Connection type: Weaviate Cloud
Create your Weaviate Cloud Database (opens in a new tab) and follow these instructions get the following parameter values (opens in a new tab) from your Weaviate Cloud Database:
- Weaviate Cloud Endpoint
- Weaviate Api Key
Note: Weaviate provides a free sandbox option for testing.
Connection type: Custom Connection
For this Connection Type, you need to deploy Weaviate (opens in a new tab) on your own server, configured so n8n can access it. Refer to Weaviate's authentication documentation (opens in a new tab) for information on creating and using API keys.
You can then provide the arguments for your custom connection:
- Weaviate Api Key: Your Weaviate API key.
- Custom Connection HTTP Host: The domain name or IP address of your Weaviate instance to use for HTTP API calls.
- Custom Connection HTTP Port: The port your Weaviate instance is running on for HTTP API calls. By default, this is 8080.
- Custom Connection HTTP Secure: Whether to connect to the Weaviate through HTTPS for HTTP API calls.
- Custom Connection gRPC Host: The hostname or IP address of your Weaviate instance to use for gRPC.
- Custom Connection gRPC Port: The gRPC API port for your Weaviate instance. By default, this is 50051.
- Custom Connection gRPC Secure: Whether to connect to the Weaviate through HTTPS for gRPC.
For community support, refer to Weaviate Forums (opens in a new tab).