[[connecting]]
== Connecting

This page contains the information you need to connect the Client with {es}.


[discrete]
[[authentication]]
=== Authentication

This section contains code snippets to show you how to connect to various {es} 
providers.


[discrete]
[[auth-ec]]
==== Elastic Cloud

Cloud ID is an easy way to configure your client to work with your Elastic Cloud 
deployment. Combine the `cloud_id` with either `http_auth` or `api_key` to 
authenticate with your Elastic Cloud deployment.

Using `cloud_id` enables TLS verification and HTTP compression by default and 
sets the port to 443 unless otherwise overwritten via the port parameter or the 
port value encoded within `cloud_id`. Using Cloud ID also disables sniffing.

[source,py]
----------------------------
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

es = Elasticsearch(
    cloud_id=”cluster-1:dXMa5Fx...”
)
----------------------------


[discrete]
[[auth-http]]
==== HTTP Authentication

HTTP authentication uses the `http_auth` parameter by passing in a username and 
password within a tuple:

[source,py]
----------------------------
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

es = Elasticsearch(
    http_auth=(“username”, “password”)
)
----------------------------


[discrete]
[[auth-apikey]]
==== ApiKey authentication

You can configure the client to use {es}'s API Key for connecting to your 
cluster.

[source,py]
----------------------------
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

es = Elasticsearch(
    api_key=(“api_key_id”, “api_key_secret”)
)
----------------------------