# Configuring available server connections for a workspace
When you add a database connection to a database, or export data to an external database, you select the server connection to use.
From the **Server Connections** section of the workspace settings page, you manage the available server connections for the workspace.
Server Connections section of workspace settings with a defined server connection.
When you create a server connection during database connection configuration or data export, Fabricate automatically adds the server connection to the list.
## Adding a server connection
From the **Server Connections** list, to add a server connection:
### Selecting the platform and providing name
1. Click **Add Server Connection**.
New Server Connection panel to create a server connection
2. From the **Platform** dropdown list, select the server platform.
3. On the **New Server Connection** panel, in the **Name** field, provide a name to use to identify the server connection.
### Connection details
#### Platforms other than Databricks
For platforms other than Databricks, some platforms allow you to provide a connection string. Fabricate then parses the string and populates the connection fields.
To use a connection string to configure the connection:
1. Click **Paste connection URL**.
2. On the **Paste connection URL** panel, paste the connection string into the field.
3. Click **Apply**.
To fill out the fields manually:
1. In the **Host** field, provide the hostname for the server.
2. In the **Port** field, provide the port to connect through.
3. From the **TLS** dropdown list, select whether to enable Transport Layer Security (TLS).
4. In the **Username** field, provide the username to use to make the connection.
5. In the **Password** field, provide the password.
#### Databricks
For Databricks:
1. In the **Host** field, provide the host where the database is located.
2. From the **Credential Type** dropdown list, select the type of authentication to use. The options are:
* **Service Principal**
* **Personal Access Token**
3. For **Service Principal** authentication:
1. In the **Client ID** field, provide the client identifier.
2. In the **Secret** field, provide the secret that is associated with the client identifier.
4. For **Personal Access Token** authentication, in the **Access Token** field, provide the access token to authenticate to the database.
5. In the **Warehouse ID** field, provide the data warehouse for the data.
### Testing and saving the connection
1. To test the server connection, click **Test Connection**.
2. To save the server connection, click **Create Server Connection**.
## Editing a server connection
To edit a server connection:
1. Click the **Edit** option for the server connection.
2. On the connection details panel, update the connection information.\
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Note that if you are not changing the password or a Databricks secret for the server connection, then leave the **Password** or **Secret** field empty.
3. To test the updated configuration, click **Test Connection**.
4. To save the changes, click **Save Changes**.
## Deleting a server connection
You cannot delete a server connection that is either:
* Used in a database connection.
* The server connection for a database export target. Before you can delete the server connection, you must remove the export target.
From the **Server Connections** list, to delete a connection, click its **Delete** option.
