{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":30577,"path":"it-operations-management/event-management/solarwinds-connector-instance-form.md","title":"Solarwinds connector instance form","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Solarwinds connector instance form\n\nThe Solarwinds connector instance form displays the fields you must fill in when creating a Solarwinds connector instance.\n\n<table id=\"table_byp_mhz_zbc\"><thead><tr><th>\n\nField\n\n</th><th>\n\nDescription\n\n</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\n\nName\n\n</td><td>\n\nUnique name for the Solarwinds metric connector instance.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nDescription\n\n</td><td>\n\nBrief explanation of the purpose or use of the connector instance.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nConnector Definition\n\n</td><td>\n\nConnector definition to be used by the connector.Select **Solarwinds Metrics**.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nHost IP\n\n</td><td>\n\nHostname/IP address of the Solarwinds server.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nCredential\n\n</td><td>\n\nCredentials for a SolarWinds user with Basic Authentication and read access to the SWIS REST API.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nMetric collection\n\n</td><td>\n\nOption is pre-selected and read-only.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nMetric collection schedule \\(seconds\\)\n\n</td><td>\n\nTime interval \\(in seconds\\) at which the connector retrieves metrics from the Solarwinds server.Default: 60 seconds.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nActive\n\n</td><td>\n\nOption to activate the connector instance.\n\n</td></tr></tbody>\n</table>**Parent Topic:**[Event Management reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/event-management/event-management-reference.md)\n\n"}}