# Managing Integrations

Integrating your existing database, APIs as well as 3rd party to Nected is a simple and easy process. You just need to create an integration for either a staging or a production database.

## Creating Integrations

1. Log into Nected with your Email ID and password.<br>

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2. Click **Integrations** in the left navigation to open the [**Integrations**](https://nected.io/integrations) page.<br>

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3. Click **+ Connect** under the database type for which you want to create a connector.\
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   The connection information form for your database type opens, in this example MySQL.

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4. Enter the connection information for your integrations. Enter the integration, following the configuration steps mentioned in [Integration Libraries](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/integrations/integrations-libraries) as per corresponding integrations. Click **Test Connection**.
5. Publish your connector to Staging or Production, based on[ your environment](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/references/environments).

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** The connection information is the same for both staging and production databases for all database types – MongoDB, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Postgres Redshift, and so on. Refer to the [**Connector Configuration Parameters**](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/integrations/integrations-libraries) for the list of database and REST API connector parameters.
{% endhint %}

After you successfully publish a connector, you can connect to the database to create Nected [Datasets](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/datasets/overview) and [Rules](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/rules/overview) to run on the target database in the same environment.

## Editing Integrations

You can edit integrations if you are moving to a new configuration or have a change in existing configurations.

Follow this procedure to edit an existing integrations:

1. Log into Nected with your Email ID and password.
2. Click **Integrations** in the left navigation to open the [**Integrations**](https://nected.io) page.<br>

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3. Click **three dots** next to the connector state for the connector that you want to edit and select **Edit**.\
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   The connector configuration form for your integration opens.

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4. Modify the connection configuration following the configuration steps mentioned in [Integration libraries](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/integrations/integrations-libraries) as per corresponding integrations.
5. Test the connection to your integration using the modified information.
6. After a successful connection to the database, publish your connector to Staging or Production, based on[ your environment](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/references/environments).
7. Close the connection information form and check the connector status.

After you successfully edit a connector, you can connect to the database.

## Deleting Integrations

You may want to delete an integration in certain scenarios, such as:

* Your integration does not exist anymore.
* You want to create a new connector for a different staging/production database.
* You no longer need to use the connector because you moved from the staging to the production database.

Follow this procedure to delete an existing database connector:

1. Log into Nected with your Email ID and password.
2. Click **Integrations** in the left navigation to open the **Integrations** page.<br>

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3. Click **three dots** next to the connector state for the connector that you want to remove and select **Delete**.\
   The **Delete Connector** dialogue box opens.<br>

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4. Click **Delete** to confirm the delete operation.

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***Note**:* The delete operation will fail if a connector is being used in any of datasets or rules. You must first remove the connector & update your existing datasets or rules, and then delete the connector.
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## Usable States between Integrations, DataSet & Rules&#x20;

You can refer to [integration states](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/overview#integration-states), [allowed states in the dataset & rules](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/references/allowed-status-combinations) as well as any [error](https://docs.nected.ai/nected-docs/references/troubleshooting-errors) to do troubleshooting if you are facing any issues in managing integration.