A factory function to construct an object of typeConfigConnection.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofConfigClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedConfigConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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resources.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation includes struct information, such as \u003ccode\u003eConfigBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, that are used with \u003ccode\u003egoogle::cloud::Options\u003c/code\u003e to configure policies within the Config system.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eA key function, \u003ccode\u003eMakeConfigConnection\u003c/code\u003e, is detailed, which is responsible for creating a \u003ccode\u003eConfigConnection\u003c/code\u003e object used by \u003ccode\u003eConfigClient\u003c/code\u003e, and it accepts various optional parameters to configure the connection.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page also defines a \u003ccode\u003eConfigPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e type alias, which is an \u003ccode\u003eOptionList\u003c/code\u003e including options for retry, backoff, polling, and connection idempotency policies, applicable to Config.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::config_v1 (2.17.0)\n\nVersion 2.17.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/config/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [ConfigClient](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigClient)\n\nInfrastructure Manager is a managed service that automates the deployment and management of Google Cloud infrastructure resources.\n\n### [ConfigConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection)\n\nThe [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) object for [`ConfigClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigClient).\n\n### [ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [ConfigLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [ConfigLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [ConfigRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ConfigBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [ConfigPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigPollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [ConfigRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeConfigConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [ConfigClient](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::config_v1::ConfigPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### ConfigPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c ConfigRetryPolicyOption, ConfigBackoffPolicyOption, ConfigPollingPolicyOption, ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to Config."]]