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:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage provides documentation for the Google Cloud C++ client library's Config API, specifically version 2.29.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation includes links to various versions of the Config API, ranging from the latest release candidate (2.37.0-rc) down to version 2.16.0, allowing users to access information for different iterations.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page details several classes related to the Config API, such as \u003ccode\u003eConfigClient\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConfigConnection\u003c/code\u003e, and various retry and policy classes, with descriptions of their purposes within the Infrastructure Manager.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe available structs such as \u003ccode\u003eConfigBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConfigPollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eConfigRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e are documented for adjusting config behavior.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt outlines the \u003ccode\u003eMakeConfigConnection\u003c/code\u003e function, a factory function for creating a \u003ccode\u003eConfigConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, which is then passed to the constructor of \u003ccode\u003eConfigClient\u003c/code\u003e, along with detailing parameter and return value.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::config_v1 (2.29.0)\n\nVersion 2.29.0keyboard_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/2.29.0/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/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection)\n\nThe [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) object for [`ConfigClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigClient).\n\n### [ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [ConfigLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [ConfigLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [ConfigRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ConfigBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.29.0/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/2.29.0/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/2.29.0/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/2.29.0/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/2.29.0/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/2.29.0/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/2.29.0/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`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\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()"]]
