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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several retry-related policies and options, like \u003ccode\u003eConfigLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConfigLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConfigRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConfigBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eConfigRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, for managing retries and connections.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document describes a function \u003ccode\u003eMakeConfigConnection\u003c/code\u003e used to create \u003ccode\u003eConfigConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects and describes the various options that can be used to configure it.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAnother function outlined, \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, is described which returns a \u003ccode\u003eConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e that determines which operations can be retried.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::config_v1 (2.34.0)\n\nVersion 2.34.0keyboard_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/2.34.0/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/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection)\n\nThe [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) object for [`ConfigClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigClient).\n\n### [ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [ConfigLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [ConfigLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [ConfigRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`ConfigConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1config__v1_1_1ConfigConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ConfigBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/config/2.34.0/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/2.34.0/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/2.34.0/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/2.34.0/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/2.34.0/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/2.34.0/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/2.34.0/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()"]]
