Milvus Manager is the visual management tool for Alibaba Cloud Vector Engine (Milvus). From a single web console, you can manage database objects, perform data operations, debug vector searches, manage users and permissions, and monitor your Milvus instance status.
Milvus Manager integrates with other Alibaba Cloud services, such as Data Lake Formation (DLF) and Resource Access Management (RAM), to lower the barrier to entry and improve development, debugging, and operational efficiency.
Features
Milvus Manager provides the following core capabilities.
Data and object management
Visual schema management: Create, view, and modify a collection schema by using a graphical interface. You can view properties like field types, indexes, default values, and descriptions at a glance. It also supports dynamic schemas and configuring consistency levels.
Lifecycle management for databases and collections: Create, view, edit, load, release, and delete objects such as databases and collections. This lets you manage all data objects in an instance in one place.
Simplified vector lake management: Create and manage external collections and connect them to DLF lake tables to easily build vector lake solutions.
Data import, export, and editing: Filter and query data by expression, primary key, or vector. You can also view data, perform row-level editing, and import small batches of data from CSV or JSON files.
Search and debugging
Visual vector search: Use the graphical interface to input or upload query vectors, configure search parameters, and view search results and distance information in real time to help you debug and optimize search performance.
Expression queries and hybrid search: Use scalar filtering expressions, primary key queries, and hybrid searches that combine vector and scalar fields to quickly locate target data.
Permissions, security, and observability
Visual RBAC permission management: Manage users, roles, and privilege groups. Milvus Manager provides nine built-in privilege groups, granting ReadOnly, ReadWrite, and Admin access at the cluster, database, and collection levels. It also supports custom authorization and permission reuse, and integrates with the Alibaba Cloud RAM identity system to centrally manage access to cloud resources such as DLF.
Segment-level observability and operations: View the distribution, status, and statistics of a collection's underlying segments. You can also manually trigger operations like compaction and flush for advanced tuning and troubleshooting.
Prerequisites
Before you use Milvus Manager, ensure that you meet the following requirements:
You have an activated Alibaba Cloud account.
You have created a Milvus instance. For more information, see Quickly create a Milvus instance.
You have credentials for at least one database user in the Milvus instance. The default initial user is
root.
Related documentation
To connect to a Milvus instance from the console, see Connect to a Milvus instance by using Milvus Manager.
To manage databases and collections, see Manage databases.
To configure users, roles, and privilege groups, see Manage users, roles, and privilege groups.
To perform vector search on DLF lake tables, see Manage external collections.
To view frequently asked questions, see FAQs.
Notes
The features and operations visible in Milvus Manager may differ based on your Milvus version, instance type, and permission scope. The features displayed in the console are considered definitive.
The instance status or your role permissions may restrict some data import, permission management, and monitoring capabilities.