name : create-connection.rst **To create a connection for AWS Glue data stores** The following ``create-connection`` example creates a connection in the AWS Glue Data Catalog that provides connection information for a Kafka data store. :: aws glue create-connection \ --connection-input '{ \ "Name":"conn-kafka-custom", \ "Description":"kafka connection with ssl to custom kafka", \ "ConnectionType":"KAFKA", \ "ConnectionProperties":{ \ "KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS":"<Kafka-broker-server-url>:<SSL-Port>", \ "KAFKA_SSL_ENABLED":"true", \ "KAFKA_CUSTOM_CERT": "s3://bucket/prefix/cert-file.pem" \ }, \ "PhysicalConnectionRequirements":{ \ "SubnetId":"subnet-1234", \ "SecurityGroupIdList":["sg-1234"], \ "AvailabilityZone":"us-east-1a"} \ }' \ --region us-east-1 --endpoint https://glue.us-east-1.amazonaws.com This command produces no output. For more information, see `Defining Connections in the AWS Glue Data Catalog <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/populate-add-connection.html>`__ in the *AWS Glue Developer Guide*.